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May 15, 2007 | 10:14 AM

synth19

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Koni Shock SNAPS

I have NEVER seen this... or heard of this happening... pics and story here:

http://chicagoz.com/v-web/bulletin/b...er=asc&start=0

May 15, 2007 | 10:16 AM

CLpower

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shit happens

May 15, 2007 | 11:05 PM

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Similar to how I lost my TL-s, but in my case, rear camber kits snapped...

May 15, 2007 | 11:48 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CLpower

shit happens

May 16, 2007 | 11:45 AM

bigman

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it happens all the time.

May 16, 2007 | 04:35 PM

speedzer

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ahh shit!! How often does this happen? i'm sitting on Koni's right now too!!

May 16, 2007 | 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by speedzer

ahh shit!! How often does this happen? i'm sitting on Koni's right now too!!

Not often at all. MANY MANY people run Koni shocks and this is the first I have heard this happening.

I wouldnt worry.

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May 16, 2007 | 06:05 PM

synth19

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WTF are you talking about, I've NEVER seen or heard of this happening... EVER.

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Originally Posted by bigman

it happens all the time.

May 16, 2007 | 06:14 PM

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Looks like is rusted all the way thru............ a la comptech springs

May 16, 2007 | 06:16 PM

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Daym.. Looked like it had a problem for awhile judging from the rust. I hope Koni steps up and fixes what went wrong as well

May 16, 2007 | 08:04 PM

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Kinda scary, but still

May 16, 2007 | 09:32 PM

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sbuswell

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Maybe those were Foni Koni's.

May 16, 2007 | 11:01 PM

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I still love my koni's

May 17, 2007 | 12:09 AM

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May 17, 2007 | 10:17 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by synth19

WTF are you talking about, I've NEVER seen or heard of this happening... EVER.

Shocks/Struts snap all the time. Not just Konis but every brand. I have personally seen Bilstein PS1 coilovers have a strut snap on my cousin's e46 m3. Also have read about every thing from monroe/kyb to koni/hal/bilsteins braking on all types of cars. It's just a manufacturer defect, whats the wtf for?

May 20, 2007 | 11:07 PM

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That is nuts.

May 21, 2007 | 10:56 PM

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lets hope my tein SS won't snap I've got about 30k miles on them

May 21, 2007 | 11:13 PM

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Huh, never heard of a shock snapping like that either. I'd be fookn pissed.

May 22, 2007 | 09:51 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by synth19

WTF are you talking about, I've NEVER seen or heard of this happening... EVER.

first time i've seen this on a koni, i've seen it w/ stock and other units. 99% of the time it was an install error (not tighting up enough, misaligned when installed, etc)