Strut Time - suggestions? Koni vs Bilstien vs Bilstein

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (LEF)]

It would be wrong to imply that a gas shock with no pressure is simply the 
same as a non-gas shock.
Here's a recent thread on this:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1783803&highlight=Bilstein

I'd say it takes years for enough gas to leak out and affect performance. 
Bilstein would probably agree, since they claim their shocks are good for 
100,000 miles.  Certainly they would be considered toast if the pressure 
dropped to zero.

larry
sandiego16v



> The gas is always going to leak out. The seals just can't be that perfect.
> All the gas pressure does is help to prevent cavitation of the fluid by 
> pressing on a piston to keep things semi-compressed inside the shock.
> Non-gas pressure shocks have been around forever and a gas pressure shock 
> that looses it's charge is essentially the same, so I guess the question 
> is at what residual pressure and/or what driving conditions does the shock 
> become "toast".