Yellow Koni sports - are they any good?

[DeWitt Harrison]

On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:03:39 +0200, Otto Myyra <qwerty at lut.fi> wrote:

  > I was recently offered an excess pair of yellow koni sports (adjustable)
  > dirty cheap. Do these require some special springs or do they match
  > the original ones? My car is a '86 200 tq avant. I'm tempted to buy these
  > shock absorbers but I'm not totally convinced yet.
  > (They are the same width as the original shocks)

They are excellent units but the rates may be too high for stock springs.
The fronts will fit fine but they need a spacer ring to take up the slack
in the housing as they are shorter than stock. These spacers are supplied by
Koni with new units. The rears may have a different spring perch stop
collar height  (lower by, I forget, 3/4 inch?) so you might have to rig a
spacer there, too, to retain the original ride height out back. At least 
that is
true for Yellow units purchased today since they are designed for the
200 20V and urS4s.

It's possible Koni made Yellows for the 10V 200 at one time. I dunno.
If these are for the 20V as I suspect, you'll also have an issue in the
rear because the top mounting bushing diameter is 12mm as
opposed to 10mm on your car. This is not a show stopper, just yet
more work.

Hey, if they are almost free, take them and either try or sell.

DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq