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Having used both QA1 and Afco, you're money is better spent buying the right shocks the first time.
If you are willing to put out the money to buy Qa1's, it will be in vain if you run out of adjustability with them.
On one my friends rides, which is a high 11 second ride, he found out the expensive way that QA1's are not nearly is good as afcos.
The problem is in the fact that a QA1 single adjusts both Compression and Rebound at the same time.
So its fine if you need a shock stiff on compression AND rebound, but not if you need one thats Light on rebound and stiff on compression, or like most cars somewhere inbetween both of them.
i find it interesting that people will spend $2500 on a pair of the latest greatest cylinder heads, but when it comes to applying that power to the ground, they dont want to hear about $1500 shocks.
Which brings up the point that there's a place local to my area that has extremely good pricing on them, they saved me $60/pr over summit.
be honest with yourself, if you want to put forth a serious effort in tuning and racing, and you feel that having the parts that will help the car hook consistantly (good and bad tracks, hot and cold tracks) are worth it, then buy them.
if you plan to heading to the track a few times a year, and you dont mind if you spin in less then good conditions, then buy the Qa1's.
My last peice of advice is that buying the right shocks after the fact is the MOST expensive route.
After spending $700 on shocks that didnt work (limited adjustability, wear out too quickly, ect). i bought the AFCO's.
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