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braddels

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KONIS
« on: January 17, 2012, 09:34:55 PM »
i'm ordering my 500c soon, one thing i asked the dealer when i was there in November was about having  konis fitted at a later time, i was told that you can't buy the kit, the guy seemed quite shocked that i could buy them from here :whistle: . basically all i want to know, is can the dealer order just the konis and the ss springs? i assume they can. if they can i would get them fitted for when i pick the car up, but i want to pay cash for them not have them added to the finance.

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Re: KONIS
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2012, 09:37:30 PM »
Yes. They can. I did.  :)
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 09:39:19 PM »
Yes. They can. I did.  :)

brilliant. thanks for that. looks like i'll be spending more on a birthday present to myself now  ;D

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Re: KONIS
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2012, 09:54:43 PM »
was chatting to the guy on the koni stand at A S I , and he said that the abarth (black) struts and the aftermarket (gold) were , indeed , slightly different , as abarth particularly set the spec for each car. when i mentioned shorter bump stops , he said this wasnt recomended, as there is something at the bottom of the strut that can break if piston goes down too far, just thought it was worth a mention. i have the abarth ones , and theyre just superb. well worth the money.

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Re: KONIS
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2012, 09:57:45 PM »
was chatting to the guy on the koni stand at A S I , and he said that the abarth (black) struts and the aftermarket (gold) were , indeed , slightly different , as abarth particularly set the spec for each car. when i mentioned shorter bump stops , he said this wasnt recomended, as there is something at the bottom of the strut that can break if piston goes down too far, just thought it was worth a mention. i have the abarth ones , and theyre just superb. well worth the money.

Interesting. 

I paid for scorpions too.  8)
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2012, 10:43:49 PM »
With BM fitting mine I hope they have scorpions on them!
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2012, 10:57:00 PM »
With BM fitting mine I hope they have scorpions on them!

if you dont mind me asking, how much are you paying for them to be fitted?

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Re: KONIS
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2012, 10:58:33 PM »
Dealer supplied konis will be black with abarth logos. Ones from the forum are gold with Koni logos unless I'm mistaken...
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2012, 10:59:26 PM »
With BM fitting mine I hope they have scorpions on them!

if you dont mind me asking, how much are you paying for them to be fitted?

£747 for the bits and fitting, then £96 for wheel alignment.

So I'll be getting the abarth ones, and no ones had the knocking issue with these?
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2012, 11:01:05 PM »
With BM fitting mine I hope they have scorpions on them!

if you dont mind me asking, how much are you paying for them to be fitted?

£747 for the bits and fitting, then £96 for wheel alignment.

So I'll be getting the abarth ones, and no ones had the knocking issue with these?

Me.

Original ones did. Replaced without issue. Second set fine 16,000+ miles later.

First set fitted jan 2011. Second set April 2011.
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2012, 08:40:36 AM »
Dealer supplied konis will be black with abarth logos. Ones from the forum are gold with Koni logos unless I'm mistaken...

Almost right,
The Assetto Koni kit in the shop is identical to the dealer fit kit and comes with Esse Esse springs.
As far as I know there are still some Gold stand alone Koni's available (without springs).
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2012, 09:36:28 AM »
John

are the Abarth branded ones available without the springs ???  It would appear that a few here (Moots & SJH) have done so

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Re: KONIS
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2012, 09:57:04 AM »
I dont see how.
When we put the part number into the ordering system it supplies 2 boxes, one with 4 Koni's in it and the other has 4 Esse Esse springs in it.
If a customer has said they dont want the Esse Esse springs fitted then I suppose that's how it's happened.
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2012, 10:07:36 AM »
I already had them do you are right, I didn't want them.  :)
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Re: KONIS
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2012, 04:54:58 PM »
I already had them do you are right, I didn't want them.  :)

That mean I'm going to get the SS springs too then?
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