weestro

8241-1139 (fronts) to be precise. What all came in your kits when you received them? I just received my shocks, 1 washer, 1 nut, and instructions indicating that adjustments are made with an allen wrench. Is this right?? I thought these were externally adjustable with a **** of some sort!?

Also, I'm kind of in a pinch for time on the install for these. Does anyone know if I can reuse the hardware (nut/washer) from my Bilsteins?

Heavy thanks!

chupr0kabra

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Each shock should come with a nut and a big *** washer. Mine were down underneath the cardboard packing, so I didn't find them at first. I didn't re-use any existing hardware on the top of the shock.

They are externally adjustable. You'll need a 2.5mm allen wrench with a long tail. Right at the top of the shock body, where the piston comes out, is a "window" with a + on one side and a - on the other. + is firmer, - is softer.

The rears have a **** that sits on top of the shock to adjust it.


-Mike

OneMeanZ

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What he said ^

weestro

Ah, ok, cool just wanted to be sure. Yeah, my 2nd washer/nut is probably sitting on a UPS truck somewhere. My box was beat to **** with gashes and holes in it. The shocks were freely rattling around in there. Some of the worst packing I've seen (speed inc).

Urban Legend

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My box was banged up pretty bad also.

OneMeanZ

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Mine too. Shocks were fine though.

Sam Strano

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Seems you are missing a few things. As for the adjustment, I make sure all my customers are not only fully aware of how they adjust, but even what tool they need to do so, and what to expect/how to change them for different needs.

The Bilstein's do not have a washer like that, and I recall the nut being a different size as well.

weestro

thanks Sam.

Do you stock the Konis or do you drop ship? I got sucked into free shipping with these...

Sam Strano

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Their price is quite fair. However, I don't feel your got all the information that you should have. Just MHO.

I generally drop-ship them from a number of warehouses, including Koni North America in Kentucky. I simply try and save the customer time and money by shipping from my closest vendor.

Though I'm not sure that matters. The product is the product, the devil is in the details.... As you found out.

01 Red WS6

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Sam I'm pretty sure you are right the nuts are different sizes.. at least from what I remember.

Sam is the man I got mine from him and his service was/is great.

weestro

Wow, I just gotta say that Koni's customer service is 5 star. I called, explained what happened and they're overnighting me the missing parts no questions asked! Amazing! Looks like I'll get to install these this weekend afterall...

CaliboyTA

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Maybe after ur done with ur setup i would like to see some pics.

weestro

Cool, will do.

Sam Strano

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Another not insignificant reason I like to use them. Glad you got you parts.

weestro

Just for future reference, I compared the Koni hardware with the Bilstein shocks and the washer and nut from the Konis fit perfectly on the Bilsteins. They were the same size.

I found out after the fact the shop I had install my gear reused the Bilstein hardware instead of the Koni stuff I went to so much trouble to get. Oh well, it worked.