just bin fitting my koni's to the front of my s2 , managed to remove the old shock and fit the new 1 easily enough , put my brakes and wheel bk on and lower the car to the ground so i could tighten the top nut , but as im tightening it the nut seems to slip on the thread of the strut next think there is shock oil pissing all over the floor !!! and just to make it worse the top nut wont undo now just spinng on the thread , so ive give up for 2nyt .
anybody know what damage ive done ? can it be fixed or do i have to buy a brand new shock ?

 

sounds like either the seals failed on the shocker or you've managed to unwind the piston from the thread inside the shocker, new 1 is the answer

 

thought i would , just been looking on koni's website and its Ł115 for a new one !!! will i be able to get the same 1 as the one pictured on there site looks like a newer version ?

 

dunno mate, you mite be better off gettin in touch with them

 

will have to give them a ring 2mra , cheers mate

 

ideally they should be changed as a pair,not just one new one

 

Did this to mine mate well pissed off, had to get a new one of my mate

 

I think at the moment if you buy a single you get hit with Ł25 surcharge as have to be ordered from Holland

 

When you tightned the nut did you use a small 8mm spanner to hold the innertube so that the tube did not spin?