Full disclosure, the shocks I replaced had 180K miles on them, so anything would have been an improvement. However, the handling, solid stability, and complete absence of shimmy over bumps was better than I expected, and I am very pleased with the results. My only comment is the ride height setting as delivered was way different from original, low front and high rear. I expected the initial setting would be closer to stock, but it was easy to fix. High quality pieces from the looks of them, now let's see how long they last!