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Originally Posted by KaDuWin
You might also consider heavy duty Bilsteins which have a higher pressure rate than the Konis. Konis have 350 PSI per cartridge vs the heavy duty Bilstein which has 420 PSI which is a complete strut replacement as opposed to a cartridge replacement like some of the konis are.
I have Bilsteins on my MK2 with stock springs and the handling is substantially better. Besides the pressure rate, the actual Bilstein strut is actually twice as thick as the stock Tokicos that come with the car from the factory I was gonna do Eibach springs but ran short of cash.
Either way you are almost always better in the long run going with a name brand like Bilstein or Koni over a strut like a Megan, D2, etc. The valves are better, the designs are more reliable, my Bilstein has a pressure rate which is equal to most of the coil over setups, and no additional hardware is needed it is a direct OEM replacement fit.
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Unfortunately, Bilstein hasn't actually made a strut for the MKI in quite some time, and I don't believe they ever made a complete strut assembly unit for the MKI. The only struts they made for it were heavy duty cartridges, which I once had, and they were not even adjustable.