For those of you that have installed them.....

1. Is the ride too firm?

2. Is the install hard to reverse if you do not like them?

3. re they that much better then the stock shocks with stock springs?

Thanks for any advice....

Stuart
2003 MC

 

Stuart, missed you in Phoenix.
The ride on the Konis can be too firm. I have mine on full stiff in the rear and they are a little too stiff, but I only drive 7 miles to work, so I can live with it. The fronts are simple to adjust but the rears require a little more. You have to take the rear wheel off, disconnect the coilover from the body of the car (2 bolts that go vertically into the frame rail), have a friend push down on the suspension to get to the top of the shock and turn the ****. It is a tight fit to get your hands on top of the shock, but nothing that would stop you from adjusting while you are changing tires. Between runs at a auto-x it would be close.
For the install, it is about a 2 hour job to put them in if you have had experence in suspensions, a lift, impact tools and a good spring compressor. I would guess hand tools and a PepBoys borrowed spring compressor would take at least twice that time. Add two hours for the first time you try this.
The stock springs are a good match for the Konis. I upgraded my car to SS+ without changing the shocks and the springs were too stiff for the stock shocks, the Konis are much better.
My last piece of advise, get your Konis HERE.

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I don't have the Koni's myself, but three people I know do have them. A couple of them have said to me that even on full soft (front/rear) they thought they were too stiff for daily driving.

 

>>I don't have the Koni's myself, but three people I know do have them. A couple of them have said to me that even on full soft (front/rear) they thought they were too stiff for daily driving.

Hmmmm.....That's what I'm concerned about. The MINI is already a fairly rough riding vehicle with the SS+. It's not that it would bother me that much but my wife might have some concerns. Thanks for the input.

Stuart

 

Stuart if you are coming this way for San Diego tour, you can take my car out and drive it to see if it is too stiff.
Chris

 

>>Stuart if you are coming this way for San Diego tour, you can take my car out and drive it to see if it is too stiff.
>>Chris

I might do that.........I wanted to install them before the San Diego tour but I'm not sure I want to go through the trouble of installing them if I find out their too stiff to live with on a daily basis.

Man!!! I must be getting soft in my old age.......

Thanks again,

Stuart

 

Just placed my order for Koni's.......Thanks for the input.

Stuart