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Just got an answer from Koni concerning the economics of a rebuild:
"Well a lot of people that are restoring old vehicles that come with Koni dampers from the factory. People with vintage dampers that match the car. Most of the time it is cheaper to buy new if you don’t want a re-valve or any other custom work done. Our rebuild facility if more intended for custom and race dampers."
Makes perfect sense.
Moral of the story: when buying new dampers for your non-custom application,
1) pay more for Konis if you want or need adjustability
2) don't pay more for Konis based on the premise that, a few years down the road, you can send them in for refershening at a fraction of the cost
I certainly learned something new over the last couple of days; hoping this will be helpful to others as well.
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