Miata Mailing List: April 1999, Message #1092

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>Is anyone using Konis with stock springs?  Work okay?

One of our club members ran Konis with stockers for a long time. He had
no problems at all.

 What other springs
>are recommended for use with Koni shocks...don't want to go real
low...height
>with koni lowering is plenty.  Wha'da'ya 'tink?

He is now on Eibachs and middle perches. I'm on Eibachs and top perches.
I like the look. The ride? Well, it gives lumber trucks a bad name. :^)  I
don't
mind stiff, mind you. I just think I'm going to go with a serious spring in
the
not so distant future, like an H&R setup. My boss is on Mazdacomp springs
with Mazdacomp upper mounts and Konis and his car rides stiffer but better.
He is on middle perches all around and his car sits *low.*  The guy that
went
from stockers to Eibachs only sits a smidge lower than he did on the stock
springs at lowest perches.

If you don't have the setup by the time Deal's Gap comes around, go for a
ride
in mine, Mike's and Jason's. (Mike being my boss and Jason being the guy
that had stockers.)  They're all three completely different animals, with
Jason's
and mine being quite similar. (we both have Koni/Eibach. He has RB sways
and I have JR sways. He's on the middle perch and I'm on the stock perch)

Jason could pull his Koni/stock spring car under an unladen semi-trailer at
his
workplace. He can do it with just a little bit more room to spare now that
he
has the Eibach setup.

FWIW. Sorry so verbose, but you know me. :^)

Scott and Woody
President, Roadster Association of the Great Smokies (RAGS)
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