IMHO, the Koni's would work fine. Because they are adjustable, you could tune them to work with any of the common springs out there (BAT, Eibach, H&R...)

Nothing against the BAT struts, but I want to point out that the Koni's have one more advantage:

They're Koni's, and come with a Koni lifetime guarantee (as long as you don't race). The BAT struts are rumored to be "made by Bilstein," although the guys at BAT deny this, and the struts are sold without any such quality backing from Bilstein. It is actually pretty common for parts makers to sell their seconds or otherwise lower quality pieces to other businesses, to be resold under a different name. Or, for one maker to contract work out to a different company. The quality may be the same as those units sold under the Bilstein name, but since Bilstein provides no guarantee, well, there's just no assurance. And, like I said, we don't really know for sure who makes the BAT strut. It could be Bilstein one week, and Sachs the next.

All that said, I haven't ruled out the BAT kit, but I'm hanging back for now to see how many miles people put on it without trouble.


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