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sloem2 10-07-2009 03:40 PM
koni fail
 
front driver side strut went out after only 2,ooo miles of "spirited" driving. I should of listened to homeless and curious G's(ithinkiitwashim) advice on running slammed GC/Koni combo. What a pain for 150 per strut.

Alan-em2 10-07-2009 04:08 PM
Re: koni fail
 
wow that sucks, i wanted this combo too

Honda Rules 10-07-2009 04:19 PM
Re: koni fail
 
lifetime warrenty......

90_EX_Civic 10-07-2009 05:31 PM
Re: koni fail
 
Originally Posted by Honda Rules (Post 40216341)
lifetime warrenty......

exactly, and if you wanted to ride it low, they can custom shorten the shock so that stuff like that won't happen, or you could have gotten extended top hats.

metalviper 10-07-2009 10:37 PM
Re: koni fail
 
Originally Posted by 90_EX_Civic (Post 40217243)
you could have gotten extended top hats.
no one makes them for our cars...yet

JTTeG_X 10-07-2009 11:01 PM
Re: koni fail
 
same thing happened to me on my coupe (front-driver side) but i was on skunk2 sleeves. I wasn't slammed (about 2.5" in front). koni covered it under warranty. what are your spring rates on the GC's?

sloem2 10-10-2009 01:51 PM
Re: koni fail
 
I called them and they were more than happy to hold up their end of the bargain. Still a pain in the ass to pull them out after 2,000 miles.

ejLday 10-10-2009 04:47 PM
Re: koni fail
 
tokico ftw

Curiouz_G 10-10-2009 05:19 PM
Re: koni fail
 
yes, it was me. and yes, i did have the Koni's specifically ordered by TrueHonda (which is a shit dealer btw but I wont start on them) for GC's and yet, they still went so fast. 1 set for me and 3 sets for skipbarber. my warranty however was not accepted by Koni. Oh well.

katzenjammer84 10-10-2009 08:02 PM
Re: koni fail
 
I've beat the bag out of mine for almost 30K and they feel like new. I'm also not "dumped" though.

BiG ChOr!Zo 10-10-2009 10:23 PM
Re: koni fail
 
Originally Posted by ejLday (Post 40249818)
tokico ftw
x1000;)

EternalBlueEX 10-13-2009 10:44 AM
Re: koni fail
 
What shock does everyone recommend for a good spring shock combo? HP's or Illuminas? What about the KONI STreet or whatever?

em2power 10-13-2009 01:54 PM
Re: koni fail
 
Originally Posted by EternalBlueEX (Post 40277614)
What shock does everyone recommend for a good spring shock combo? HP's or Illuminas? What about the KONI STreet or whatever?
First: HP's are a oem substitute they aren't good if you want to lower your car, Illumina's were not made for em2/es1, Youre tokico option is Dspec, which I have had for 23000 miles and are still running strong. And idk anything about koni street...

sloem2 10-17-2009 06:33 PM
Re: koni fail
 
Originally Posted by Curiouz_G (Post 40250047)
yes, it was me. and yes, i did have the Koni's specifically ordered by TrueHonda (which is a shit dealer btw but I wont start on them) for GC's and yet, they still went so fast. 1 set for me and 3 sets for skipbarber. my warranty however was not accepted by Koni. Oh well.
really why not?

theineffable 10-19-2009 01:14 PM
Re: koni fail
 
Originally Posted by ejLday (Post 40249818)
tokico ftw
not really...my blues squeaked from day 1 (have to lube them every couple of months). one of my rears also leaked after 1 month and tokico refused to waranty them directly. they said to go to the retailer but the retailer told me to go to tokico. in the end, the lifetime waranty was useless.

theineffable 10-19-2009 01:17 PM
Re: koni fail
 
Originally Posted by Curiouz_G (Post 40250047)
yes, it was me. and yes, i did have the Koni's specifically ordered by TrueHonda (which is a shit dealer btw but I wont start on them) for GC's and yet, they still went so fast. 1 set for me and 3 sets for skipbarber. my warranty however was not accepted by Koni. Oh well.
just curious but what issues did you have with them?

i ordered tokico hps from them. i also bought my spc camber kit from them. shortly afterwards, they changed into thmotorsports.com and i haven't heard much good about them since.

homelessEm2 10-19-2009 02:50 PM
Re: koni fail
 
gotta make your own extended top hats...thats what i did for a few 7th gens now


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