Koni Special Active

[mkeiser]

Originally Posted by Fishee

Grave digging a little here.

My factory M Sport struts and shocks are feeling pretty tired.
Time to replace / upgrade.

I have no intent of lowering the car, and want to retain the factory M Sport springs. I also, do not want to lift the car either, ride height is perfect.

Since I don't track the car, and it's used as a weekend toy, primarily on rough city streets - I'm looking for something that offers enhanced performance and comfort over the factory sachs.

I have experience with Bilstein sport (what they used to call the B6/B8).
I found them to be pretty harsh, combined with lowering springs - also, they actually lifted the car a bit. I do not want to alter the ride height.

I have no experience with Koni - though the Special Active seems to be a decent choice, at least by marketing language.

Looking for some opinions on the Koni SA vs. Bilstein B8.
SA with factory M Sport springs... a decent way to go to improve comfort while retaining or improving performance?

FYI - I don't winter drive, and I put on about 2000mi/3500km per year.

I'm debating the same thing right now on my near 100k m sport suspension... Leaning towards Koni as well since mine is mainly a DD

[ResinThirteen]

For whatever it’s worth, I debated the exact same thing, and decided the OE M-Sport suspension was perfect for me in every way, and lasted 13+ years, so I went with OEM replacements.

I did get all the rest of the parts at the same time, though: caps, mounts, perches, etc.

[mkeiser]

Originally Posted by ResinThirteen

For whatever it’s worth, I debated the exact same thing, and decided the OE M-Sport suspension was perfect for me in every way, and lasted 13+ years, so I went with OEM replacements.

I did get all the rest of the parts at the same time, though: caps, mounts, perches, etc.

I was thinking about it more last night and ended up pretty much doing the same. As much as I want to get more into auto-x / track stuff, I am commuting most the time and have no big complaints with the OE m-sport stuff currently on the car.

Went with Bilstein B4 Touring along with all new miscellaneous stuff like you said.

[Fishee]

So, having second thoughts about the Konis.
Performance wise, seems to fit the bill.
I'm reading some worrying stories about corrosion...

Has this been anyone's experience?

I don't winter drive, and worst case, I can clear coat them before they go on the car, and apply fluid film regularly. Bilsteins on previous cars did suffer from some corrosion, but nothing like this.

[blue135]

Not seen anything like that on my Konis. But then again, I don't recall having seen any salt piles here, or heard of salt being applied around here.

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by blue135

Not seen anything like that on my Konis. But then again, I don't recall having seen any salt piles here, or heard of salt being applied around here.

They're still performing ok? No leaks?

[blue135]

Unchanged performance since they went in a couple of years ago.

[slowbutsure]

Originally Posted by Cavpilot2k

I have Koni Yellows and have no problem adjusting fronts (have tightened them up twice since installation) with stock bracing.

As for rears: I just did plenty of research on the most popular setting and set them before installation. Haven't found any reason to want to adjust them now.

Hello. What settings to the rears would that be? Looking to install mine for daily driving settings. Thx