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Old Jun 30, 2025 | 07:33 AM
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Has anyone tried these shocks? What was ther ride like? I wnt to soften the ride of my car and the description of these makes it seem like they are comparable to magnetic ride shocks.
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Old Jun 30, 2025 | 05:37 PM
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I Had them on my First C5 Coupe, and they worked great!
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They won’t soften the ride. I’ve have them on my C5 right now. They are a good shock, but we drive a sports car. The ride will always be “hard”.
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You might want to check out QA1 adjustable shocks. They have settings from mushy to super speedway stiff.

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I ran the Koni FSD shocks for about 10 years. I never had the Mag Ride in my 2004 so I thought they were an improvement over the OEM shocks but did have a little more bounce near the end. Switched to LG GT2 coil overs a couple of years ago.
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