Let me preface this question by stating that i have no interest in dragging my truck. I want to eventually build the ultimate street setup to hang in the twisties with my modded b6 S4 with ease.
I considered the hellwig sways for a while along with the hotchkis springs and leafs, but have decided after a bunch of research to stick with the TVS system.
I plan on picking up a cross brace from WMS, as well as a steering stabilizer from LFP.
All bushings will be replaced with urethane bushings, and I will eventually pick up a panhard bar.
Here comes the question: it seems from my research that the hotchkis valved bilsteins are favored for street use over the qa1's. that being said, i keep on reading that they're less stiff than the stock L-spec bilsteins. also, it seems that the entire purpose of the hotchkis shocks is to prevent the stock shocks from bottoming out, rather than to provide additional handling performance. would the stock shocks with the TVS kit and shock extenders provide similar levels of handling to the TVS kit with hotchkis or qa1 shocks on the street? keep in mind, i almost never drive the truck... less than 3k miles in the last year, and would MUCH rather spend 70 bucks on shock extenders than 500 on aftermarket shocks that will not help that much in the handling department.
please help! i want to buy suspension components asap!
I considered the hellwig sways for a while along with the hotchkis springs and leafs, but have decided after a bunch of research to stick with the TVS system.
I plan on picking up a cross brace from WMS, as well as a steering stabilizer from LFP.
All bushings will be replaced with urethane bushings, and I will eventually pick up a panhard bar.
Here comes the question: it seems from my research that the hotchkis valved bilsteins are favored for street use over the qa1's. that being said, i keep on reading that they're less stiff than the stock L-spec bilsteins. also, it seems that the entire purpose of the hotchkis shocks is to prevent the stock shocks from bottoming out, rather than to provide additional handling performance. would the stock shocks with the TVS kit and shock extenders provide similar levels of handling to the TVS kit with hotchkis or qa1 shocks on the street? keep in mind, i almost never drive the truck... less than 3k miles in the last year, and would MUCH rather spend 70 bucks on shock extenders than 500 on aftermarket shocks that will not help that much in the handling department.
please help! i want to buy suspension components asap!
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