KYB gas adjust shocks...
Seeing that you are putting rubber bushings in the upper's you will need to stick with a rubber bushing in the lower. I understand mixing rubber and ploy bushings is not a good idea.
Not true. Using rubber UCA bushings does not tie you into using rubber LCA bushings. Lots of guys use poly LCA bushings with the offset UCA bushings, there’s no issue there.
What you don’t want to do is use rubber strut rod bushings with poly LCA bushings, but that’s about it.
I have had KYB shocks on my 100% rebuilt 1983 D150 for 10 years now and they are fine. They were a little stiff for the initial 1000 miles or so, but with 40,000 miles now on the clock they are fine. If you want a canyon carver they spend huge money and get that.
I also had a set of KYB’s on the 68 Barracuda when it was a drag race only car. Fur four years they were very stable, very predictable, very easy to drag race chassis tune. Over the recent Plandemic I have changed the 68 Barracuda from a drag race only car into a drag race street car that will also see autocross action. With that I swapped the KYB’s for an expensive set of Bilstein Shocks. As yes, the Bilstein’s will handle better, but the Bilstein shocks are also mucho more moreno.
So it really depends upon where you are dollar wise and where you want to go. But there is nothing really wrong with KYB’s considering the price.
They’re garbage. If you want cheap run a set of Monroe’s. Look stock, still ride better than KYB’s. Or Gabriel’s, they’re not terrible either. Not great but not terrible. With torsion bars bigger than 1” KYB’s are the worst thing ever.
Like Kern Dog said, guys with little torsion bars run them and they think they’re “ok” because the super soft torsion bars mask how lousy the shocks really are.
Those who are lurking in the shadows checking agree, let’s hear from you !
It’s not a secret. If you search KYB on this forum you will see far more negative reviews than positive. There’s pretty much no one that uses torsion bars larger than 1” that like KYB’s. If you just search KYB and my screen name, you’ll see one post from like 10 years ago that says they’re ok, followed by dozens involving really colorful language about how ridiculously terrible they really are after I figured out there were why my Challenger was riding so harsh.
If a dentist’s convention designed a set of shocks for the purpose of boosting dental visits, KYB’s would be the result.
I agree. They came on my current car. I couldn’t get that junk off fast enough. Straight garbage. They ride like ****. And the worst thing of all is they aren’t adjustable. It’s 2021. A shock that isn’t adjustable is as worthless as a carb with fixed jets, aftermarket EFI you can’t tune or a powerglide.
A nonadjustable shock should be in an antique shop. Soon to follow should be the single adjustable shock.
The KYB part is right on.
But both the Bilstein RCD’s on my Challenger and the Hotchkis Fox shocks on my Duster are the non-adjustable version. I’m sure the adjustables are nicer, but the non-adjustables are just fine