Hey guys,
Why is everyone anticipating the Koni's so much? What's so good about them?

The impression I'm getting is that they are a step above the other's-am I right?

How's the quality/durability?

Website?

Thanks.

 

They are adjustable.

 

But so are teins and I think JIC's.

 

Koni's are just shocks. Tein's and JIC's are fully adjustable coilovers (springs + shocks). Adjustable damping, ride height, and other aspects.

Koni's are for those who use aftermarket springs such as Eibach, H&R, Sprint, Tein, Neuspeed, etc. You can only adjust damping.

- Mike

 

I'm interested in the Konis to use with the factory springs, to hopefully get rid of the bounce without lowering the car more or spending $1500+

 

Thanks.

 

because for those of use that DOn'T want to lower our cars, it is a GREAT option for an adjustable damping shock for a good price. FOr those that want to lower the car and STILL have adjust damping, they get lowing springs and Konis which still ends up MUCH less $$ than coilovers.

btw, Konis does do some of its applications where you can use the stock springs and STILL lower the car Via adjustable clips, I wonder if they will do teh Z version this way???

 

Another reason for the Konis would be autocrossing. You can stay stock class (BS) if you don't change springs. Two way adjustable shocks are allowed.

 

Koni sports are some of the best struts made for those desiring to either upgrade over stock struts or those who want proper dampning for stiffer lowering springs. I just had a conversation with Gordon at Koni on friday. He said the R&D is finished on the struts. The wait now is on the production side. He went on to talk about how the stock struts have to much compression dampening, how that's the main problem with them. The Koni sports for the Z actually have less compression dampning as a result of thier R&D work. I agree with this, the 350Z springs and struts I'm testing on my G35 sedan do feel like they have a tad to much compression, vs not having enough rebound.

Also, you can pay $1316 for none adjustalbe HKS coilovers or you can wait for the Koni's to come out and pair them with Ground-Control sleave type coilovers and have the adjustability that the HKS system lack's and you'll pay less to, $930 vs $1316. Plus ground control lets you pick your spring rates. Koni Sports usually have no problem up to 600lbs spring rates. Nothing would stop anyone from copying the HKS rates, around 490lbs front and rear, milder than the Teins, which are 589lbs.

 

MannishBoy:
Have you installed Koni shocks with the stock springs yet?

 

No, just speaking theoretically.

I know Carter Thompson here has some custom Konis he has had for several months that he autocrosses with (and competed in the One Lap of America event in). He had previously told me he was pretty happy with them after some trial and error. His car, though, is not a daily driver type car, though.

I'd bet he's a lot of the "R&D" work they've been talking about He's a national caliber driver, with some national championships to his name.

 

I use Koni dampers on all my cars. I've used Koni coilover dampers that ran upwards of $3k a shock for race cars to Koni SPA1 drag racing shocks to Koni sports (yellows) that have been revalved and dual adjustable.

Sure there are others out there that are great, Bilstein, Penske, & Advanced Design come to mind, but I'll stick with my custom Konis to just off-the-shelf Koni Sports.

btw - I also highly recommend Truechoice (www.truechoice.com) if you'd like to get Konis custom built (valving, rebuilding, etc...). They are great people to work with and they've always exceeded my expectations.