best shocks for a daily driver 73 dart
what brand/part # would you guys recommend? thank you for your time. RR
What size torsion bars do you have?
This is ultimately the most important factor when selecting shocks. The wheel rate and the shocks dampening capability have to be in the same ballpark.
KYB's work "ok" with factory undersized bars. They're ridiculously stiff and not particularly good, but if you have super soft torsion bars the combination of too soft a wheel rate and too hard of a shock results in a semi-tolerable ride (not a good one). They may even keep you from bottoming out the suspension all the time, which will feel like a massive improvement. It's for all the wrong reasons and it's not how you should go about matching a spring and shock, but that's why anyone thinks KYB's are anything other than hot garbage. That and not having run anything better to realize how much better a shock can actually be.
If you have torsion bars that are 1" or larger and you
SHOULD if you're going to daily drive with radial tires, then KYB's are the absolute worst thing you could ever do to yourself. I've done it, after swapping to Bilstien RCD's I regretted every single second those KYB's were on my car.
If I won a lifetime supply of free KYB shocks, I'd say "no thanks".