question about koni's

[SilverGT5783]

do they just bolt right in to the o.e. housing or do you have to modify some things?

[autxr]

Rears bolt right up. The fronts are inserts that require cutting the top off the original strut and removing the guts. Then drill a hole in the bottom, and bolt the Koni in via that hole. It isn't that hard to do.

[deltaB]

I did mine last year.
Sticky: Koni front insert installation (http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=223037)
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/medium/14327StrutInternals567.JPG
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[SilverGT5783]

I did mine last year.
Sticky: Koni front insert installation (http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=223037)
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/medium/14327StrutInternals567.JPG
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How do you like your koni's?

[2SuPeRwHiTe000]

Wait...so the konis dont just bolt up? If so thats GHEY

[SilverGT5783]

from what i hear and see you just use the old strut as a housing for the koni.

[Totoy Bibo]

you cut the old strut open and put the Koni's in. Just a little more work than your average replacement, but its works wonders.

[00mysticteal]

Wow, that is crazy that you have to do all of that, I am glad I didn't go with them and stuck with the KYB Agx's they were a R&R (remove and replace) case and didn't take that long either, and they handle pretty good too.

[autxr]

Wow, that is crazy that you have to do all of that, I am glad I didn't go with them and stuck with the KYB Agx's they were a R&R (remove and replace) case and didn't take that long either, and they handle pretty good too.

It isn't hard to do. I'm sure the folks with Koni's don't care if you wanted to leave some performance on the table.

[deltaB]

How do you like your koni's?
I have stock springs. I think the fronts are just a touch strong on the jounce damping for everyday driving. (Or it could just be friction). I'd like a higher adjustment range in the fronts. It seems like the car "feels" better with more turns up front. With stonger springs, you would need even more rebound and, from what I understand, less jounce.
On the road course, where I can be in lift from second to fifth, they are at home. Very stable and confidence inspiring. There is still the ability to over-rotate at slow speeds.
At autocross rotation is a bigger problem. There is not enough. I'd like to crank up the jounce damping in the rear for that. Maybe DA's would be a better answer there so the the damping could be turned back down to sane levels at higher speeds. (so the back wheels would stay on the ground instead of using the tires as springs)
I can tell a difference in the car with light wheels vs. stock that wasn't there with the stock shocks.
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[TaeMachine]

Jounce means bump? The front seems fine for me. At full soft, it's almost like the stock shocks. I run mine with stock springs also but I have DA's in the rear. Even at full stiff bump and rebound and Falkens, it's fairly tolerable.