Why are there two different version of GC sleeves for koni yellow? a long *** one and a normal short one. Whats the advantage of the long one? and how is it any different from the short one if it still sits at the same place on the strut?

 

the long sleeve has more threads to adjust the spring hieght up or down. i think. That makes sense to me tho. i have the short one so i don't really know 100%

but im pretty sure it's for more hieght adjustablity

 

One of them sits on the spring perch, and the other is a full sleeve and doesn't need to sit on the Koni spring perch.

For my integra, I found that just putting the standard sleeves on the koni shocks was just fine, as you need to put the spring collar up high since the Eibach springs are like half the height of a factory spring. There is enough thread adjustment to make the car ride on the tires! LOL

 

people say with the long sleeve, it is supposed to be like a true coilover. How so?

 

A "true" coilover is a threaded shock body. Its really similar, except that its an aluminum sleeve over the shock.

Even standard coilovers work just fine.

 

back from the dead. I have seen some koni yellow and GC setups before and with the GC spring sperch down kinda low on the GC sleeve to get the car to drop low enough to eliminate wheel gap/slight tuckage, the spring itself was so low that it is barely above the top of the yellow strut body. This would mean when you put the car on the ground, the entire strut shaft would be inside the strut body and riding on the bumpstops with no suspension travel at all. Would the longer version sleeves eliminate this prob?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deviant1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">back from the dead. I have seen some koni yellow and GC setups before and with the GC spring sperch down kinda low on the GC sleeve to get the car to drop low enough to eliminate wheel gap/slight tuckage, the spring itself was so low that it is barely above the top of the yellow strut body. This would mean when you put the car on the ground, the entire strut shaft would be inside the strut body and riding on the bumpstops with no suspension travel at all. Would the longer version sleeves eliminate this prob? </TD></TR></TABLE>

no, because in order to lower a car to the point where there is no gap, the GC perch has to be low... The short sleve=The long sleeve cos when the perch is set so low, the perch will have to be at the bottom portion of the GC sleeve anyway, no matter long sleeve or short sleeve...

Long Sleeve
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Short Sleve
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Simply put, the long sleeve can only benifit for people who wanted more precise ride height, and or wanted a higher ride height...

Solution to ur situation is to change the springs, Increase the spring rate, so that the shock wont bottom out as easy...

Stiffer Springs will be more comfortable than riding on bump stop...