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Does Putting Konis on Hurt Your Car?

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Old Feb 19, 2001 | 06:19 PM
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I was thinking of putting Koni Adjustables on my car but I'm worried that if I go to trade it in that I won't be able to put the stock shocks back on or that there will be "damage" to the car and will be worth much less. Can someone please explain how it would all work out? Thank you so much cause I'm kinda unsure.
Old Feb 19, 2001 | 11:47 PM
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Shouldn't cause "damage"

IF you install Koni's you practially rip open and destroy the internals the front struts and only use the casing for the Konis. If you sell the car you can always look for used stock front struts. But switching to Konis will not affect value of car.
Old Feb 20, 2001 | 08:05 AM
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I agree with MikeO. You can rip open your stock struts now and use them for the install, but when the time comes for a trade-in, go to a junkyard and get some struts.

Option 2: Get struts from a junkyard and use them for your Koni install so you can keep the stock struts for trade-in.
Old Feb 20, 2001 | 01:25 PM
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Thank you guys so much that is exactly what I wanted to know.
Old Feb 20, 2001 | 01:35 PM
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You're welcome. BTW, do you know the part numbers for the Koni's? If you do, could you please post them? Thanks!
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