affect shock reliability. There is a comment below that I'll add to: With the Eibachs, I found the "Touring" setting to be very firm, and the "Sport" setting to be too stiff, except for occasionally playing with it just for fun. My point is, if money is a consideration, you could avoid the high cost of stock shocks, and buy KYB's (I've not owned them but people on this site seem to like them).