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check out this ebay item i purchased
koni sport struts with about 5 days use on them, item # 190050485344
these go for about $400+ new. i'll be buying some hardware from pelicanparts to mount them, but sheesh...
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11-26-2006, 06:31 PM
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i guess they have a day meter counter about usage on the side, huh
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11-26-2006, 08:29 PM
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Those are '87+ struts. No adjustment knob on top...very strange.
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11-26-2006, 08:38 PM
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 they look pretty clean. i'll take my own pictures when they get here.
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11-26-2006, 09:34 PM
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Used shocks
Warehouses get returns on shocks and struts al the time. Give em a whirl. Let me know how they FEEL (who cares how they look)
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11-27-2006, 08:14 AM
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i am pretty stoked. i'll get some rear koni's in the spring and maybe some stiffer sway bars, if the shocks aren't enough.
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wow, I know the seller, have had my car serviced there and am looking for Koni struts. I cant belive I didnt find these when searching ebay.
I wouldnt doubt the usage based on the appearance and knowing the seller. I dont think he is out to screw anyone for a few hundred bucks. |
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11-27-2006, 05:08 PM
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to be honest, the key words for the search were rather obscure. i found them, later tried to find the item again and couldn't. then, i stumbled on the item and bought them.
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I got a set of shocks for my truck at a 4x4 shop. Seems plenty of guys buy a Chevy with the Z-71 off-road package, then drive straight to this guy for a suspension lift and big tires.
He had a bin of the gas Bilsteins that he took off of brand new trucks. All four for $25. I'm sure some Porsche guys do likewise. |
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11-27-2006, 08:11 PM
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but who would strip brand new koni's off their car for something else?
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11-27-2006, 08:21 PM
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Remote resivor race shocks? JRZs? Penskes?
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11-28-2006, 04:54 AM
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Another thought-
The car could have been wrecked. I bought an '87 S that took a hard hit in the nose for a parts car. After I brought it home, I discoverd it had Koni yellows. I have no use for late offset shocks, so I sold them to a fellow pelicanhead. |
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11-28-2006, 05:01 PM
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Only 100 cars of the 3000+ 944S types to come to the US in 1987 left the factory with the 474 Koni "sports suspension" to the best of my knowledge.
I just used this info on a PCA supplied valuation to make my case on an insurance payoff. TS |
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11-28-2006, 05:56 PM
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the seller told me that the buyer didn't want them on his race prepped car after he bought them.
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11-30-2006, 04:25 PM
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the koni's arrived today. they look great. there is no wear on them, other than the obvious mounting scuffs.
anyone know how to adjust them?
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12-08-2006, 03:46 PM
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There should be a tab on the top for the adjustment knob. But based on the eBay pictures it looks nothing like what i have seen with the Koni's.
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