Bilstein PSS9

It's just one knob, so both are adjusted. Although I'm pretty sure Bilstein's are a predominantly compression damper, so you probably end up changing bump more than rebound.

But I really don't know....

Totally wrong, I think. Why would you say Bilsteins are predominantly bump? I don't have curves for the Focus PSS9, but I've seen others. Both bump and rebound are adjusted, but the bump is only minorly changed. Most of the change goes into the rebound.

Totally wrong, I think. Why would you say Bilsteins are predominantly bump? I don't have curves for the Focus PSS9, but I've seen others. Both bump and rebound are adjusted, but the bump is only minorly changed. Most of the change goes into the rebound.

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I'm saying that if you look at a dyno of a bilstein vs a koni or any other shock, the bilstein will have more area under the compression curve than the rebound curve (relative to other shocks)

I really have no idea what happens when you turn the knob on the PSS9's. Since it's only one knob, you're adjusting both bump and rebound, I was just assuming it'd have a greater effect on bump.

After some thought, that seems counter-intuitive since bump is the "set it and forget it" adjustment, with rebound being used to change the handling characteristics.

But again, I really don't know what I'm talking about.

EDIT: I'm really not being very clear, and I'm not entirely sure what I'm saying is really what I'm trying to say. Make sense?