KonI Yellow optional piece??

[4door accord02]

Do any of you koni guys know if this part on the Koni yellows every came optional or attached??

problem is im loosing a inch to ground and i think that certain piece is to blame???

Thanks!

 

[kn0x47]

you're not supposed to leave that part on there with GC. taking it off wont drop the car another inch tho. you probably just need to wait for the springs to settle

 

[4door accord02]

you're not supposed to leave that part on there with GC. taking it off wont drop the car another inch tho. you probably just need to wait for the springs to settle

its weird cause in the front im 24'' to ground and in the rear im 23''? setting are at its lowest and it still giving me the boatty look??

but theres some koni's that dont come with that part in the front suspension??? as you can see mine are pretty old !

 

[RedRyder]

All Koni yellows come with a lower spring perch, for use with lowering springs. You set the snap ring on one of the two heights and that lower perch sits on the ring.

But I think knox is right, you don't use that with GC's. If you bought the sleeves used, I'd call GC and ask for installation instructions with yellows. Or I'm sure they're online somewhere.

You did buy the correct set of GC's right?

 

[Steadycrusin401]

I was wondering the same thing. The GC kit looks to be the non Koni specs.

 

[cjsaccord]

When buying ground controls you usually have to tell them your going to pair them with Koni yellows, ground controls usually will need more parts to work with the Koni yellows rather than just the ground control sleeve last time I checked.

 

[cjsaccord]

Heres how they are supposed to look when installed with all of the correct components.
You can sort of see what the difference is.

 

[Steadycrusin401]

Those pics aren't 6gen specific but you get the idea. They dont have the lower springs perch like yours do 4door. To go any lower you would either have to buy H&R race springs(something with a 2.5'' drop or lower)or get GC specs for koni struts. Correct me if i'm wrong guys.

 

[4door accord02]

Funny thing is that when I bought the gc coilovers I mentioned they were going on konis and that the correct part number was 4515.02...

It just doesn't seem low enough in the front ...

I'm thinking maybe that snap ring comes off!!

 

[cjsaccord]

I found a thread on honda-tech on installing ground controls that should help you out what you might have done wrong.
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=3049489