area522010

Just wanted to see what you guys are using or what company you think makes the coil over sleeve on the market. i personally ran sk2 sleeves for 2 season with blues ran perfectly fine. just grabbed a set of megans for a wholesale price ima try those out on my street car. but wanted to see what you guys suggest. and please i know a complete coilover works the best but im asking a pacific question.

jdmb18hatch

i like my GC's

crxsleeper210

WHAT HE SAID ^^^^^^^
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TunerN00b

I love my GCs as well.

But, if I had known that Koni sells sleeves for the Sport (Yellow) shocks, I would have simply bought those instead.

98civdx

I agree with above, Ground control coilovers are the best slip ons.

kristo

Very likely true, but in the end any decent fabricated sleeve will do - with our without specific designs (like the GC Koni sleeve).

The Koni sleeves have the benefit of being Koni-specific - like the GC Koni sleeves, but you need a (Koni supplied) adapter to use 2.5" springs, and the locking method is different (better/worse?) from GC.

The Koni-sleeves are also not only specific for Yellows, they have sleeve-fitments for all their dampers.

Extra benefit of GC (in case of Yellows) could be considered to be that you get from them a one-brand package: sleeves + extended top hats (+ springs) and an arguably good looking-one.

builthatch

custom ground controls per the application with koni dampers

98civdx

Kristo- very true, but gc sleeves look better then other sleeves

kristo

My post^^ amended accordingly

TunerN00b

Considering that my knuckles rub against my GC springs on occasion, running a smaller diameter (2.25") spring might be a good thing. And ERS (what GC uses anyway) happen to come in both 2.25" and 2.5".

bsmith100

These were the only coil-overs I could find on the Koni website.
http://www.koni-na.com/1150.cfm

Are these the slip-on sleeves you were talking about? To me they seem like these have threaded shock bodies, not the slip on type. Where can you get the sleeves?

98civdx

haha

bsmith100, these are what we are talking about
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GROUN...Q5fAccessories

bsmith100

Oh I know about Ground Control coil-overs. However earlier in the thread somebody mentioned that Koni sells their own sleeves for their shocks.

bsmith100

These Koni built sleeves are the ones I was asking about. I have never seen them. Apparently they take 2.25 inch diameter springs.

98civdx

ohhh, go to weaksuace or thmotorsports, they do sell koni specif gc sleeves.

Koni doesnt make them, its just a option that ground control has.

bsmith100

I don't think that is what they were talking about. In their posts they refer to the Ground Control sleeves specifically for Koni that take the 2.5 inch springs, and then they talk about the Koni built sleeves that take smaller diameter springs and require a special adapter from Koni so they can use 2.5 inch springs.

98civdx

Im confused. GC used 2.5in springs, but you can also get them in 2.25in if you want.

Ground control makes sleeves for many different types of shocks, not just koni..
There are adapters to use non koni sleeves on koni shocks, this is becasue of the cir clip.
The koni spec gc grabs the cir clip.


In there post they may be talking about the koni cir clip, if you dont have koni spec seleves you will need an adapter for the sleeve to sit on top of and grab the cir clip.
I have never heard of koni making sleeves, only ground control making them for koni.
But your post is a little confusing sorry.

bsmith100

Yeah, I had not heard about Koni selling their own sleeves either. Although some of the posts seem to suggest that they do. Or at least that was the impression I got.

98civdx

they may, i have no clue. Without acutally giving koni na a call.
I belive they sell there own adapters to run a skunk2 or something sleeve on there shocks, but again, im not 100% positive.

kristo

TunerN00b and myself were indeed also talking about sleeves made by Koni.

See their catalogue here and relevant webpage here.

area522010

no love for megan's?

phunhaus

No.

98civdx

Looks like the gc ones, well just black

TunerN00b

Except that the upper shock mounts pictured here (not sure if they are available for all models, as I didn't really pay much attention to sleeves / kits after I already purchased my GCs and GC extended upper mounts):

will radically reduce side bending loads on the shock shaft, since they keep the spring parallel to the shock (unlike stock upper shock mounts).

But then again, those are also shown with helper springs, which most people don't bother to run.

98civdx

is there any advantages over just a koni/gc setup?
Other then the top hat, I haven't ever seen a top hat like that.