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.

 

wow that sucks, i wanted this combo too

 

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.

 

no one makes them for our cars...yet

 

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?

 

I called them and they were more than happy to hold up their end of the bargain. Still a pain in the *** to pull them out after 2,000 miles.

 

tokico ftw

 

yes, it was me. and yes, i did have the Koni's specifically ordered by TrueHonda (which is a **** 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.

 

I've beat the bag out of mine for almost 30K and they feel like new. I'm also not "dumped" though.

 

x1000

 

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...

 

really why not?

 

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.

 

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.

 

gotta make your own extended top hats...thats what i did for a few 7th gens now