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What is your opinion on this kit? How would you compare them with koni yellow and some similar springs?

chrisw85

H&R cupkit really is revalved (though i feel off-the-shelf valving is fine) silver-painted koni sports, and H&R sport springs.

may be cheaper to get teh shocks seprerately at $450 shipped and the springs for $149 shipped.

EK k kay

That's what I got, Koni yellows and H&R sports on my civic. Rides awesome with 1 full turn on the dial. With the height setting on the stock location the rear sits quite a bit higher than the front. I lowered the rear to the bottom position and the stance is perfectly even. I give this combo a

hayabusa160

i have the h&r cup kit
its a nice set up i like it great for a street car its not too harsh but its not too soft either.

heres how it looks on the normal settings

Daniel

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Yep. The H&R Cup Kit does use Koni Yellows. I suppose you can call them Koni Grays, though, since they're painted gray for the Cup Kit. However, they're still supplied with adjustment ***** just as before.

I don't have a Civic, anymore, but I use the Cup Kit on my DC2. Besides the shocks being revalved, they're also revalved for springs meant to work for your specific chassis. That means the entire package has been designed to produce what H&R/Koni have deemed to provide the best handling and comfort for each application.

As with other Yellows, full stiff feels stiff and full soft feels compliant but controlled. However, my only complaint is with the progressive-rated springs. I'd rather have linear-rated, but the Cup Kit is a street setup; trade-offs have to be made, right? In all other respects, the setup is extremely versatile, and the biggest selling point for me was the fact that it was a packaged shock/spring setup from two globally-known companies. I've also had previous experience with Koni Yellows on my Civic and H&R Sports on my Accord, so I know both produce products of great quality and design.

Lastly, it retails on H&R's webpage at about $1000, but I got mine out the door from an authorized H&R and Koni dealer, locally, for about $750 (Motorsport Dynamics). I'm sure other dealers can get you a great price for them, too. (And no, mine weren't on sale or used or anything.)

hayabusa160

i got mines for 625 shiped from tirerack that was before the prices shot up.