Can take the abuse of crappy streets. Better launch, braking, and conering. Night and day difference

None so far.

Great shocks. The adjustability is a definite plus. I keep my fronts on 2 and backs on 3. They are paired up with eibach pro-kit. Car handles awsome now, so much more fun to drive.

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stock

Adjustable. 1 for a soft ride. 5 for a stiff ride and anything in between. Great bang for your buck too.

These struts are amazing. I use them with Eibach Sportline springs. Its night and day when compared to stock. After testing out the ride on each setting I have found that I like the 5 setting the most. It isnt that harsh ans it really stiffens up the suspension and makes the car handle better.

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Easly adjusted notice diferance in all settings. Setting 5 in very very stiff and setting 1 is actually a slfter ride than the stock suspention ever was.(great for road travel and preformance driving!!)

I have Had not problems to report for to be ideal

Great for the money used with Eibach Sportline springs found to work out great on handling and extensive cornering manuvers

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Stock, Bilstein, KYB

-can change the setting very easily by just popping the hood and the trunk -set at 4 or 5, can take corners like crazy. If the roads are crappy can set at 2 and the ride is comparable to the stock setup -the white shocks stand out when looking at the car from the back

-Very easy to break the ride setting adjustments

These shocks rock. I have them installed with a set of vogtland springs and there's a noticeable improvement in the ride and the stiffness of the suspension on my car. Weaving in and out of traffic is effortless and there's no dipping. I strongly recommend this setup to anyone who's looking for good, affordable performance upgrade.

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bone stock suspension---spend a little money to get the adjustables otherwise you might regret chintzin out later

easy to adjust, cost compared to koni's, better qualiy than the agx's. very easy install and come with full directions, took me about 3 1/2 hours to pull the old shocks and springs and install the new ones.

cant go lower than around 2" or it voids the lifetime warranty, adjustment clickers are kinda cheesy and you can make a couple of clicks and not tell a difference right away.

got a nice deal on these brand new on ebay. put them on with an eibach pro kit on my 1999 honda civic si, lowered the front about 1.6" and the rear about 1.4".

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Nice ride

none

i had to change my original setup due to using lowering springs with stock shocks. (Bad idea). Ride is nice no matter what because they can be adjusted. Adjustment is easy. Got a flathead?

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Intrax lowering Springs

Cheap. Adjustable. Go-kart handling.

Poor wear characteristics. Rough ride quality. Bump-steer.

Used in combo with Tokico lowering springs (non-progressive). Over rough roads, one of the rears kept changing the setting from 3-2 (by itself). Fronts had to be stiffened up after a couple years to compensate for wear. Ride quality pretty bad compared to a friend's Koni/Eibach (progressive) coilover set (sweet ride when set to 1.5" lower than stock).

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Koni/Eibach

Easy adjustability with wide range settings. Good reputation.

Still looking.

I installed the Illumina shocks in my MR2 with Eibach Pro Kit Springs. This lowered the car about 1 inch and really firmed up the handling. This combination makes the MR2 much more stable in corners, particularly when exiting tight turns under full acceleration. The car stays flat and online with no front end dive and much less steering deflection on road imperfections. I find that the 4 & 5 settings are strictly for smooth track conditions. For everyday driving I set the rear on 2 and the front on 1. This setting is much firmer than the stock system without being harsh on the rural roads in my area. 3 on the rear and 2 on the front are perfect for local canyon blasting. The illuminas work extremely well on an MR2 MK1. They probably won't please the BMW/Bilstein crowd but then that's another world apart from true light weight sports cars. The Illumina/Eibach combo will probably also work well on Miatas, RX7s, etc. This is the best single mod you can make to your MR2. It will make you faster in the corners and that's what sports car performance is all about.

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stock struts and springs

Adjustable! Firm ride with NO harshness! Night & Day difference over stock setup!

Only single adjustment for rebound and compression damping, but still an excellent shock

I have these mated to HR Sport springs with Comptech swaybars, and I've been very satisfied with the performance. This is a daily commuter car, and therefore I was looking for a firm, performance ride w/o sacrificing too much comfort. The Illuminas deliver! I do wish they had separate adjustable rebound and compression damping to fine tune for the street, however ANY adjustability is welcome over the OEM dampers. I usually have mine set at 2-3 for daily use, and 4-5 when I'm autocrossing. This setup has dramatically reduced body roll, lift, dive, and inspires confidence at speed. An Excellent product!

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Koni Stock - *laf*

Not that much over stock dampers, except that they can handle slightly higher spring-rates. A good oem replacement damper with the benifit(not much) of single adjustablilty.

At a $100+ bucks a pop and the same ride quality of oem dampers, I don't think they are worth the money.

When I bought my 99' civic ex, the guy before me had put on Ground-Control coil-overs keeping the oem dampers. I really didn't like the ride so I did my research and came across the Progress/Tokico setup. I was impressed by the performance The Progress Group claimed they could achieve by using their springs mated with Tokico dampers. I called Progress with questions about pairing their springs with the Illuminas. The woman that I talked with was friendly and very helpful. I told her my problem. I had Ground-Controls, oem shocks, and I no suspension travel. I was riding on my bumpstops and the ride to say the least, sucked. I told her I wanted a realitivly comfortable ride with good performance. She reassured me that was what I would get. Since everybody else seemed to be going to Ground-Control, and I had already had them and didn't like them, I decided to try the Tokico and Progress set up. The Progres springs and Tokico Illuminas worked nicely. The drop of 2.0/2.0 was perfect, and I played with all kinds of settings (1-5) on the Illuminas. Setting 1 is a little softer than stock and five, while not being totally unstreetable, is pretty stiff. On setting 5 you tranfer all the engines power to the ground. Acceleration is quicker and braking allows for no nose diving. However, when tuning a car for the street you can't have to stiff of suspension. You'll lose traction over bumps when the springs are to stiff, which is what happened with the GC's. Their spring rates are meant to keep you from bottoming out, which I did, and consiquiently are too stiff for the street. Your dampers also must be able to handle the higher spring rates. Thats why the Tokico Illuminas and Progress springs work so well, because they balance eachother out. The disadvantage to the Illuminas is having single-adjustability. When you adjust them you effect both the compression and the rebound stroke. This is great on a smooth racetrack but on the street it limits your tunability of your suspension. This is where you want double adjustable dampers. You want to stiffen the rebound stroke to control your bounce, and leave the compression stroke reasonable soft to absorb the bumps in the road. I don't know about you guys, but have you seen the state of affairs our roads are in these days? Overall, it is a decent alternative to Ground-Control but still left me wanting more.

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Ground-Control w/ oem dampers