Cascade Crew

Alphius · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:15 pm Post subject: Failed Koni Yellow

Well, I pulled my severely clunky Koni with a stuck adjuster off my car and replaced it with a $20 RockAuto special until Koni processes my warranty return and sends me a new strut. These struts have under 4k miles on them and one is completely bad already... I'm also adding Del-Alum control arm bushings and Eibach Sportlines to my setup as soon as the new strut comes in.

I'm thinking it's not supposed to do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0yHjP6Tt7A

RSFreak · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:59 pm Post subject:

Nice.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:03 pm Post subject:

no bueno

Al Hasse · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:10 pm Post subject:

The Tokico strut I had on mine was so bad it would compress with just gravity. That's what made all the clunking noise last summer at COWS. I love my new Bilstiens.

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:50 am Post subject:

I have had some Napa hatch struts do that a few times. One of them puked oil all over my interior. Rolling Eyes

Alphius · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:45 am Post subject:

Yeah, my clunk was just as bad as yours if not worse Al. I'm really kind of put out, I know every company has a QC issue now and again but for the money I spent on the Konis I really didn't expect this to happen. Hopefully their warranty team is stellar and can hook me up with a new one quickly.

My Napa hatch struts are still as strong as day 1 now after over 7 years of use... I hope they don't ruin my interior!

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:48 am Post subject:

QC has sucked for 20years any it's only getting worse and hitting more and more vendors. Can't even use 'new' parts for diagnostic anymore.