Koni Yellows, has anyone personally installed them? Options

[dayzdchika]

does anyone have detailed instructions on how to install the koni yellows? I know you have to weld them in the back, or at least I'm pretty sure you do, but I found someone willing to help me with it, I just need to know exactly how to do it .... then maybe I'll finally have some, so I can put my coilovers back on! yea! lol

[ghostdog]

haven't done mine yet so I don't know the specifics, but from what I have heard the process is fairly simple.

1) remove strut from car
2) cut open strut housing
3) insert Koni cartridge
4) weld strut shut
5) repeat on other side

like I said, not all that complicated, but VERY labor intensive

[dayzdchika]

what do you mean by labor intensive, if you say it's a fairly simple process?

[3TST]

The principal is an easy process but in reality...
It's labour intensive from the point of view of having to cut open the strut housing and then weld it up afterwards.
I personally am not competent to do this, welding is not my forte so I'll have to have a shop do it.

[dayzdchika]

well I found someone who's willing to weld it for me, without charging me for it so if anyone knows where I can get some specific directions, that would be awesome, so I can give them to him, & make sure he can do it .... then I might get myself some konis!

[Guest_Jason_*]

... i'd end up welding my foot to the strut.

[dayzdchika]

QUOTE (Jason @ Dec 23 2002, 10:49 AM)

... i'd end up welding my foot to the strut.

lol and that's why you WON'T be helping me with it!

[Guest_Jason_*]

Yes, i'd probably weld your head to it to for laughing at me.

[dayzdchika]

QUOTE (Jason @ Dec 24 2002, 10:51 PM)

Yes, i'd probably weld your head to it to for laughing at me.

then i'd make a pretty ****ty christmas present

[rlan214]

just wondering if u ever installed yours yet

[dayzdchika]

nope, I don't actually have the Koni's yet, I wanna make sure the installation is do-able first, I just haven't had time to find some real directions yet, sorry!

[Guest_Matthew_*]

what are konis?

[Coomer]

QUOTE (igotta52-FEturbo @ Dec 27 2002, 01:05 PM)

what are konis?

When people say Konis they're referring to Koni Yellow Shocks, which are high performance, five-position-adjustable shocks for your Celica. They're the best shocks that you can buy for your car, unless you buy a full coilover setup such as the JIC-Magic full coilovers, which cost around $1500.

For more info, click here.

[Guest_Matthew_*]

ok thanks that's what I thought but I wasn't sure. What's the difference in ride quality and handling. I have the TRD springs already so what improvement would I get?

[94gtcelica]

i found a write on how to install Koni yellows in the rear of your car. The front ones mount like normal, here is a write to do the rear ones http://www.koni-na.com/pdf/boltstrut.pdf

[GRMPer]

I've installed a set on my G Stock 94 Celica ST. I used a milwaukee sawzall to cut the top of the strut off...drained guts, drilled hole in bottom of strut for bolt to hold insert into the housing.

It took about 3 hours labor to do both front and rear....pretty standard for something like this.

Per
http://www.grassrootsmotorsports.com

[0Re0]

How much do they run for?

[NiTTo]

LOL, and where do you think those magnificent Kon's come from............???




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