kyb excel g shocks are awesome quality and stand by them, i have been to the track many time with these shocks and hills, oh and daily driven
having said that i have had bilstein in a car they are good obviously, but i think they have a bit of a wank aura around them
bit like snap on tools, the best yes, but a $5 spanner can undo the bolt
and if you have snap ons you want to justify the cost and think you are the bomb fizzle, like i did oh yeah
the law of diminshing returns comes into play here 400 set of shocks are 90% as good as a set of $1400 shocks its the simple truth, and that is before getting into science, and we need to remember we are talking about $500 cars here not F1 cars
using shocks from other cars is cost effective and is a method employed by TRD, Whiteline and a host of other companies.
at the end of the day if you are good enough driver and the body of the car is under control you can drive around problems
just look at simon michaelmores car
-6 camber, 12kg springs, with s/hand shocks of unknown type, low as low 5 mil toe out
and you know what even tho he is a massive fuckhead, he was actually exciting to watch unlike most of the ass draggin d a 'drifters'
^ sorry about going off topic
