Im looking into switching from tokico illuminas & tokico springs to konis and gcs. Looking to run shorten yellows in the front.


Know the question is ive heard there stiff whats everyones consensus? Anyone with illuminas and tokicos to compare directly?

Thanks

 

I had GCs with Koni Yellows on my car for about 80K miles. I ran 400lbs front 300lbs in the rear and they where NOT very hard. Problem I had was the front shocks would blow out on me alot. You HAVE to make sure the inserts are 100% sealed from any kinda moisture. Inserts would rot out in the stock shock- you have to gut it to install the inserts. I always used a ton of silicone to make sure no water or condensation got in there. They still rusted out and blew out. It took bout 30-40K miles to blow em out. In 80K miles when I sold the suspension it was on 3rd set of fronts and 2nd set of rears. Surprisingly enough the suspension was much quieter than my JIC FLTA2s.

 

the water in there is crazy. I never had issues with that on mine, and I'm running Koni reds in my car and 450lb/in springs front and rear. The Konis have been in there about 4 years now.

it's not NEARLY as stiff as the KTS coilovers on my 240. still handles well, but the 240's lower center of gravity and weight just make the Max feel like a boat. (but I still run faster track times in the Max because its got so much more power)

 

can ground controls be installed with stock struts?

 

Yes but do to their high spring rate you will have a bouncy ride and your stock struts will blow pretty quick.

 

the groundcrtol sleeve will not fit over the fron struts. theres this cover like thing that's clamped on the top. it looks like you can pry it off but I'm not surei want to d that does anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

Yes that part can come off unfortunetly I can't tell you how to take it off since I had a shop put them on for me when I had mine.

 

read the instructions that came with your kit.

 

you need to remove that dust cap, i used a hammer and screwdriver to wedge it out. then slide it back on after the sleeve is on the strut body.