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| Jeroen |
 Feb 26 2003, 07:13 PM
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I'll be shopping for a new set of 911 front struts soon, so I'd like to decide on what brand of shocks to use...
I'm still undecided. It'll be either yellow Koni's or Bilstein sports I currently have the B-sports on my '87 carrera and I like them But I've also driven Koni equiped cars, and couldn't really find much difference between them Pro on the Bilsteins are the 'upside down' design and they won't be damaged when the suspension bottoms out. On the other side, I think the adjustability of the Yellow Koni's would be nice feature too... Whadda ya think??? cheers, Jeroen |
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| Bleyseng |
Jun 6 2003, 06:49 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,036 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(DNHunt @ Jun 6 2003, 04:07 PM) Chris, Can an old guy put up with the ride (I know Geoff is almost as old as me and he can)? Please give me some suggestions. I certainly wouldn't trust my suspension on the AX track. Got to feel confident that the rubber will meet the road before I trust my driving. Dave When these cars were new the suspensions were pretty tight. The rubber was new etc... Change the 30 year old crap out to bring the car back to firm. If you are going for a more spirited type feel the 21mm tbars, and sway plus 180's in the rear are really the way to modernize the way the car handles. Remember, tires have come a loong way from the old 165 x 15 radials they came with. Is it too stiff,hmm only on the really beat parts of the Seattle roads, once out on the highway its very smooth and the control you feel is incredible. Ok, Dave, I am almost 51 so how old are you? I don't think you are too old to really step up and enjoy what the car can really do including AXing it. My girlfriend likes the way the car handles except on the really bad roads and she does drive pretty fast too. If you want you can drive my car at the fun runs at the next AX. Just to get the feel. Geoff |
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Jeroen I need new shocks Feb 26 2003, 07:13 PM
Dave_Darling Yours is a track car, yes?
If so the adjustabilit... Feb 26 2003, 08:02 PM fuch toy Koni is a good thang..... Feb 26 2003, 08:03 PM Brad Roberts Koni's Jeroen.
They really come alive with th... Feb 26 2003, 08:07 PM Jeroen Thanks... Koni's it'll be then :D
cheers,... Feb 26 2003, 08:25 PM ChrisReale Come on Dude..Koni's are made in Holland, whic... Feb 26 2003, 11:23 PM Rich Bontempi I would reccommend the koni sports also!! Feb 26 2003, 11:33 PM Jeroen Yep, Koni is from the Netherlands. Actually, the f... Feb 27 2003, 05:46 AM Mark Henry I have Bilsteins and I love them! :sweet:
G... Feb 27 2003, 09:20 AM Dave_Darling Yup! If you were building a street car, I wou... Feb 27 2003, 11:32 AM Alfred Lawrence914-6 I gotta choose.
I can pick up a set of 4 Koni Yel... Jun 2 2003, 09:50 AM Brad Roberts How old are you ??
I swear..age makes the decisio... Jun 2 2003, 10:03 AM Lawrence914-6 I'm just enough younger than you, that I can c... Jun 2 2003, 10:17 AM Gint What's your Koni source? Jun 2 2003, 10:24 AM Lawrence914-6 Jason @ Paragon, of course. He's always first... Jun 2 2003, 10:25 AM Gint I figured.... Jun 2 2003, 10:27 AM kdfoust Why not Bilstein heavy-duty (the normal Bilstein n... Jun 2 2003, 10:43 AM Lawrence914-6 QUOTE
Scott OK...I'm old but here is my take on this. Bi... Jun 2 2003, 11:19 AM kdfoust <... Jun 2 2003, 04:03 PM Mueller After reading the latest article in Excellence abo... Jun 2 2003, 05:49 PM Mark Henry To me it was a no brainer.
I picked up a parts ca... Jun 2 2003, 07:59 PM Lawrence914-6 I have KYBs on the back of my /6, and God only kno... Jun 2 2003, 08:16 PM EPK I have had the Koni Yellow gas Sport Shocks on my ... Jun 2 2003, 09:22 PM Aaron Cox what is the difference between bilstein sports and... Jun 2 2003, 09:52 PM aufaber <... Jun 3 2003, 02:36 PM Bleyseng Monroe roadhandlers would be my guess to go with t... Jun 3 2003, 03:48 PM Greg Silva Rusty, just curious - which way did you decide to ... Jun 4 2003, 10:56 PM garyh I have the Bilsteins. Sports, I guess (at the tim... Jun 5 2003, 12:07 AM Lawrence914-6 I will probably go with the Koni yellows from Para... Jun 5 2003, 09:33 AM kdfoust <... Jun 5 2003, 10:01 AM Lawrence914-6 It's not just "doing the suspension"... it... Jun 5 2003, 10:28 AM Mark Henry <... Jun 5 2003, 10:35 AM Mueller Bilstien Sports are supposedly better suited for l... Jun 5 2003, 10:40 AM Lawrence914-6 QUOTE
Greg So how do you determine if the existing Koni's... Jun 5 2003, 12:37 PM seanery Rusty,
I don't know how you can find ANYTHING... Jun 5 2003, 01:27 PM aufaber Lawrence914-6 Yeah, they probably need some help with their HTML... Jun 5 2003, 03:24 PM DNHunt Need some suggestions. This is my driveway. Everyo... Jun 6 2003, 04:03 PM ChrisReale No, you are not crazy, just Autocross-ism-ized. :m... Jun 6 2003, 04:36 PM Aaron Cox pardon my ignorance, :gilloutine: , but i need t... Jun 6 2003, 04:40 PM DNHunt If the Koni sports are on full soft how harsh will... Jun 6 2003, 04:48 PM Lawrence914-6 Aaron,
Best prices I could find:
Full set of Kon... Jun 6 2003, 04:58 PM Aaron Cox to me, that is a grip of money! i work as a li... Jun 6 2003, 05:23 PM Lawrence914-6 Aaron, hold a sec.
If you plan on doing the upgra... Jun 6 2003, 05:28 PM Aaron Cox well, as of last summer...i did a complete 4 corne... Jun 6 2003, 05:44 PM ChrisReale My Koni yellows were $165 each=$330
Tors... Jun 6 2003, 06:00 PM ChrisReale Lawrence914-6 Well.. the choice is yours, of course. But you ca... Jun 6 2003, 06:05 PM DNHunt Chris,
Can an old guy put up with the ride (I kno... Jun 6 2003, 06:07 PM ChrisReale I guess it depends what you want to do with the ca... Jun 6 2003, 06:22 PM ChrisReale Mueller This is for comparing Koni Reds to Koni Yellows (I... Jun 6 2003, 06:42 PM DNHunt QUOTE
Bleyseng That was my reasoning with Blair also, to do the d... Jun 6 2003, 07:41 PM DNHunt Thanks Guys. I'll enjoy the car this summer, ... Jun 6 2003, 07:53 PM Greg Silva Geoff, Dave, Chris - I just managed to get caught ... Jun 6 2003, 11:42 PM DNHunt Just priced what I think I would need to do the su... Jun 7 2003, 09:14 AM Bleyseng Brad is working on a group buy for some konis. He ... Jun 7 2003, 09:30 AM Mueller Dave,
For a street car I'd just make sure eve... Jun 7 2003, 11:43 AM Bleyseng Stock sucks IMHO...
The best combo for the money ... Jun 7 2003, 12:16 PM Mueller QUOTE
Greg Silva Chris mentioned street Weltmeister bushings. Does... Jun 7 2003, 02:47 PM Bleyseng Mike, Dave's car hasn't had any upgrades t... Jun 7 2003, 03:18 PM Mueller Greg,
At a minimum, the stock rubber bushings sho... Jun 7 2003, 04:39 PM DNHunt This discussion is great. Geoff's right nothin... Jun 7 2003, 05:12 PM Greg Silva Mike, thanks very much for the thoughts. One more... Jun 7 2003, 05:25 PM ChrisReale I think Weltmeister makes a Street and Race versio... Jun 7 2003, 06:11 PM Racer Chris I guess there's room for one more opinion on t... Jun 8 2003, 04:04 AM
tod914 I recently had bilsteins put on my car with 100lb ... Jun 8 2003, 06:26 AM |
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