Ohlins are better in every way except they cost more. If cost isn't the most important thing there is no reason to not go with the Ohlins.

 

Exactly.

I have 'adjustable damping' on my HKS.

After I took them out of the box I made sure to set them to the middle of their 'range,' after a couple days of driving I bumped up the front by three clicks or so. I haven't touched them since.

That was 10,000 miles ago.

 

Now that the dust has settled and I've made my decision to order next week, I want a raise of hands who is getting commission from Ohlins...

 

It seems that Ohlins recently revised their system.

I think they come with 11K and 7K springs now?

I haven't driven the revised version...but its a little unattractive.

I would try contacting SBG for one of their custom kits. Especially since you plan on tracking it.

Or I guess you could spend some time dialing in the stock Ohlins.

After driving the 10K/8K version and loving it as a blend of street/track workability...I think 8K rears were the limit of softness. Idk why they went to a softer rear spring.

FWIW, mine have 12K/10K setup because I felt the 10/8 were a bit soft for track use. Mine is NOT a daily driver.

I would say 12k/10k is not optimal for a daily driven car on Chicago suburb streets....but would likely be fine in California or most places in the South/West.

 

For SBG get correct from the go,future plans info is required.square or staggered &or future sway bar changes ect.
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10k front and rear CR front sway,04 rear sway.
04 MY

 

My current autoX set up for my '08 is 235/255

My '04 is on stock sizing 215/245 Michelin PSS... will eventually go 225/255 so no square, don't want to roll fenders on a square set up.

Half shaft spacers and camber joints needed too?

 

After days of pounding into him he wants Ohlins, he finally caves and agrees, and then we tell him, whoa, Ohlins changer their specs, they kinda suck now! (Off the shelf ones)

If he orders them today, would he likely get the current spec, not the new spec? Maybe SBG or other vendor still has some of the current spec?