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Old 15-04-2008, 04:40 PM
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Default One of my Koni's has failed

The suspension was taken off recently and I noticed one was very oily and when pushed down it does come back up like the other side, so its obviously tom tucked.

Can this be repaired? or is it replace time?

Should they be bought in pairs to give even ride/dampening?

They are out of warrenty but only done about 3K
Old 15-04-2008, 04:46 PM
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Shocks should be replaced in 'axle' pairs.
Old 15-04-2008, 04:47 PM
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ouch
Old 15-04-2008, 05:12 PM
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im pretty sure u can send them back to koni to be serviced but u would prob have to send them 2 to be serviced
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Paul, you'll possibly get fobbed off, but I thought Koni's came with a lifetime warranty....
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Got one of mine done under warrenty at around the 12 month period as it was leaking too.
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i got konis on my sapph and same thing hapened to me and they werent that old either.also started leaking on my old turbo aswell.
seem to be hearing lots more of the same story aswell when i was looking at getting new ones so i decided to go for the bilstiens instead this time.i know alot of folk dont really use them on road cars but you never hear anything bad about them

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Give them a ring even if there out of warrenty and explain that the car has only done 3000 miles, you never know. Ive had things replaced or repaired on previous cars that were just out of warrenty done as a good will gesture to keep a good reputataion, so its worth a try mate.
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