snap ring failed koni is sending new ones just figured id let people know this is possible and maintaining your car could save your life . i caught this before i hit a pothole on the fwy or had them fail mid turn. taking 10 mins to make sure everything looks right mechanicly might have saved my life!
after i sat the car back down the snap ring failed completely on the right side causing it to slide the coil sleeve perch down all the way almost . needless to say the tire was on the wheel well .

 

How old is this set up?

 

has less than 1000 miles on it. i just got my license back and been driving another car more than this one too.

 

1000 miles? Brand new??? That **** looks like it is 10 years old!

 

I have about 30k on my set up and it doesn't look half as bad, does it snow where you live?

 

Not the almighty Koni brand having a QC problem. Geez I thought only the JDM brands had those issues....

 

aren't you missing some parts? the rubber o ring for the ground controls, and the metal collar for the koni yellows? maybe those might have made a difference.

 

that sucks, my em2 rear setup is like that with the circlip

had mine since august 09, I've put 16k+ miles on the koni/gc....I drive a lot, and mine still good

that must been scary, least your ok

 

No the Koni specific GC's capture the circlip by the sleeve itself, the I.D. is exactly machined to fit over the outside of the Konis snugly.

 

Probably 1000 on his car. Who knows how long the previous owner had them.

That set looks pretty beat up for 1000 miles. GC's included.

 

Yeah I have a set of GC's that have been on my car for more than 100k miles and they don't look half that bad. Lets just be glad the OP didn't have a serious accident.

 

looks to me that those are not the right sleeves for that shock.

 

A picture of the inside of the sleeve will tell truth, to the benefit of OP and the community.

 

ill disasemble the shock tomorow and see if maybe i was an idiot and put the sleeve on upside down somehow.. post picture by picture for you guys. yeah 1000s def. a understatement its about 3k at the very most.

 

No more than 3000? Are you rallying your car in winter conditions?

 

Install error looks like the cause. Glad you didn't wreck

 

When the GC sleeve is all the way down and seated on the circlip, you should not be able to see the circlip at all. It should completely capture and cover the circlip, which prevents the clip from slipping out of the groove. I would also like to know if perhaps you installed them upside down.

 

You can install these sleeves upside down? Man, I better pay close attention when I install mine, if my damn Koni's ever show up! I ordered them on March 1st and still don't have them. Backorder FTL!

 

Look like you're missing the collar sleeve.

 

kudos to koni for backing their reputation and sending you a new set

 

eh? There are no additional parts used besides the Koni circlip and the GC sleeve. Are you referring to the rings that sit on the circlip when using the normal spring perches? If so, those are not used when mounting GC sleeves.

See the link in my sig showing proper GC/Koni assembly.

 

Mine looks like yours but with an additional collar. I could take mine out from the car but don't feel like doing it.

 

Additional collar? Where does it go? Are you sure you have Koni-specific GC's? Koni-specific sleeves should match the diameter of the Koni shock body exactly. You can use regular sleeves but you need an additional adapter. Maybe you're referring to this adapter ring?

 

This is what I'm referring to.
Not the best picture.

 

Those are standard sleeves, not Koni-specific. That groove on the black ring is machined directly into the sleeve on the Koni-specific ones, and the ID of the sleeve is about 1/2" smaller than the ID of the standard sleeves.

And looking at the OP's pics again, it appears I can see the bottom of the machined groove in the first pic, which would indicated the OP did have them installed correctly (if they were fully seated). Crazy, I've never seen that happen before.