Koni NA charges around $120/shock for straight rebuild on shocks, extra
$40 or so for struts. While that might seem like a lot, they are in my
experience much cheaper than the other authorized rebuild centers,
TruChoice, ProParts etc. This is the *worst* possible time of the year
to do it in terms of turnaround time, as everyone else has the same idea
in the off season. 5-6 weeks or more at this point. Pretty much a
no-go if you do not have spares. You can call them and see if they will
warranty them, otherwise just price out a new set. Then you'll have
spares for the next time this happens!
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of pault151@comcast.net
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 5:23 PM
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Koni rebuilding?
My fronts have been declared 'badly worn' by my mechanic. Just checking
- is there a fount of knowledge here or somewhere you can link me to,
regarding whether it's worth taking them out and getting them rebuilt?
Cost?
Turnaround time? (don't have spares handy, etc. so loss of car during
turnaround) Recommendations? *not certain if new replacements are still
available **as they've been used in "racing contests" not even going
there regarding the lifetime warranty ***rears were replaced ~40K after
all were installed, blew seals, probably an application error; anyway,
apparently not as worn as fronts.
Thanks, Paul T.
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