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Originally posted by piscorpio
Wow texan, you are the first person Ive heard actually say something negative about those things. Back on the old PH all these people kept saying they were so great. (note that many of these people didnt even have them)
I always wondered where he was getting the shocks from, and I even considered them myself for a while.
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Well, I was a bit tossed last night, I suppose I did pop off a little harshly on the subject.
But look, I am interested in performance suspensions. I talked a little bit with suspguy a long time ago when I was moderating the excellent suspension forum that SHO had, and never did speak highly of those suspension parts. IMO, if you are looking for looks and decent ride from a suspension without increased performance, you should be looking at an airbag suspension. You can dump your car as low as you want with those things, and raise it back up at any time while maintaining a somewhat smooth ride a higher ride heights. From the few people I know who have them, they're also cheap.
However, if you are interested in performance, you need to spend the money to get the good stuff. Whether it be homemade or something from the aftermarket, high quality shock absorbers are difficult and complex to build, especially adjustable ones. Which is why even single adjustable Koni's cost upwards of $450 dollars, and their shortened rod length DA's cost something around double that.
So whether you are interested in the purely looks side of suspension mods (which I do not suggest much on, since I don't know much about it) or the performance aspects of a new setup, the Bec Techs are not good purchases. All I've seen lately here is people asking about how to find this guy, since he either owes them money or something else and has not been heard of since mid-last year.