Compare 30-year Old vs. New Bilstein Shock Absorbers

Looking to get a set of 4600s for 2007 MKX would that work?

Nice vid, thx. Did it fix the road bouncing or is it the same? I have a strange feeling that my car also needs replacement shocks although the standard test does not show it.

There was nothing wrong with the old shocks 😅

Berlin Wall fell Nov 1989. FYI

Probably does not have much miles on them..

Even the 30 year old bilsteins still seem like they are working pretty well.

Just bought a 03 Silverado it came with bilstein just is making ugly noises on front end left on highway and uphills. Took a look and one shock has a lot of mud/oil compared to the other one. Should I replace it?

I have a Kia minivan and recently took out the KYB rear shocks after 80,000 miles thinking they might need changing out. I bought a set of new sachs from RockAuto. There's not many options for my vehicle. I did a comparison of the old and new and the KYB was much much stiffer and didn't recompress after I pushed it down. The brand new sachs was like a sponge. I could easily push down on it and it would bounce right back and you could hear the fluid swishing around inside. Is this normal? Watching your video it's telling me that my brand new shocks are worse than my old KYB. :-/

do they still make them like they use too. I was looking to get a set of 4600s for my 2017 ram 1500

Probably are original I talked to a guy who worked for them in early 2000s and still does and they used to do a bunch of gm contracts. A lot of them are made in Ohio now

Those old shocks look pretty good. Generally it seems old/warn shocks compress easily and either return slowly, or not at all.

wrong wrong wrong. the 30 year old shocks are NOT worn, they will ride a 1000 times smoother than the new ones, been there done that. Drive on new one for a week and compere them again. They will be the same

Bilsteins are made to be serviced. You buy a set and keep them for life. Why did you not just service them?

Syclone....🤤🤤🤤

Yeah.... that's how you tell which of the two are the old. Really, dude?

Those Bilsteins have a lifetime warranty. I hope the replacements were free from Bilstein...

What are you using for a jack on the lift tray. I just purchased a 4 post lift and don’t want to spend $800 on the OE jack.

I'm more excited about the syclone! Such a badass ride

Berlin wall fell in 89.

so that how you can tell its worn out , thanks

They can go tight too. ive seen that a fair few times

I just had some Bilsteins put on front and rear, not those exact ones but same colors. My front end is sitting noticably higher now, is that normal? Also the shocks are very stiff.

Honestly, for how old those shocks are I'd say they held up fantastic. I've seen oem Ford trucks shocks no longer rebound being 3 years old, and that's being a gas charged shock as well. Those bilsteins are great shocks