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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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I'm near the Medical Center, or somewhat Southwest.

The front right Koni on my car has a broken adjuster, and they have sent me another one. Any recommendations for a decent shop that will put on one shock for me?

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Or any recs anywhere in the Houston area?
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Hey how do you adjust the Konis? I got some 4/3 and have no clue how to adjust them? Need to have an f-body mod day party like old times. I still gotta install the fronts on my TA
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Honestly, if you've got access to a garage, jack, jackstands, and hand tools, getting the whole shock/spring assembly out isn't that hard. Then you can take that, along with your new shock to any repair shop with a good spring compressor and have them swap it. Just make sure they put the adjustment window toward the outside (might want to mark that on the mount somewhere).

Biz: http://www.koni-na.com/adjustment.cfm
Those 3rd gen rears require you to remove the lower mount from the car, press the button and adjust. I had 4th gens on mine, so it was a lot easier (**** on top). The fronts are adjustable by putting a 2.5mm allen wrench in the hole on the "window" and sweeping either left or right.


-Mike
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Matt if you wanna drive to Baytown, I can hook you up at the shop. PM me on here or Fullthrottle.
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Originally Posted by BizZzatch350
Hey how do you adjust the Konis? I got some 4/3 and have no clue how to adjust them? Need to have an f-body mod day party like old times. I still gotta install the fronts on my TA
We do need to have more mod days

Originally Posted by chupr0kabra
Honestly, if you've got access to a garage, jack, jackstands, and hand tools, getting the whole shock/spring assembly out isn't that hard. Then you can take that, along with your new shock to any repair shop with a good spring compressor and have them swap it. Just make sure they put the adjustment window toward the outside (might want to mark that on the mount somewhere).

Biz: http://www.koni-na.com/adjustment.cfm
Those 3rd gen rears require you to remove the lower mount from the car, press the button and adjust. I had 4th gens on mine, so it was a lot easier (**** on top). The fronts are adjustable by putting a 2.5mm allen wrench in the hole on the "window" and sweeping either left or right.


-Mike
I have done the fronts before just like that.

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Matt if you wanna drive to Baytown, I can hook you up at the shop. PM me on here or Fullthrottle.
I might just do that.
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