I guess the question is HOW LOW is low?

I ordered these to use with Eibach Sportlines on another car, and I've been running with stock shocks & sportlines on my '95 for several years.

 

I wouldn't go lower than 2'' with these. Any more, and you need to spring for the sports, or get illumnia's.

 

U Civic dudes have the world at ur fingertips anyway... why bother w/a questionable set of springs/shocks when u can get Koni Yellows on stockies for a decent drop + ride, or Progress CS-IIs for the same + more adjustability

I was hoping these would be good ofr us Accord folks but it looks like it's still Yellows or bust

 

I actually bought some koni orange strt and some h&r springs that give a 1 1/2 inch drop so i hope ima be in the safe range for these shocks and i bought this setup before i read this thread so i am kinda stuck with this, gonna install these in the weekend so i will check in as soon as i can with a review

 

I'm thinking its like any other shock. I had illuminas on a not-so-low car for a few thousand miles and one blew, yet other people have no probs. I've also seen so many with blown stockers, while mine haven't leaked a drop. It has been on sportlines since the last owner, and I think 1 more before that as well.

So maybe everyone's milage may vary based on driving style & roads. Time will tell, as I get my alignment tomorrow. Civic-spec sportlines on a DC4 with the tophats extended 1".

 

Extending the shock travel prob does more for shock life/ride quality than anything too. Good move

 

Glad I found this thread. I had ordered two rear str.ts for my wife's accord. Autoanything sent me a email saying that they were on backorder so I cancelled my order. I got Tokico HPs instead. However I was still thinking about getting these to go with my s techs for my EM1. I'm thinking I don't want them now. Thanks for the reviews, guys.

 

I put a set of these shocks on a 2000 gsr and 2 of them blew out in less than a year. This was using eibach pro kit springs and yes everything was installed correctly. Not really impressed I wouldn't recommend these to anyone, seem comparable to tokico blues.

 

Holy $hit....I was about 1 click away from str.t's and went w/Eibach instead. Glad I ran w/Pro Dampers.

Did you warranty these or contact Koni?

 

I'm new to this forum, & I'm so glad I found this thread. I was a few days away from ordering the Koni STR.T shocks for my 99 Civic EX sedan. I'm glad I didn't already buy them, so now I'm back to square one.

 

they come from the same factory.

could be identical, who knows.

 

Ive put a couple years on my Oranges. With H&R sports and now ITR springs. zero problems. Autox'd a few times too. I honestly would go lower 2in or 275 spring rate to keep a good matching to the shocks.

 

well beings they are valved tighter i'm not sure how you could compare them. koni also has a lifetime warranty.

if you blew the shocks you were either

1. using too high of spring rate
2. running the car too low

the str.t is the best $300/set shock on the market period

 

How were they with H&R sports?? did they last? Ive been researching for hours and still havent found any solid information. TIA!!