Koni Yellow + Springs v.s Coilovers
03-22-2008, 06:20 PM
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Koni Yellow + Springs v.s Coilovers
Wow this is the first post I've made in ages on here.
Anyways, as I continue on my search to find the best compromise between comfort, driveability and performance I find myself staring into the eyes of my next possible mod. I was offered a great price for a set of brand new Koni Yellows (front and rear) this week, which made my mod bug disease return to me. I am really itching to whip out the cash and land seal the deal in this set of struts, but I can't help but wonder if I will regret this purchase. Now I'm a driver who cares more about turning than going fast in a straight, so essentially, coilovers have been embedded into my brain since the beginning of time. Those K-sport coilovers have been in numerous dreams and wishlists, now I find myself standing in the middle of the intersection deciding between the two. This Koni + springs combo has a tremendous user feedback, but the K-sport coilovers allow for manual camber adjustment which is wayyy appealing.
This is where I need the help of you guys and girls, the fine members of cobaltss.net. Putting aside the money difference, what would be a better setup for performance, yet maintaining some ride comfort and reliability?
Being in
where we are subjected to road salt, and my SS/SC is a year round vehicle, corrosion of parts is major. K-sport says their coilovers are coated to prevent rust, but I want to know if any of you out there who live in areas with snowfall and drive their cars year round have these K-sports on their vehicles?
EDIT: I drive my car daily with trips to the local track every now and then. So a setup for a daily driver, yet with the performance of a sunday racer
Thanks for all, if any, feedback! and HAPPY EASTER!
Anyways, as I continue on my search to find the best compromise between comfort, driveability and performance I find myself staring into the eyes of my next possible mod. I was offered a great price for a set of brand new Koni Yellows (front and rear) this week, which made my mod bug disease return to me. I am really itching to whip out the cash and land seal the deal in this set of struts, but I can't help but wonder if I will regret this purchase. Now I'm a driver who cares more about turning than going fast in a straight, so essentially, coilovers have been embedded into my brain since the beginning of time. Those K-sport coilovers have been in numerous dreams and wishlists, now I find myself standing in the middle of the intersection deciding between the two. This Koni + springs combo has a tremendous user feedback, but the K-sport coilovers allow for manual camber adjustment which is wayyy appealing.
This is where I need the help of you guys and girls, the fine members of cobaltss.net. Putting aside the money difference, what would be a better setup for performance, yet maintaining some ride comfort and reliability?
Being in
where we are subjected to road salt, and my SS/SC is a year round vehicle, corrosion of parts is major. K-sport says their coilovers are coated to prevent rust, but I want to know if any of you out there who live in areas with snowfall and drive their cars year round have these K-sports on their vehicles?EDIT: I drive my car daily with trips to the local track every now and then. So a setup for a daily driver, yet with the performance of a sunday racer
Thanks for all, if any, feedback! and HAPPY EASTER!
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03-22-2008, 06:30 PM
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Just to let you know I have had the K-Sport Kontrol Coilovers on my LS for 6-7 Weeks now and I'm going back to Eibach Pro-kit Springs + FE5 Shocks/Struts simply because of comfort and I've got an unexpected 3000 Km drive scheduled this summer. So with that said think carefully if cornering/handling is what you want or are you looking for a comfortable ride.
03-22-2008, 06:35 PM
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Wow this is the first post I've made in ages on here.
Anyways, as I continue on my search to find the best compromise between comfort, driveability and performance I find myself staring into the eyes of my next possible mod. I was offered a great price for a set of brand new Koni Yellows (front and rear) this week, which made my mod bug disease return to me. I am really itching to whip out the cash and land seal the deal in this set of struts, but I can't help but wonder if I will regret this purchase. Now I'm a driver who cares more about turning than going fast in a straight, so essentially, coilovers have been embedded into my brain since the beginning of time. Those K-sport coilovers have been in numerous dreams and wishlists, now I find myself standing in the middle of the intersection deciding between the two. This Koni + springs combo has a tremendous user feedback, but the K-sport coilovers allow for manual camber adjustment which is wayyy appealing.
This is where I need the help of you guys and girls, the fine members of cobaltss.net. Putting aside the money difference, what would be a better setup for performance, yet maintaining some ride comfort and reliability?
Being in where we are subjected to road salt, and my SS/SC is a year round vehicle, corrosion of parts is major. K-sport says their coilovers are coated to prevent rust, but I want to know if any of you out there who live in areas with snowfall and drive their cars year round have these K-sports on their vehicles?
Thanks for all, if any, feedback! and HAPPY EASTER!
Anyways, as I continue on my search to find the best compromise between comfort, driveability and performance I find myself staring into the eyes of my next possible mod. I was offered a great price for a set of brand new Koni Yellows (front and rear) this week, which made my mod bug disease return to me. I am really itching to whip out the cash and land seal the deal in this set of struts, but I can't help but wonder if I will regret this purchase. Now I'm a driver who cares more about turning than going fast in a straight, so essentially, coilovers have been embedded into my brain since the beginning of time. Those K-sport coilovers have been in numerous dreams and wishlists, now I find myself standing in the middle of the intersection deciding between the two. This Koni + springs combo has a tremendous user feedback, but the K-sport coilovers allow for manual camber adjustment which is wayyy appealing.
This is where I need the help of you guys and girls, the fine members of cobaltss.net. Putting aside the money difference, what would be a better setup for performance, yet maintaining some ride comfort and reliability?
Being in
where we are subjected to road salt, and my SS/SC is a year round vehicle, corrosion of parts is major. K-sport says their coilovers are coated to prevent rust, but I want to know if any of you out there who live in areas with snowfall and drive their cars year round have these K-sports on their vehicles?Thanks for all, if any, feedback! and HAPPY EASTER!
coil overs anything you put on the car and run in the winter will get screwed. dont do it...unless you are prepared to take them off for the winter...
Putting aside the money, cut the towers install ground control plates fit the latest Grand Am Koni challenge shocks developed by the Georgian Bay Motorsport folks at the front, hypercoils at the rear with coil over inserts ( I can do this and make you those) really neat. works great. Take them off for the winter.
But big bucks so why bother the stock SS/SC set up is so good, it just needs some bushings and a rear sway bar ( I do those too). I think the aftermarket stuff is a little to far out, but people love them so can these progress/bwoody things be far off? Only the track will tell, but i dont think you said you were at the track much... winter . Bad for your car....
03-23-2008, 05:16 AM
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dont do it. The last time i ran Konis they had so reduced the droop travel that the inside front wheels spent most of the time in the air like a dog at a hydrant etc. Waste of time.
coil overs anything you put on the car and run in the winter will get screwed. dont do it...unless you are prepared to take them off for the winter...
Putting aside the money, cut the towers install ground control plates fit the latest Grand Am Koni challenge shocks developed by the Georgian Bay Motorsport folks at the front, hypercoils at the rear with coil over inserts ( I can do this and make you those) really neat. works great. Take them off for the winter.
But big bucks so why bother the stock SS/SC set up is so good, it just needs some bushings and a rear sway bar ( I do those too). I think the aftermarket stuff is a little to far out, but people love them so can these progress/bwoody things be far off? Only the track will tell, but i dont think you said you were at the track much... winter . Bad for your car....
coil overs anything you put on the car and run in the winter will get screwed. dont do it...unless you are prepared to take them off for the winter...
Putting aside the money, cut the towers install ground control plates fit the latest Grand Am Koni challenge shocks developed by the Georgian Bay Motorsport folks at the front, hypercoils at the rear with coil over inserts ( I can do this and make you those) really neat. works great. Take them off for the winter.
But big bucks so why bother the stock SS/SC set up is so good, it just needs some bushings and a rear sway bar ( I do those too). I think the aftermarket stuff is a little to far out, but people love them so can these progress/bwoody things be far off? Only the track will tell, but i dont think you said you were at the track much... winter . Bad for your car....
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