[DeTomaso] Koni Shocks Rebuild

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

The picture is of another car. Judging from the jackstands a Ferrari. ;-)

On my Konis the springs look identical to the ones on my 71 car. The Konis came to me from a friend who got them in a box of parts at a swap meet or something.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Detrich" <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
To: "03Drew" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Koni Shocks Rebuild


> And I don't believe Konis were stock on your cars.
> 
> Also in your first picture, what are we looking at behind the shock. I
> don't hardly recognize anything.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff
> 6559
> 
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>    In a message dated 2/4/15 15 56 34, mghibli7 at hotmail.com writes:
>>
>>      First, has anyone had Konis rebuilt recently? Who did it? How did it
>>      work out?
>>
>>    >>>If you go to the Koni USA website you'll see there are a handful of
>>    authorized rebuilders.  If you have the original sales receipt they
>>    will rebuild them for free; otherwise the charge is fairly substantial.
>>
>>      >Second, I am looking for a set of Konis, just shocks, I have the
>>      springs. I believe the shocks are the same front and rear, does
>>      anyone know different?
>>
>>    >>>I believe you're right.
>>    Don't forget that there are Konis and then there are Konis.
>>    The old-school shocks were simply replacements for the stock shocks,
>>    and used the stock (or stock-style) springs.  However, for many years
>>    Pantera Performance Center and Pantera East have been selling new,
>>    modern Koni shocks (their so-called '30 series') which use much
>>    smaller-diameter springs.  They are therefore smaller and lighter than
>>    the standard-style.  While they are rather expensive, when you look at
>>    the cost of having old-school Konis rebuilt, the price delta isn't that
>>    great.
>>    If you already have old Konis it may make sense to rebuild them.
>>    However, if you were first planning on buying a set and then having
>>    them rebuilt, it would start to get a bit crazy...buying new, modern
>>    units would make more sense.
>>    Mike
>>
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