koni str-t shocks

[MartinR]

Hi i am going to be changing my shocks very soon now i have come across four koni str-t's shocks for a few quid more than standard renault ones.Now iam wondering would these be a better match with my sportlines than the standard renault ones??

I know a few will say just get coilovers, but i like the height of the car on eibach sportlines and i don't track the car so seems pointless tbh.

cheers

these ones

 

[Fred@BTM]

they make them for the 182?

 

[MartinR]

they make them for the 182?

yup! why are they cack??

http://www.koni-shock-absorbers.co.uk/suspension/products.php?vid=1365

 

[mr.pink87]

Str-Ts are standard spec aren't they!?

 

[bozothenutter]

either standard spec or a budget range..get yellows, much better all round!

 

[Martin_172]

AVOID!!!! i fitted a set to a DCi 100 and they were the worst dampers ive ever came across in my life, infact i dont know why koni bothered devaluing their brand by making these. at least bilstein had the right idea with their oem range keeping them black and advertising them as standard replacements, these konis are advertised as a sport shock.

they make horrible noises over bumps too, sounds like loads of air in the fluid or something!

 

[MartinR]

standard it is then, unless i can source some koni yellows from somewhere at a good price

 

[rwaterman]

standard it is then, unless i can source some koni yellows from somewhere at a good price

I had been looking for yellows and found Larkspeed to be the cheapest for the 182, Ive not changed my shocks in the end.

im sure i read somewhere that the Koni str dampers are apparently like the yellows on the softest settings, whatever thats like haha

 

[bozothenutter]

asked a couple of mates that work in motorsport, they said that anything below yellow (sport) is crap nowadays due to koni moving production to china ore someplace like that...

 

[Gardus]

I'd go for Bilstein B6/B8 if only they were available for the clio...
I went for Koni Yellow and they're very good.