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Old 06-29-2008, 06:49 PM
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I'm really having trouble deciding between the tokico illuminas or the koni yellows for my 93 del sol. their gonna be paired with GC coilovers. I found some illuminas on ebay for $380 shipped and can get the koni's for $450, but if i get the koni's thats an extra $40 for the coilovers too. so my question is, is what makes getting the koni's worth the extra $110?
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Well when i get my gc im getting koni yellows. They have a lifetime warranty and have heard only good things about them. I've heard good things about illuminas too but dont know about there warranty.
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its all about the lifetime warrenty.

Tokico's dont have a lifetime warrenty, so get the koni's fo sho!
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so pretty much $110 bucks for a lifetime warranty and a couple extra settings? anyone know if the ride quality is any better? that lifetime warranty sounds damn good though lol.
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look at this way, 110 for a lifetime warranty (all the koni's you'll ever need) or 380 for some new illuminas (if it ever came to that).
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Koni Yellows! cant recall ever hearing anything bad about those
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The Koni's are awesome shocks, you really can't go wrong with them.
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Koni's FTW
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dito..... the Konis have several perch locations. 2 on the front and 3 in the rear....

so even with stock springs you could probably get a drop of 1-1.5inch in the front and 1-2inches in the rear just by moving a small clip.

not that youll really need them.LOL but id have to agree with Koni yellows... ive had them for a few months now and still love them...
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i have 600lb rear springs on my otc koni yellows and theyre still holding up after multiple track days. koni yellows
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Want to jump on the bandwagon then go ahead. Illuminas do come with a lifetime warranty. I never heard about the clips on the konis that sounds interesting. I got my GC and illuminas set up in the mail on the way. Last time I had illuminas and ebay coilovers and it was decent. This set up will be great for the money. You buy something else for your car with the money you save.
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i had skunk2 coils and tokico blues only because i got a bangin deal on them from a friend, they were nice, but if i didnt get such a deal i would have went GC and koni yellows...
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