KONl Shocks are built to last a lifetime. Once you have bought a set of KONl Shocks for
your car, they usually will outlive it. KONI street shocks
carry a lifetime warranty to the original purchaser for as
long as you own the vehicle.
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KONI SPECIAL (RED) VS. KONI SPORT (YELLOW)
The KONI Special (red) has been engineered
to maximize the ride comfort with good handling performance
for each vehicle
application.
The KONI
Sport (yellow) typically starts at a higher initial valving
baseline to give a sportier feel and work on vehicles with
higher performance
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ADJUSTMENT AT THE TURN OF A HAND
Many of the KONI Sport dampers are externally adjustable by means of a knob,
so they need not be disassembled from the car. The fine-tuning of the damping
forces, to personal driving style and to different driving conditions is therefore
not more than a matter of seconds. The best of fine-tuning technology straight
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What are the best springs to match my KONI Shocks
One of the great advantages of KONI adjustable shocks is that there is
no specific spring for matching optimum performance. Instead you can
adjust your KON shocks to match your springs. Most performance springs
have a higher spring rate than the vehicle's original springs. Since
the
shock controls the motion of the spring, increased spring rates require
more rebound damping for control and that is one of the reasons why
KONI shocks are rebound adjustable (and some are double adjustable).
Using higher rate springs with OE or soft shocks will very quickly
overcome
and wear out the shocks. The KONI adjustment range is typically about
100% (twice as firm at the full firm settings at the full soft setting)
to allow for proper damping of OE springs and high rate performance
springs.
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How far can I safely lower my car?
KONI shocks are designed to fit standard height cars and can work with
lowered cars as long as they don't bottom out internally and become
damaged.
Unlike some shocks, KON'Is are not position sensitive so they will
work properly anywhere in their stroke range providing they are not
bottoming
or topping out. Different vehicle suspension designs have different
stroke travels but a good rule of thumb is that most vehicles can be
lowered acceptably about 1 1/2 inches, beyond that the possibility
of bottoming increases rapidly although some longer stroke cars can
go lower. Most vehicles are equipped with bump stops to keep the shocks
and springs from bottoming out. When lowering a vehicle be sure to
reuse your bump stops as they are cheap insurance to avoid bottoming
damage.
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| KONI Threaded Suspension Kits
The new KONI Threaded Suspension Kits include four
KONI Sport valved struts and/or shocks featuring threaded adjustable
lower spring perches
(where applicable) and progressive rate lowering springs designed
for performance street driving. The kits are engineered in Holland,
Germany and North America and
are tested on Germany's framed, high speed Autobahns.
Threaded coil over suspensions not only allow the user to individualize the ride
height but also to improve handling through corner weighting or weight jacking.
Additionally the car can be run low in the summer and raised for winter driving.
The kits were designed to give the vehicle a preferred ride height of 1.5" to 2.0" below stock ride height but the threading range allows the owner to make the
ride height considerably higher or lower. It is always recommended that the kits
be installed with bump rubbers because the threaded range of perch adjustment
may allow the vehicle to sit low enough (for show or display purposes) to risk
bottoming internally without them. Also, care should be taken in setting ride
height so as to not allow oversized rims and tires to rub on the car. |
Honda Civic
Golf II-III
New Beetle, Golf IV
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