Miata Mailing List: April 1998, Message #56

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Ok, here are the results to the recent Koni Poll I posted to the list.
..and here is the original poll message I posted (so that it makes
sense...)

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THOSE THAT CURRENTLY HAVE KONI'S:

Years     Miles     Opinion
2.5  15k  happy with them
5-6  ?    happy with them - and were purchased used for 1-2 years
3    30k  happy but feel the adjustment is a pain
4    24k  happy with them
?    70k  happy with them
0.5  ?    happy with them
2.5  40k  happy with them
2    10k  happy with them, also using SPAX springs

THOSE THAT HAD KONI'S:

Years     Miles     Opinion
?    50k  Very happy, car was sold... shocks were still good at 50k miles.
Bought Koni's for new car.


ALSO: I stand corrected about the warranty issue on Koni's.  Koni's DO
carry a lifetime warranty according to a few responses I received.

Interestingly, of those who responded, no one was significantly unhappy
with the Koni's.  I know I've heard of somebody mention somewhere that
their "new" Koni's failed and had to be rebuilt after a short amount of
mileage, but this information was not reflected in the poll.  I only had 9
responses, but that's enough to convince me that the Koni's aren't "bad".
This says nothing about any other brand, but does indicate that there are
satisfied Koni owners on this list.

Lee Bohon