eibach/koni

[fuhSHO]

I have a chance to pick up this combo for pretty cheap, but my brother always stresses the importance of matched spring and strut rates. Is this a good combo, and how stiffer will it make my car?

 

[Machspeed]

Ya its a good combo. It will REALLY stiffen your car up. You may want to think about replacing other suspension components as well.

 

[gosho89]

fuhSHO:
I have a chance to pick up this combo for pretty cheap, but my brother always stresses the importance of matched spring and strut rates. Is this a good combo, and how stiffer will it make my car?

I wouldn't call it a stiff ride, its more like a firm comfortable ride. In my opinion this is the best spring/strut combo, you can tailor the ride to your liking. My favorite setting for normal street driving and highway cruising is fronts a 1/4 turn in, and the rears on full soft. This provides a great balance for spirited driving with a luxury car type ride. Once at the track I turn them to full firm all the way round.

 

[Hack]

I might be a bit biased on this wink , but I find that the ride is acceptable, at least with the struts turned down low. Crank them all the way up, and things get kind of harsh. Body lean is definately minimized though, especially with Gen 1 swaybars.

 

[SHOkid13]

I agree they are a pretty kewl setup... although I haven't driven the car yet, still working on a few other things at the same time...

One comment: I didn't like the tolerances between the Konis and the factory struts. So, I purchased and cut up some cheepie AutoZone struts, which had a much better fit. The Konis in the Ford struts were really loose.

 

[fuhSHO]

SHOkid13:
One comment: I didn't like the tolerances between the Konis and the factory struts. So, I purchased and cut up some cheepie AutoZone struts, which had a much better fit. The Konis in the Ford struts were really loose.

With that said...Glen, what struts did you put the inserts in, and how did they work for you?

 

[Hack]

Mine were originally installed in Motorcraft strut. Koni had a TSB dealing with the loose fit issue. After I saw it, I had my rear struts sent to the SHO Shop for reinstallation. Not sure what make the donor struts were on those.

 

[gosho89]

Mine are all installed in the factory Motorcraft housings for over 4 years, no problem or noise here.