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Old 09-23-2012, 09:24 PM
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My 2001 firehawk came with koni double adjustables and they now have 165,000 miles on them.They need to be replaced and I dont really feel like paying nearly $1500 for shocks.Any suggestions on shocks that I would be happy with after the konis?
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BMR has 'em for half that
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The double adjustables are 1600 from bmr
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Have you thought about going single adjustable? It's almost half the price.
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Go with the SA Koni shocks.
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Anything you get, at this point, is going to be a downgrade. Unless u could have your shocks sent out to Koni for a rebuild.
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get them reubilt over the winter
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konis have a lifetime warranty so they maybe free to get redone? its worth a phone call
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Lifetime warranty to original purchaser, I believe...
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Yeah I would have to be original purchaser and have proof.Anyone know round about how much to get rebuilt?
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Um, I have singles for it in stock.... $999.99 for the entire set of 4. And fwiw, I also had owned doubles for my Camaro, which I autocrossed (and won Nationals in multiple times), and I preferred the singles.

It would cost you as much with the shipping and all to send the 4 you have in and have them rebuilt as these cost new (with the warranty). And you'd not have the 6-8 week downtime.

There is no warranty on his current shocks. They were OEM, which means any warranty they had was a GM one and long since expired.
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