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mitchntx
post Jan 1 2004, 07:00 AM
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I have a pair of used front Koni DAs and a pair of used Koni rear SAs for sale.

The fronts:
One shock is just fine, as far as I know. The other has the shaft twisted off. When I was putting the shock on, I was a tad zealous with my impact gun and twisted off the end. Doh!

I bought them used and never got a chance to run them.

The rears:
I've had these on the car for about a year and they are in fine working order.

All are rebuildable, according to Lee Grimes at Koni.

I would let all go for $300 plus any costs associated with shipping.

I would get the shock repaired myself, but have decided to go a different route ...
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Firehank
post Jan 2 2004, 03:29 AM
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Going for the coil over kit?
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post Jan 2 2004, 05:14 AM
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Mitch, money's tight in my budget right now and Randy and Jon keep on finding other places for me to spend my money, but I'm interested in the rear shocks if you're willing to split them up.
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post Jan 2 2004, 05:44 AM
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Oh...I FOUND another place to spend you money alright....I'll PM you my address for the check!

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post Jan 2 2004, 06:16 AM
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QUOTE (Firehank @ Jan 1 2004, 09:29 PM)

I doubt you'll ever get close enough in that Firehank to find out, now.

Not skeered, are you?

Mike, I want to try and sell them as a set ... who knows, they might work out for me in the end.
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post Jan 8 2004, 10:42 PM
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Any clue on about how much it would cost to fix the one shaft?
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post Jan 8 2004, 11:52 PM
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When I inquired through Lee Grimes at Koni, he indicated about $150.

That was a while ago, though.

To be honest ... SLP is offering 4 new DAs for under $600 ...
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post Jan 9 2004, 01:03 AM
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QUOTE (mitchntx @ Jan 8 2004, 05:52 PM)
To be honest ... SLP is offering 4 new DAs for under $600 ...

Are those really DA's? I know the pic show them as DA's, but damn, that is cheeeeap. That's like half price...
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post Jan 9 2004, 03:09 AM
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I agree. Are you sure those are DAs? There must be a catch.
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post Jan 9 2004, 04:17 AM
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I would think they're just the fronts. I've been meaning to call them and find out.

There's a thread over at LS1.com about this SLP deals. Seems that KONI won't honor the warranty if you buy 'em from SLP at that clearance price.

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post Jan 9 2004, 04:57 AM
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It's all 4 shocks. I just sent them an email asking them if they are DAs or SAs.

Here's the link showing all 4 shocks:

http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?...n&SHOWEMAIL=Off
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post Jan 9 2004, 05:06 AM
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Woah...they didn't have the pix over the weekend.

Well alright then. I'm giving them a call tomorrow.
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post Jan 9 2004, 12:32 PM
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Yep SLP kills my sale for sure!

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post Jan 10 2004, 03:59 AM
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Called SLP, and the gent I was talking to wasn't sure whether it was DA's or SA's. I asked if they were the same replacement P/N for 1 LEs, he wasn't sure...

I just e-mailed someone who just bought a set. Let's see what he says.

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I just sent them an email asking them if they are DAs or SAs.


Did they reply back Mike?
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post Jan 10 2004, 04:33 AM
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QUOTE (beuke23 @ Jan 9 2004, 10:59 PM)
Did they reply back Mike?


Nope. I emailed Alston Racing about some other things last night and their email address bounced back as invalid. Bad luck for me last night with email I guess.
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post Jan 12 2004, 09:45 PM
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Interested in the rears. How long did you run them and how much for just those?
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post Jan 12 2004, 10:15 PM
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QUOTE (mitchntx @ Jan 2 2004, 12:16 AM)
Mike, I want to try and sell them as a set ... who knows, they might work out for me in the end.

Sorry ...
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post Jan 13 2004, 12:05 AM
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----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Stellhorn" <DStellhorn@slpnj.com>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 8:29 AM
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> Hi Mike, Thank you for your email question and you interest in our
> products. The Koni Shocks are double adjustable shocks and they are
> currently on sale until January 15th. Thanks, Don
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> Don Stellhorn
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> PHONE: 732-349-2109 ext. 135
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post Jan 13 2004, 04:28 AM
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Yeah, a good member at LS1.com gave me the low down that these shocks are are not off the shelf DA's, but ones SLP valved for 1 LE springs. This is what SLP told him over the phone. What the heck does mean, exactly? These shocks are adjustables, so why custom valve them?

I don't understand... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) still a good friggin' deal, though.

Even w/o the sale, they only go for $625 for a set of 4. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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post Jan 13 2004, 05:14 PM
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cross-posted to LS1.com--AX/RR section too. Take it FWIW.

We had a long talk with Gordon @ Koni yesterday. I was going to buy up the SLP Koni's to get them off the market, and to stop the bleeding they are causing in price. I want to make you aware of why I'm not going to do that, and it's important.

Apparently, these shocks are pretty old. What Gordon @ Koni told me is they bought a ton of them when they first came out in '94, many never sold. SLP was direct with Koni then, but is no longer because they bought so many and never sold many. Here's the trouble. According to Koni, shocks that have been on the shelf that long are going to have seal problems, the seals dry out when the shocks lay on their side for long periods of time. They are already had 4 or 5 folks wanting warranty on shocks with failed seals. Now, DA's have no warranty anyway, but if there is a problem with a new or nearly new one that is fresh we as dealers have some pull in getting them exchanged. However fresh the shocks are in terms of use, sitting can hurt the seals. Gordon expects in about 2 months of use to start seeing more and more seal problems on the shock.

They (Koni) and other vendors can't do anything about the price since SLP is not direct. And it's a good deal, at least on the surface, but as it was put to me "buyer beware" because apparently the shocks are New old stock
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