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Bilsteins for stock suspension - HD or digressive?

I've been reading lots of threads on selecting shocks, and many talk about benefits to having stock Bilsteins re-valved digressively. But when I read for details, it seems that most people having this done have upgraded their suspension, especially with stiffer torsion bars.

I'm preparing to refresh the suspension on my '84 coupe. It came with Bilsteins (green) from the factory. They now have 165k miles on them, and I figure I'll want to refresh them when I do the bushings and such.

I'm not a hard driver. My car will probably never see any track time while I own it, I use it as a Grand Touring car. I definitely won't be upgrading my TBs, nor will I be using anything other than normal rubber bushings (Elephant OE-hardness). I don't find the ride on my car to be bad now.

So given that I'm looking at keeping the rest of the suspension totally stock, is there really going to much difference between simply replacing my Bilsteins with new HDs vs. having Elephant re-valve them digressively?
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