tein springs and koni shocks?

Jason Moon · Post by **Jason Moon** » April 25th, 2003, 2:37 am

a friend of mine wants to get this setup. no coilovers because he'll be using it for daily driving. Just to make sure, isnt there better shocks than koni shocks that is worth the money and good as well? something like tokico, H&R, etc..?

Post by **Trey** » April 25th, 2003, 8:00 am

What does daily driving have to do with coilovers?

Aj · Post by Aj » April 25th, 2003, 12:46 pm

Yeah, for real, my coilovers on their softest setting are far more forgiving than a set of Koni Yellows...You should look for dampning quality, and not assume that all coilovers aren't drivable on the street. Some of the nicest and most expensive are very steetable...

Later,
Aj

Jason Moon · Post by **Jason Moon** » April 25th, 2003, 3:01 pm

sorry, the word coilover shouldnt have been used.

instead what i wanted to ask was, are koni shocks good? ive heard they suck for the money.

Erik B · Post by **Erik B** » April 25th, 2003, 3:42 pm

For what your going to pay for shocks and spring you might as well save a few more hundred dollars and get you a nice set of coilovers with adjustable damper like AJ has. I have the Apexi WS on my car. The shock is not adjustable but man does it have a nice rice......I would recommend them for someone who plains on doing auto x'ing or road courses but for daily driving there great....

Aj · Post by Aj » April 25th, 2003, 5:18 pm

Agreed, for a set of Koni's which will run you at the very least $400, and that's getting really lucky on pricing, probably closer to $500 being realistic...plus another 150-200 on springs, at that point, you're a couple hundred bucks short of a nice set of coilovers with springs wound specifically for that application.

So to answer your question as simply as I can, they're nice struts, but I wouldn't ever dream of buying them new when I had other options.

Later,
Aj