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Old 11-21-2012, 12:00 AM
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Time for new shocks.

Its about time to do rear struts on my G5. The finally started making all kinds of sounds. I went to the dealer and they want $90 each for the FE3 shocks. I was wondering if there are any other brands that are better then the stocks. Also im lowered 2inch
Old 11-21-2012, 12:31 AM
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FE5 are ok, but Konis are large improvement. The drop is murdering your overall handling though.
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koni's or bust
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fe5 as a cheap(er) but good replacement or koni if you wanna get the best
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^ koni's are def double the price though.
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Konis have lifetime warranty jssss
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He said that he's doing the rear struts only. I don't know if I would want to put the Konis in the rear and keep the stock ones in the front.
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Originally Posted by AyrtonSenna
He said that he's doing the rear struts only. I don't know if I would want to put the Konis in the rear and keep the stock ones in the front.
i had pedders with ss/tc shocks in front and koni yellows in rear for over a rear with no problems

i now have yyz and koni yellow all around and there great
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Ill need to replace the fronts also but the rears are making the noise now. Are the konis just replacement struts but better then my stock ones?. I dont want the struts that you can adjust.
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They are replacement but waaaaay better
U need to do some modifications on front ones but don't think its too complex
Old 11-21-2012, 07:29 PM
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I just went on the website and they ones i saw you can change the settings. do they have other ones.
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both are adjustable the fronts are inserts rears are shocks
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do it right, do it once. Konis
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Originally Posted by 07MetallicSC
do it right, do it once. Konis
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Get Konis front and rear
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Can someone link me to them
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dito on doing the konis man dont be scared of modding to get them to fit right when its all said n donw you will love it
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Let me google that for you
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Zzp sells them
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We sell konis, always have, pm us if you need us to look into a price match/beat.
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Hmmmm ^ interesting
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QUOTE=TurboTechRacing;6806685]We sell konis, always have, pm us if you need us to look into a price match/beat.[/QUOTE]
Better yet we need a Black Friday sale on rear Konis
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Originally Posted by Nfamous60
dito on doing the konis man dont be scared of modding to get them to fit right when its all said n donw you will love it
what do you mean modding to get them to fit?
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TTR has the best prices. When I bought my Pedders Xa coilovers, they quoted me a price that noone could beat so I ended up buying the coils from them.
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So konis really ride better than stock struts when lowered?
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Anything has to drive better then being lowered on stock struts. I hit a little bump in my road and it sounds like my tires fell off the car lol


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