scottgas
Senior Member
- First Name
- Scott
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2020
- Threads
- 20
- Messages
- 184
- Reaction score
- 93
- Location
- Madisonville, LA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 Civic Si Coupe, 2007 Nissan Xterra SE, 2008 Hyundai Tiburon SE, 1996 Nissan 300ZX N/A
be careful with the KYBs, I have run them as "replacements" on a few cars. Good quality and they last but can be stiff. They would definitely be considered a slight performance upgrade. I have KYBs on my Xterra and they are quite stiff. Previously used Bilsteins and they were awesome. I have run KYBs on cars in the past and they were definitely stiffer than a direct replacement.Hi CivicX community!
I am in need of new shocks/struts on my EX-T(100k miles with noticeable ride softness) and have been looking around to see what might be the best replacement option. Since I do not plan to lower my car (I live in an area where it snows quite often and this is my year-round car), I decided to look into OE-style replacements. It had seemed that KYB and Bilstein B4 shocks/struts were my only options until I stumbled upon this thread which mentioned that the Bilstein B6 was available in the European part catalogue. I had to see this for myself, and indeed the B6 as well as the B14 PSS are available for the non-CTR models. Indeed, this news release mentions that these parts were available since May-June 2020. Part numbers are as follows:
Front B6 L: 22-291752
Front B6 R: 22-291769
Rear B6: 24-291743
B14 PSS: 47-282177
However, I could not find a US retailer which had these in stock. I reached out to Bilstein North America and got a response about covid and production issues:
I also could not find these in stock at any of the usual US retailers like RockAuto, TireRack, Summit Racing, even Amazon. I reached out to TireRack to see if they might stock these anytime soon and I will keep this thread updated with the response. However, I did notice that these are listed on some European retailer websites. After some more searching, I decided to purchase the set of front and rear struts/shocks from nsb concept. The links to the parts are as follows for those interested:
Front L B6
Front R B6
Rear pair B6
The prices seemed reasonable and were lower than those from other Euro retailers. The only snag was the 86.19 euro shipping and handling from France
Anyways, I will keep this thread updated with any news from TireRack as well as my ordering status and eventually a review of the B6 shocks/struts once I get them installed.