car:
96 ek hatch

stock struts on H&R springs (yes i no it was temp until i save money for real suspension n i finally got 1 step closer)

so waiting on shipping BUT
my stock struts are blown, will that ruin my stiff H&R springs by making it soft?
or am i better off buying another set of new lowering springs > sell these H&R springs > then save up for GROUND CONTROL ????

keep in mind il be buying new springs at around $50-$100
then selling my used springs at around $50-100 also

 

No it will not ruin the springs.

Remove them from the stock shocks and install onto the koni's.

 

To do it correctly, yes.

 

i cant buy koni yellow now
then buy ground control later??

 

I think you need to buy them together and tell ground control what spring rate you Want.

 

u can buy em seperate, but idk if your able to piece them together yourselves.

 

Yes, you can peice the kick togther, yes you can still get custom rates.

 

No. There are koni specific gc's though. The idea is that they allow you to omit the perch and rest the sleeve directly on the circlip. The normal sleeves may also be used, but they are designed to sit in the oe style lower perch.

OP, you can get your konis now. They should be a good match with your h&r's (I'm guessing race or sport). Your Ground Controls will go right on whenever you get them.

 

do i need to buy anything else after ground control's? or just slide the koni through GC and then install?

 

There are tons of threads on installing Ground Control and other coilovers. Search please.

 

got em and installed them today
took 1 hour n 30 min area all by myself (took that long ONLY because i had to look up a manual to put it together then all 3x struts were easy, only 1 was hard [front] for some odd reason

anyways i like them, im new to suspension and all ive ever drove on was blown shocks lol
i do notice a difference, my koni eats the bumps and then stops shaking. which is pretty good.
now the question is
how stiff shud i go or leave it stock rates?

 

What do you mean? How stiff to set the shocks?

If so, just play around and find what you like.

 

im new to changing the settings lol
do i not hear clicks with koni like u can on one pieces?

 

no did you read the directions that came with the shocks. you just use the white **** with the arrow on it and turn the adjuster on top the shock half turns until you get the feeling you want

 

That's really fast regardless of how many people you had working with you.

Be sure you tightened everything down.

 

ive done suspension probably 10-15 times now in 2 cars lol.

i think i need to tighten the front forks a lil more, fronts really dumped haahah
the instructions SUCK loool, read too that koni instructions suck.
im just wondering if when using the **** spinning the suspension, will i hear the "click" sounds like ur suppose on one piece suspensions

 

WTF is a "one piece" suspension? At the very minimum, the shock body, shaft, and spring, are still 3 pieces...

And no, there are no "clicks". Koni doesn't constraint you to arbitrary stops along the adjustment curve.

 

Koni + ground countrol with your preference spring rate

 

I have had my GC sleeves sitting in my basement since last February and I need to get them installed in the worst way, LOL. I have been waiting to get a set of Koni Yellows. My spring rates are 380 front 350 rear

 

one piece suspension like Tein Besic's
or function form type 1/2 etc.

so say i buy Ground controls, can i just throw them on my koni's? or i have to get an adapter or something?

 

One peice means nothing.


Yes you can, however you want to get Koni spec Ground controls. That is the proper way of doing it.

 

ye i know get koni specific ones only, so i can just buy em n slap em on my koni's?
cool, will be saving up for that / a swap / OR a 99-00 SHELL lol dunno which exactly yet

 

Yep.

 

Yes save up for ground control coilovers instead of springs its well worth it