KONI has shocks for are EP3!!!!!!

[siver-SI]

This is the e-mail that I got from Koni today. This should be no modding shocks.

Neal,

We have an insert and a rear shock already available for the car. The
part numbers you will need are
Front: 8641 1416 Sport (for 50mm OD body)
8610 1415 Sport (for 55mm OD body)
Rear: 8041 1281 Sport

Please note that the front is an insert that will reuse the factory
strut housing for installation. We do not, nor are planning currently,
to have a complete strut available for the car due to the steering
bracket that is located on the body of the strut. The measurement that
is required for the front is the outer diameter (OD) of the tube that
the strut is built around. Honda changed the struts that they used on
the car sometime in 2002 and the only true way to confirm the correct
insert is to measure it. If you have any other questions, please write
back and let me know. Thanks for writing.

Gordon

[02SilverSiHB]

Originally posted by siver-SI
This is the e-mail that I got from Koni today. This should be no modding shocks.

dude..I have konis..they've been out forever...you do have to modify the stock struts...just as he said...you just copied it...didn't you read it????


"We have an insert and a rear shock already available for the car"

"Please note that the front is an insert that will reuse the factory strut housing for installation. We do not, nor are planning currently, to have a complete strut available for the car due to the steering bracket that is located on the body of the strut."


He couldn't have been any clearer!

[VividDreams]

sounds like its the same as it was

[02SilverSiHB]

here's the how to...it's an insert...meaning you insert it inside the stock strut...meaning you cut open the stock front struts...take out the guts...insert the koni insert...clever...they named it an insert http://www.k-series.com/tech_detail.php?Tech_ID=EP_KONI

[VividDreams]

btw, the shocks are decent right? i know koni is a pretty reputable company. also, if you get these, and they modify your stockers, does that mean that if you ever wanna go back to stock you gotta buy new front shocks? or, can the bracket be re mounted on the stock shock? thanks

[chunky]

Originally posted by VividDreams
btw, the shocks are decent right? i know koni is a pretty reputable company. also, if you get these, and they modify your stockers, does that mean that if you ever wanna go back to stock you gotta buy new front shocks? or, can the bracket be re mounted on the stock shock? thanks

there's a lot of complaints about the koni. i wouldn't buy them.

[02SilverSiHB]

Originally posted by VividDreams
btw, the shocks are decent right? i know koni is a pretty reputable company. also, if you get these, and they modify your stockers, does that mean that if you ever wanna go back to stock you gotta buy new front shocks? or, can the bracket be re mounted on the stock shock? thanks

yes the shocks are great, and yes you will have to buy new stock shocks if you ever want to go back to stock....there is no braket involved..I'm confused as to what you are referring to.


Here is a quick how to:
cut the stock strut from a tad below the stock medal piece (mine was gold):

Stock shock cut....internals to the right

Koni insert slides in...it stays by taking a bolt and inserting it from the bottom of the stock strut (which you will have drilled a hole in the bottom to allow this)

[02SilverSiHB]

Originally posted by chunky
there's a lot of complaints about the koni. i wouldn't buy them.

a few reasons I can think of for complaints might be:
1: If you get sleeves...like ground control or skunk2, make sure to get a modified piece for the rear...or you risk the perch falling from uneven load with the sleeves.
2: Don't cut too much like I did, or you will get a creaking sound...I fixed this for now...but it's not reversible...so far I've been lucky for the past 2or3 weeks....no creak so far.


Other than that, the function of the inserts/shocks are great...although they are valved for the coupes not the Si...from my understanding. But those that have been in my car can tell the difference with the konis...my car doesn't wobble like it did with the uncontrollable rebound you get with the stock struts.

[siver-SI]

Darn it my bad there. In my message that I sent do them I said that I did not want to do the modding to the tower for the front and did they have fronts there were direct install with out having to do work to the tower. So when he said yes that is why I thought this was good. :( I guess this guy did not read my e-mail right too.

[02SilverSiHB]

Originally posted by siver-SI
Darn it my bad there. In my message that I sent do them I said that I did not want to do the modding to the tower for the front and did they have fronts there were direct install with out having to do work to the tower. So when he said yes that is why I thought this was good. :( I guess this guy did not read my e-mail right too.

LOL, sorry I ragged on you...I had too...couldn't resist..don't take it personal ;)

[VividDreams]

Originally posted by siver-SI
We do not, nor are planning currently,
to have a complete strut available for the car due to the steering
bracket that is located on the body of the strut.

Gordon

this is what im referring to

[02SilverSiHB]

Originally posted by VividDreams
this is what im referring to

I'm not sure if you are misunderstanding what the bracket is...or if you are misunderstanding how the install is.

The bracket is the arm that the tie rod end goes into to steer the car..making the strut/wheel turn left or right.

This part is not messed with at all.

The only part that is cut..is the part above the perch...the perch being the part that holds the bottom of the spring.

See in this pic, the stock strut is on the left...the part that was cut off...is on the top right above the internals of the stock strut. Once that is cut, you put the insert in and bolt it down from the bottom...which there is a hole on the bottom of the stock strut that you have to make..that's it.

[Hachiman]

What OD is the best to use for the front?

[Civicvtec1ps]

God damn koni.

[31102si]

someone eventually has to come out with aftermarket shocks for our cars. I just don't see how no one will. Wasn't tokico close to having some done? I will wait until my stock shocks go before I buy any if no company has any by then I will just go full coil-over. I wish I would of done that to begin with anyway. I've been dropped for a year now and the shocks are holding up great.