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i would not trust what ground control says. as an example, they are selling a coilover kit and telling people it will work on a torsion bar car. it won't. it jacks up the rear end because they aren't using a helper spring to hold the spring in place during wheel drop, so you have to add preload to the spring to hold it in place, which raises the car. this is pretty basic stuff to miss.

again, i'd contact koni on whether or not it is correct. they make shocks that cannot be installed upside down. i don't know if those can or not, as i don't know what model they are, but i'm betting that koni does. hydraulic shocks cannot be mounted upside down. some gas shocks can. some can't. it all depends on the venting and the oil in the shocks (yes, gas shocks have oil).

bilsteins can be mounted upside down, as can the higher end konis, but the lower end ones cannot. i'm not sure about these.

if they cannot be installed upside down, the valving will be all wrong and cavitation or aeration are some of the problems. leaks are another problem.
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