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.

 

[jadmt]

on my 2023 cx5 turbo I can go no hands on the steering wheel at any speed and straight arrow down the road it does not follow imperfections and was the same with the stock toyos which I replaced at around 25000 miles and the Michelin CC2 which I have had for the last 15000 miles or so... I would have the alignment checked..