No More Koni's... what's next?

R/TErnie · Post by **R/TErnie** » Sat May 21, 2011 1:42 pm

Since Koni made the only decent shock for a neon...and now its discontinued... what are people doing in lieu?

I called True Choice and they can still rebuild the old koni's, so I guess the best solution would be to have a used set sent in to be rebuilt and shortened.

The BC coilover & Ksport crap have quite possibly the worse dampers ever. They do nothing better than hold springs.

Does any one else have any decent ideas?

2drSRT4 · Post by **2drSRT4** » Sat May 21, 2011 2:30 pm

There are still some new ones floating around in some shops, but everyone goes to full coilovers like BC coilovers or K-sport coilovers.

R/TErnie · Post by **R/TErnie** » Sat May 21, 2011 4:14 pm

Do you know of said shops that have them in stock?

2drSRT4 · Post by **2drSRT4** » Sat May 21, 2011 10:12 pm

I know summit has a few front ones, but I don't know where the rear ones are. You'll have to look around. I was going to go on a search myself to look for a full set brand new, but it's easier to go coilovers.

R/TErnie · Post by **R/TErnie** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:35 am

The KW & ST brand coilovers look promising. I know Robi-spec builds a lot of v3 KW's for Evos...I'd be curious if he could rebuild the neon shocks...or maybe even revalve to better internals.

2drSRT4 · Post by **2drSRT4** » Sun May 22, 2011 1:01 pm

Who knows. Worth asking him. Koni charges an arm and a leg for rebuild. I asked them because I was interested in getting a set of blown konis. Too much money, but they are the best. Some people say the konis are millions times better than the BCs

Twisted Noodle · Post by **Twisted Noodle** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:18 am

I can still get the fronts but they are a wee bit pricey.. Part number Koni - 8741 1327SP2.

Trying to see what I can do about the rears.

I know the part number is Koni - 8741 1408Sport.. I don't have them listed on my site but they are on Koni's site.

Don't pay any attention to pricing on my site. I'll cut you guys a really good deal if you want 'em.

Ianguilly · Post by **Ianguilly** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:44 am

I thought i saw howell sold them still for big $$$

Twisted Noodle · Post by **Twisted Noodle** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:52 am

Well, I have them listed for 277 I think (a piece) but I have a call into Koni to see if I can do better than that, and to make sure they are still available... I don't want to throw out a price and then not be able to get 'em..

Ianguilly · Post by **Ianguilly** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:46 pm

Oh my:

http://howellautomotive.com/index.asp?P ... ProdID=786

http://howellautomotive.com/index.asp?P ... ProdID=787

might as well get Coilovers if your gonna pay that much and if they're even in stock.

2drSRT4 · Post by **2drSRT4** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:02 pm

Hey Twisted Noodle, if you can get a full set of the 4 for under 1000 bucks I may be interested. I need to find a company that can re-make the Mopar XX-Hi rates

Twisted Noodle · Post by **Twisted Noodle** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:26 am

Well, I can get the fronts for about 260 a piece + shipping. So far the rears are indeed discontinued. But I have a guy searching around "the closet" to see if there are any kicking around.

2drSRT4 · Post by **2drSRT4** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:31 pm

Could you point me into the direction to get a set of mopar xx hi rates re-made?

Twisted Noodle · Post by **Twisted Noodle** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:36 am

I did find this on Neons.org. Do you have a part number by chance?

http://forums.neons.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 61&start=0

What about a spring that is comparable to the "high rates"? Not that I know of any. I am actually not too familiar with the springs but I'm doing some digging.

2drSRT4 · Post by **2drSRT4** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:41 am

There was a company that was re-making them. I just saw a set of them for sale not too long ago. I will probably contact eibach or similar company to see. I want handling improvements with a little lowering without slamming the car