Lots of people run GC/Koni on the track, with uncaptured springs at full droop, without a problem.

Many times the sway bar can help keep the damper on the air-borne corner from extending too far.

 

is the koni strut used for gc coilovers different in any way i have a set with h&r springs but wanted to upgrade to ground controls someone said there was a thinner koni for gc's

 

yes, to use the ground controls you have to get the koni shocks specifically made for them.

 

There's Koni specific Ground Controls not different Konis. I also went from H&R springs to GCs.

 

Nope

Nope

I also went from H&R Sport to GC's. You just get the Koni-specific GC's which fit directly on the Koni snap ring. You do not use the Koni spring perches when you install the GC's, as shown in my pics above.

 

Whoops got it backwards! thanks lol

 

Did you replace the nyloc nuts you took off when you setup the shock and installed it on your car?

 

I don't remember any except on my GC top hats.

 

dang im gonna make one of those ramps right now

 

You mean the nut on the top of the shock piston? The Konis come with 2 thin jam nuts that lock together. Use those instead of the factory nylon-insert lock nut.

 

i have GC sleeves on my stock suspension and are there any dampeners i can use, with the sleeves i have, without any modifications to the sleeves??
great write up too!!

 

quick question. im gonna get skunk2 sleeves on my stock shocks would i be able to get koni's for these or would they only fit with gc?

 

Question would you follow the same set up for Tokico Shocks?

 

Bilstein Sport, Illuminas, or AGX shocks would all work.

Its the Koni Sport (Yellow) and Bilstein HD shocks that use a different GC mount.

More or less. Only difference is that you put the sleeve on top of the lower spring mount. With the Konis, you leave the spring mount off and place the sleeve directly on the circlip.

 

Are you sure about the Bilsteins? Their site says +$40 just like the Konis so I'd expect them to be different.

 

Yeah I think Bilstein HD's require a GC-specific sleeve, also.

 

Correct, we have a "Bilstein" adaptor that is pressed into a sleeve. Much like our koni system that does not have the Koni specified sleeves..

 

Why do the dish washers have to face up? Does it matter?

 

I believe the edge of the dish would dig into the bushing and cut it over time. You want the flat surface in the center to give even contact without damaging the bushing.

 

Because that's how they're designed?

This is a logical answer. But yeah they face up because that's how they were designed to be oriented.

 

its designed to slip just a bit to compensate for the change in angle across the stroke of the suspension.

 

Can someone help me out with these instructions for the Koni's. Thanks in advance.

 

The left-most end of that sheet shows the adjusting procedure for externally-adjustable Koni shocks, such as the yellow Koni Sport shocks. The 1, 2, and 3 diagrams show the procedure for adjusting internally-adjustable shocks such as the red Koni Special shocks.

That sheet is not showing any assembly instructions.

What do you need to know?

 

I got the Koni yellow's and I thought it was going to be a simple install. Although when I saw steps 1-3 I was confused on whether I have to do any adjustments prior to strut assembly.

 

No, those 1, 2, 3 pics above do not apply to externally adjustable Koni Sports.

I believe certain applications of the Koni Sport are actually internally adjustable and not external (older Corvettes or something if I recall), so those pics are probably for those shocks.