have a friend with a 97 lude.. wants to go with GC and koni yellows.. shes buying the koni yellows locally and purchasing the GC online.... but i have heard form a select frew that GC/KONI wont work on 97's is this incorrect??

also is there anythign special you need to order to make the koni yellows and GC work well together or wil they both work fine right out of the box ??

 

i dont see why not people say its one of the best set ups for the money

 

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ok so theres nothing special you have to do when orderijg GC and konis separately? they should mate together just fine??

 

just make sure they are for a 5th gen.
is the car a type sh if so the struts maybe different

 

yes unfortunately its a SH lol

 

It should work fine, the konis will not work if you use them with stock SH springs. Also, if you do the install you are going to have to pull the radius rods from the ball joints on the front. DO NOT USE A PICKLE FORK! This will mess up the ball joint boot and you will have to replace it. I learned the hard way. The small pitman are puller will work great for this. And if the stud of the ball joint spins while putting the radius rod back on, just get another jack and jack the car up by the radius rod. This should put enough pressure on the ball joing to allow of the tightening of the castle nut.

Just wanted to let you know before you started.

 

will GC coilvers and koni yellows for a base model lude 97 work ona SH lude??

 

you must:
a) get the koni specific sleeves from ground control

or


b) get the koni adapter sleeves from ground control.

GC makes a special sleeve for use with koni yellows because the dimensions are different. if you don't use the right sleeve or get the right hardware, the sleeve has the capacity to slide past the circlip causign the suspension to collapse.

as long as you're using new spring perches with the new springs on an SH and not the stock spring perches with the new springs i beleive you can use any prelude suspension on an SH. i'm not an SH guy, but there's something in the SH suspension that has a different radius than most aftermarket parts.

 

well if anyone knows about this kinda stuff its badmonkey