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Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:02 am

Konis are the best shocks period......Unless your front end is right they are worthless.

Thu Nov 18, 2010 7:43 am

chabanais wrote: So how are they better than the Gabriels I've had on my Bus for the last 14 years?

Gotta know do they do your laundry for you or what?
:lol: I almost fell prey to spending money I don't have on these shocks yesterday....an uneducated spooge as you put it so eloquently earlier :D

Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:50 am

Rolling around on Koni's over here. Great improvement in drive-ability and handling over the gas filled installed by the PO.

On an infamous stretch of 'road' in Kenia one of the front shocks lost it's bound damping and one of the rears got a bit oily a thousand miles later after another notorious stretch of corrugations. After the punishment this set had seen from Amsterdam to Beijing it's not a bad score. If you take into account the damage done to the undercarriage of some of the other vehicles in our African convoy (broken chassis, broken coil springs, massive overall shock failure) i would say the Koni's are highly recommended!

Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:59 am

Koni's warranty is decent:

PASSENGER CAR, LIGHT TRUCK, MOTORHOME & MOTORCYCLE
KONI Inc. warrants all new KONI shock absorbers (purchased after 5/1/80) and suspension kits (purchased after 1995) to the original retail purchaser against defects in material and workmanship, excluding mounting rubbers, washers and bushings, when used under normal operating conditions for as long as such purchaser owns the vehicle on which the KONI shock absorbers were originally installed. This warranty does not apply to, and KONI makes no warranty for, shock absorbers and suspension kits that have been modified or installed; Improperly.

Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:15 am

And Koni will rebuild the shocks, but that's not likely needed.