rod214

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Getting Koni STR.T shocks and Strano lowering springs installed at a local shop that have done previous work for me before. Today they called and said the front springs are the wrong ones and they won't fit, so they didn't even start taking the old stock parts off. I'm pretty sure they are the right springs, I bought them from Stranoparts.com. I went to the shop and they showed me the metal spring perch and showed me the spring won't even fit into it. I've searched for hours on this site and have seen others buying Moog parts to fit the spring, my question is, can't you just reuse all your stock component's and just replace the springs and shocks? Or do I need to buy new parts in addition to what came in the box from Stanoparts.com? My car is a 2002 Pontiac Trans Am with 72,000 miles

TheNutDriver

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I read a post on here about the perch on the Koni STR.T not quite fitting the isolators and springs and that the isolators need trimming down and the ends of the spring coil needs filing a very small amount to get it to fit also. Ill try and locate the thread so you can read.

TheNutDriver

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https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...-6-5-15-a.html


have a read through this... I think this may be your mechanics issue.


Edit: read it all lol!

rod214

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Thanks, I read that and it was very informative. I thought I could reuse the parts off of my car and just replace the springs and shocks, for the fronts. I should have read up on the process of the install, then I would have taken the shop what it needed to do the install, I just took them the box of the new springs and the new shocks.

BTC

I reused the factory OEM isolators when I installed Koni Sports and Strano Springs. I guess the condition of those isolators could vary from one car to the next. Of course the shop would actually have to remove the shocks and springs that are on the car in order to reuse the old isolator.

I should probably add that I had purchased new isolators, but the old ones were fine so I just returned the new ones to Rock Auto.