Good set of shock/struts?

hailstate94

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My car has close to 100k on it and I was looking at getting some new shocks and struts. Car is a DD/ weekend fun car so I don't want anything too stiff. Any good ride quality combos out there? I was thinking of going with the adjustable konis and just putting them on the softest setting
 

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I have a set of barely used single adjustable Koni's and Maximum Motorsport springs I'd like to sell if you're interested.

I would guess it would be fine on the street. I can say that I used it twice on the road course and it was to soft. My mistake for not going to a coil over setup for my track dedicated car from the start.

I also have a set of Koni STRT struts/shocks with ground control camber plates and Ford K springs that were on the car when I bought it that I'd like to get rid of also. I don't know the age but they still work the way they should.
 

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The Koni yellows is a great route to go if you want an easy adjustability strut and shock combo. They're slightly stiffer than stock when set to full soft. I have mine set on the firmer side and they still ride pretty tame on the road and they greatly increased the cars handling.
 

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Konis are "okay" on stock springs. They should never be run on full soft or full stiff, it wears them out much faster.
With lowering springs, they also tend to wear very quickly. I had a set on for maybe 20k miles and all 4 were varying levels of dead.
Swapped to Bilsteins and enjoy them MUCH more despite not being adjustable.
 

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Konis are "okay" on stock springs. They should never be run on full soft or full stiff, it wears them out much faster.
With lowering springs, they also tend to wear very quickly. I had a set on for maybe 20k miles and all 4 were varying levels of dead.
Swapped to Bilsteins and enjoy them MUCH more despite not being adjustable.
May just pull the trigger on these then. Definitely need them to last longer than 20k. I put that on my car in a year
 

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I just got my struts/shocks/springs finished up thanks to some advice in a thread here.

I have a 2014 GT, did Koni Oranges all around with SR springs in the rear (1.5 inch advertised drop) and Roush springs (0.5 inch advertised drop, picked them up on Ebay for 20 bucks each) in the front with J&M CC plates. Ride height is about perfect for what I wanted. Ride quality isn't significantly harsher than stock except for really bad potholes or bumps. I went over a couple of speed bumps a few days ago with no scraping.
 

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