Shock Upgrades For A 2024 CX-5 Carbon Turbo?

[Woodguru]

We just got a 2024 CX-5 turbo carbon with 4k dealer CEO miles on it. The Toyo A36 tires truly sucked, so we put a set of Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive tires, which makes it feel like a different car. It had a dangerous level of reactiveness to center lines and a jitteriness with bumps and road irregularities. The tires have made a remarkable difference in smoothness, noise, and stability, but there is still a slight tendency for it to follow pavement cracks and lines.

I can only assume this leaves shocks that are not doing as good a job as they could be, and was wondering if any other CX-5 owners have noticed this and found shocks that are smoother. I'm thinking this has to do with an orientation towards performance that shocks with different valving might be smoother.

 

[N7turbo]

There are few options.

Bilstein B6 will be 10% stiffer than OE.
KYB is supposedly the OEM.

I'm not aware of any others.

Other than that, there are complete coilover assemblies from B&C Racing and Ceika. These have adjustable damping and it's possible you could tune them down to be softer than stock. I have yet to see anyone actually report doing that, though.