Reply to "Shockers and suspension setup."

Rob

I dunno what the money situation is, but if it were my Pantera I'd sell the Aldens with springs, buy a set of steel body Koni gas shocks with optional spring adjusters, and the right springs (for how you plan to drive the car) as a package from one of our Pantera vendors. Install them and be happy.

There are fancier shocks out there, alloy bodied, external adjustment knobs, remote reservoirs, you name it; but the steel body Konis will ride as well as any of them and last a long time. The only time I would consider buying a better shock is if I was setting the car up for racing and I expected to be dialing the chassis in constantly, then I'd want the external adjusters and some provision for cooling the oil in the shock (remote reservoir, etc). In that case I'd probably spring for the Ohlins shocks.

Feedback on the Aldens leads me to believe they are a hot-rodder's shock, designed to look like an expensive shock but priced inexpensively, all for show & not for go.