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Subject:Re: Koni or Bilsteins
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:09:01 +1300

>  > Koni is a cost-cutter... these units should have adjusters.
>>  Having to remove them to adjust is asinine... and if they're
>  > coilovers, like their bike dampers...
>
>First of all, no, they're not coil-overs. Secondly, while user-adjustability
>without removal would sure be nice, this is not an alternative. The
>alternative to Koni's version of adjustability is no adjustability at all.
>Bilstein is not adjustable at all. Neither are KYB or Boge.

Some of Koni's coilover (bike) dampers HAVE an external adjuster
wheel... to adjust, turn wheel. It stinks that they make their car
dampers so that you have to unbolt one end to adjust them.

Despite this, they are the best. They don't break. And they are
rebuildable (as long as Koni makes parts for them... Bay Konis are no
longer available).
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
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<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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