KONI Sports Suspension -1130 2703

[Amr]

AT LAST!

I have ordered the KONI sports suspension kit which can be adjusted according to comfort needed. It shall be received within the next month.

any expereinces with this kit? any body has it already? i think it shall drop my 4*4 look by 40mm.

wish me luck

http://www.koni.com/konisport/

 

[PawnStar]

Awesome... Congratulations...

Please post before and after pics, so we can all be jealous...

 

[Amr]

Hey Pawn,

I cant wait actually to fit the kit and sure i will post once done.

I can post the b4 pics ow, but u'll hate me and will hate the LEON more. it really VERY high now.


guess i will wait a bit...

 

[PawnStar]

doubtful.. I gots me a standard Leon

 

[rst_cupra_r]

yeh had them on my rs although there not height adjustable there stiffness adjustable i had them on stiffest setting and it handle like it on rails very harsh ride though infact bone shatterin but i dont buy sporty cars for comfort an on any settin apart from full stiffness it was pretty lose after bein used to th best stiffness settin

 

[Amr]

hey RST

This is quit scary actually as i am not lookin for stiff ride, i think it would help in getting top speeds on a high way for example or doing hardcore racings.

I think i am going to keep it loose most of the time; do u think it was not that loose (i mean not that comfortable) as well as inconvenient handling? or it was fine both ways - when not stiff.

many thanks,

 

[rickmyster]

i used to have spax adjustables on my saxo were canny good, i did however notice the quality change from g-max(i know lol) to spax

 

[rst_cupra_r]

they were not to bad in softer setting still bit bumpy but the handlein was bit poor as it felt to sloppy but maybe tht was because i was used to it on the stiffest settin, so if i was u i wouldnt bother having it one th stiffest th way the will feel alot better thn ur standard ones just dont go from stiffest settin to softest settin or u'll reliaze how bad th handlin is, hope this helps mate

 

[Hooper]

Koni Sport Lowering Kit

Just did my Leon Cupra myself, which is fine for the rears, but would not recommend doing the fronts, as "quite" (get in there you B***ard) a lot of effort is required to get the strut legs back into the wheel hubs.

Suggest you set Koni's to minimum or half a turn as I set mine to one turn and now need new fillings. Fine on Smooth, but as soon as you tackle Mr Livingstone's tarmac it's a bit rough.

I also went for Eibach Springs as they only drop 20-25 mm instead of the Koni's 40mm. The 20-25mm drop is sufficient to see me scraping the underside on speed humps.

Still, handles loads better and no more buckaroo at the back. Just had steering rack done as well, ouch!!

 

[Amr]

RST

This is very helpful indeed... Thanks mate

hey hooper

I believe I wont be doing the fitting myself, no tools nor experince to do that. I will head for a garage fitting KONI since years, so equation is easy now

As for my 1.6 liter, it is already by default a bit high, high, too high
hence, i need that 35 - 40 mm drop to keep it looking nice (now it looks as if a Subaru Forster heheh).

moreover, my use is intercity and downtown - no luck in tracks as you lucky guys have over there at UK. hence, wont be doing lots of hardcore racing NOR i have the power that i need to control

I am sure that it shall be better than my std one right now - they have passed more than 70K KMs (58k Miles) and handles funky a bit now.

Wish me luck all

 

[rst_cupra_r]

good luck an no probs for information just lettin u know wat u bought by the way they are one of th best shocks on th market and a great hard wearing shocks

 

[Amr]

it is on da way... 6 more days !!

Cant wait to see the result