Another Koni Update
08-16-2006, 08:50 PM
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Another Koni Update
For those of you expecting Holland to knock out a product in the next month or so... Sent today from Koni.
"We did start the R&D on the Cobalt. It looks like we are going to have
to develop new parts for it. This could take up to a year from now. If I
hear anything before that I will do a search for anyone that made an
inquiry about the Cobalt and send them an e-mail.
Thank you,
Stoney Hamilton
Toll Free: 800-922-2616 x6
PH: 859-586-4100 x6
FX: 859-334-3340"
"We did start the R&D on the Cobalt. It looks like we are going to have
to develop new parts for it. This could take up to a year from now. If I
hear anything before that I will do a search for anyone that made an
inquiry about the Cobalt and send them an e-mail.
Thank you,
Stoney Hamilton
Toll Free: 800-922-2616 x6
PH: 859-586-4100 x6
FX: 859-334-3340"
08-17-2006, 12:45 AM
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isn't there a guy on this forum at had the testing done on his cobalt with the konis and now he has them installed. Why would they be making new parts if the guy who has says there awesome.
08-17-2006, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by hardtocope
isn't there a guy on this forum at had the testing done on his cobalt with the konis and now he has them installed. Why would they be making new parts if the guy who has says there awesome.
08-17-2006, 04:54 PM
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NO struts
No Wheels
No Sway bars
No one cares about handling in the aftermarket it seems...dumb dumb dumb. If Hotchkis would do their complete TPS package with sways, bars, coilovers they'd make a killing. Don't know why people pass up free sales.
No Wheels
No Sway bars
No one cares about handling in the aftermarket it seems...dumb dumb dumb. If Hotchkis would do their complete TPS package with sways, bars, coilovers they'd make a killing. Don't know why people pass up free sales.
08-19-2006, 08:21 AM
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Dammit. I was gonna wait for the konis before i got my eibachs. i may go the coilover route now. I wanted to at least upgrade the handling on my 06 LS considering there are no other good mods besides intake and exhaust.
08-19-2006, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by GTP
NO struts
No Wheels
No Sway bars
No one cares about handling in the aftermarket it seems...dumb dumb dumb. If Hotchkis would do their complete TPS package with sways, bars, coilovers they'd make a killing. Don't know why people pass up free sales.
No Wheels
No Sway bars
No one cares about handling in the aftermarket it seems...dumb dumb dumb. If Hotchkis would do their complete TPS package with sways, bars, coilovers they'd make a killing. Don't know why people pass up free sales.
08-20-2006, 11:46 AM
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Here's a simple solution.......Buy a set of coilovers. There are a few options out there now and they will probably work better than any strut/spring combo that you can put together.
There are Sway bar options as will. Eibach makes a kit and Progress has one as well I believe.
The problem is that this car is still "New" in the aftermarket. R&D takes time and a lot of money. Companies aren't going to rush these things into production if they are not guaranteed a return on their investment. We just need to be patient and stuff will happen.
There are Sway bar options as will. Eibach makes a kit and Progress has one as well I believe.
The problem is that this car is still "New" in the aftermarket. R&D takes time and a lot of money. Companies aren't going to rush these things into production if they are not guaranteed a return on their investment. We just need to be patient and stuff will happen.
08-20-2006, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BooSSted
Here's a simple solution.......Buy a set of coilovers. There are a few options out there now and they will probably work better than any strut/spring combo that you can put together.
There are Sway bar options as will. Eibach makes a kit and Progress has one as well I believe.
The problem is that this car is still "New" in the aftermarket. R&D takes time and a lot of money. Companies aren't going to rush these things into production if they are not guaranteed a return on their investment. We just need to be patient and stuff will happen.
There are Sway bar options as will. Eibach makes a kit and Progress has one as well I believe.
The problem is that this car is still "New" in the aftermarket. R&D takes time and a lot of money. Companies aren't going to rush these things into production if they are not guaranteed a return on their investment. We just need to be patient and stuff will happen.
Eibach's kit doesn't exist, vendors list part a part number but Eibach hasn't produced even a one. Coilovers are $1000+. R&D does take time but look at the aftermarket parts for the Neon SRT4 and 2006 Honda Civic Si already. For some reason, our cars are ignored in the handling department.
As for being patient , I don't see we have a choice at this point.
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