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    time for new front suspensio

    As the title says looking for opinions for some new front struts. Vehicle is a 99 528it with a factory sport suspension and self leveling in the back. Do people favor the bilstein or koni for this or is it more of a brand loyal kind of thing? Looking to do this in the next week or two so any information would be appreciated? Thanks Eric

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    Bilsteins are cheaper but don’t work particularly well on E39’s— they’re known for being rather harsh in this chassis. I had Konis in my 540it and they rode quite well, so that’s my recommendation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StephenVA View Post

    I think shock brand VS shock brand has been debated over and over again in this forum one too many times...
    Yep! Now, Koni has a new line of supposedly control changing dampening on their new red spot line, if anything, let’s talk about that. I saw them on ECS when Koni introduced them a few months ago. Who’s tried ‘em?
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