Adjustable shocks vs FE5 shocks, struts and springs

TxSilverBalt

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Sooooooooooo like the moron I am, I installed Eibach Sportline springs on stock struts and shocks. needless to say, the shocks and struts are compeltely gone as of right now. My question is this. Should I go with a set of adjustable Koni shocks, or just replace the whole setup with an FE5 replacement? (more specifically, this kit Cobalt FE5-FE5 Strut,Shock,Spring Plug and Play System FE5-FE5 )

Things to take into consideration:

I like the ride height of the sportlines

I dont have the money to upgrade the swaybars or endlinks as of right now

695.60 vs 669.20 so costs for the parts is almost the same.

Im going to probably end up doing the job with the help of my mechanic friend

Any suggestions?
 

Bass_Waves

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Koni seems to be the way to go. I was considering them but I may go with Tc suspension. I hate the eibach sport lines with a passion
 

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I had Koni and Sportlines, car handled like a gokart if you turned em way up, but then they were also rock hard and unforgiving.
 

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Bingo. It was great for racecar activities and such, but for driving around normally the Sportlines were slightly obnoxious. However the Koni shocks certainly did their best to deal with it.
 

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