koni yellows are crap(rears)
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koni yellows are crap(rears) I have had my yellows on for about 9 months not and when I first put them on I had my doughts about the rear being held up by a lock ring. well my fears have been proven. I was driving and hit a pot hole. it wasn't even that hard and the entire right rear side of my car just hit the ground. the tire was completely tucked in the well. the ring had popped and the perch slid to the botom of the strut. car was dragging on the ground. I had to fix it on the side of the road with some hose clams just to get home. Now I am saving up for a set of full coilovers. for now I have 4 hose clamps holding the perch up. I can't belive they would put all that weight on a cheap little snap ring. That was a very stupid Idea. Just figured I would warn everybody that has them. it could happen to you.
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Rep Power: 297 yes I installed them. there is an adjustable snap ring that locks in to a slot under the perch that hold the perch up. Thats it a little bendable snap ring.
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Originally Posted by CrewChief
yes I installed them. there is an adjustable snap ring that locks in to a slot under the perch that hold the perch up. Thats it a little bendable snap ring.
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Rep Power: 310 Yeah no probs here either. I know that Koni made a change to the perch so that the ring clip is now locked in by a little groove they cut into the perch. Maybe you got an old set? Call up Koni and I bet they'll send you the fixed perches and new clips. BTW, this design is over 1 years old I think.. maybe more.
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Rep Power: 0 yeah, if you have a busted set, or the first set or whatnot, I would call them and see if they can pay for any other damage as well. Lawyer call them? i would not be paying for it myself, when they sell something like that. It was their products fault. Hope they dont have a ToS. they probably do though
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well, looks like the problem is that you're on ground control wannabe coilovers. i don't think koni recommends you use sleeve coilovers (someone correct me on this). i remember someone else had the same thing happened to the rear and he was either using ground controls or skunk coilovers. i have my koni's with goldline springs for a year and i have no complaints.
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Originally Posted by Unleaded
well, looks like the problem is that you're on ground control wannabe coilovers. i don't think koni recommends you use sleeve coilovers (someone correct me on this). i remember someone else had the same thing happened to the rear and he was either using ground controls or skunk coilovers. i have my koni's with goldline springs for a year and i have no complaints.
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Originally Posted by flotsamm
I wanna say it okay to use coilovers as long as you get the proper perches. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong also thx.
I have been running gc's with koni's for 2 1/2 years no problems.
They will look like this with the adapters.
Koni will send you some new lock rings free. Then get the adapters from gc.
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Originally Posted by djmota
You are correct and you can buy these little adapters for less than 20 bux from ground control They encompass the lock ring and slip inside the sleeven
I have been running gc's with koni's for 2 1/2 years no problems.
They will look like this with the adapters.
Koni will send you some new lock rings free. Then get the adapters from gc.
I have been running gc's with koni's for 2 1/2 years no problems.
They will look like this with the adapters.
Koni will send you some new lock rings free. Then get the adapters from gc.
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Originally Posted by 2slowcivic
I agree koni's suck but they don't come apart
I beat the hell out of my ep3 auto xing and hittin potholes
and stuff there's something wrong with the way you
installed those rings
I beat the hell out of my ep3 auto xing and hittin potholes
and stuff there's something wrong with the way you
installed those rings
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Originally Posted by PICHY2G
get me the place so i can order the adaptors.....mine dont look like that....my coilovers sit on a plate almost @ the bottom of the strut...but so far no problems....i dont want it to turn into one... i had mine for 2.5 years
Just call em up and tell them what you need.
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Rep Power: 297 Ok. my wife ordered the ground control sleeved coilovers for me a long time ago. she ordered the ones for stock shocks cause thats what I had at the time. I guess that might have something to with it. so warning to those running that set up as well.
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