I currently have GC's on my '96 Civic. I want to buy some Koni's, will I have to buy new GC's too? I know this has been covered and I couldn't find it with the search. If i remember right I thought the GC for the Koni's came with a different adapter?

Any advice would be great.

Chris

 

Yes, GC sleeves for Koni shocks mount differently. You skip the standard Koni spring perch, and place the sleeve directly on the circlip.

Just save up and do it all at once. Its cheaper and easier. You'll have to align the car after any suspension changes anyway, so you might as well do all changes at once and only have to align the car once.

Besides that, stock shocks won't take the increased rate or the drop of the GC sleeves, and will ride like crap until they blow, which will be quickly.

 

GC makes adapters that you could use with your old-style sleeves to slip them over the new koni's. They come with a ring that sits on the circlip of the yellows, the sleeve then sits perfectly on that ring. There's a rubber sleeving inbetween the collar and koni yellow that keeps it from moving around.

 

I already have the GC on the car from when i bought it a year plus ago. Thank you for the responces. I'm going to write GC and see how much new sleeves would be.