My passengers side strut gave out (REAR)
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My passengers side strut gave out (REAR)
i have the koni struts and comming from the new england dragway on rt95 south there was construction on the road...bad bump with no signs that said BUMP plus it was dark as hell.... the car fell from the new pevement to the scraped pavement soooo ****ing hard i thought my car broke i half.. evryone spleeping in the car woke up like if i crashed andd ****... but here i knew this was gon happen sooner or later i saw this comming last year when my interior was getting done.. we redid the suspencion and i noticed the small ring on the koni strut was damaged... i hit it with a hammer and straightened out...it was all good untill i put in the box for music in the back.. that **** weighs a ton....but we will c what happens tomorrow ill try to fix it if not turn the coilover all the way up.....thankfully nothing else is broken.....YET
YES KONI SUCKS
YES KONI SUCKS
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Rep Power: 311 So it still failed with the newer lower perch? Whne I first installed my Koni's in the rear, I put some clamps on the shock in case the c-clip failed. It looks like ***, but I dont care. As long as I'm able to limp it home I'll be happy.
Lemme know if you want a pic of my clamps setup.
Lemme know if you want a pic of my clamps setup.
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Originally Posted by flotsamm
So it still failed with the newer lower perch? Whne I first installed my Koni's in the rear, I put some clamps on the shock in case the c-clip failed. It looks like ***, but I dont care. As long as I'm able to limp it home I'll be happy.
Lemme know if you want a pic of my clamps setup.
Lemme know if you want a pic of my clamps setup.
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Rep Power: 0 haha, another Koni sucks thread 'cause they didn't put in the adapter for their gc. 
koni has life-time warranty, try to ask them to see if they can give u a replacement shock 'cause you got an early verison and didn't know about the adapter.
koni has life-time warranty, try to ask them to see if they can give u a replacement shock 'cause you got an early verison and didn't know about the adapter.
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Originally Posted by wonderz
haha, another Koni sucks thread 'cause they didn't put in the adapter for their gc.
koni has life-time warranty, try to ask them to see if they can give u a replacement shock 'cause you got an early verison and didn't know about the adapter.
koni has life-time warranty, try to ask them to see if they can give u a replacement shock 'cause you got an early verison and didn't know about the adapter.
is it a coilover adapter??????
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Originally Posted by PICHY2G
where and what is the "ADAPTER" can someone tell me
is it a coilover adapter??????
is it a coilover adapter??????
http://www.ground-control-store.com/...p/II=520/CA=55
they don't sell just the adapter on their website, but u can call them up and ask to buy it from them.
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something like this...
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Originally Posted by wonderz
ground control makes adapter for different types of shocks. basically you should know what shocks u want to use before u buy the coils.
http://www.ground-control-store.com/...p/II=520/CA=55
they don't sell just the adapter on their website, but u can call them up and ask to buy it from them.
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something like this...
http://www.ground-control-store.com/...p/II=520/CA=55
they don't sell just the adapter on their website, but u can call them up and ask to buy it from them.
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something like this...
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Originally Posted by GaryC17
So with the adpater, you don't have to install the silver perch(that came with the rear konis) ?
my car is away for the year im gon get either the teins or the hayame full coilovers... thx guyz i aprecitae your help
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Rep Power: 0 By the way, how does the car ride/handle with the GCs + Konis ?
Originally Posted by PICHY2G
/yeah i want to know that alsoo... but in anycase
my car is away for the year im gon get either the teins or the hayame full coilovers... thx guyz i aprecitae your help
my car is away for the year im gon get either the teins or the hayame full coilovers... thx guyz i aprecitae your help
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Rep Power: 424 Yes, GC has 2 kits, one for Konis that has a spacer with a recess in it for the snap ring. (and thats my hand in the picture) When the the sleeve lands on the snap ring, it compresses it like a compression ring in your engine and basically prevents if from popping out of that groove. If you've got early konis, they made the groove deeper, if you've got GCs for non-Konis, call and get Koni rear sleeves. Either way, use the respective warranties and it should be taken care of. Its rare for the snap ring itself to fail (break), but it does sometimes happen.
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