Koni Yellow Sport Shocks - 2010+ Legacy Fitment

Koni sent me a shipping label today, so I will will be shipping the OEM struts to them on Tuesday.

Good work guys, this is awesome, but if there are some of you who want to jump on Konis now, don't be afraid to go the full WRX route with front spacers or lowering rear Spring perch. I see no reason to wait and the full assemblies are waaaaay easier to deal with than Inserts I assume and less margin for error!! Love my KONIS

The only issue with the WRX fronts might be some tire clearance? I'm running 255/40/18s and it'd be cutting it close if I had WRX fronts instead

What's your wheel width ZEE

18x8.75 +36

Good work guys, this is awesome, but if there are some of you who want to jump on Konis now, don't be afraid to go the full WRX route with front spacers or lowering rear Spring perch. I see no reason to wait and the full assemblies are waaaaay easier to deal with than Inserts I assume and less margin for error!! Love my KONIS

Did you ever get a bracket fabbed for the sensor cable?

It all really depends on what size tires and wheel specs that guys want to run. Most will work in the +35 to +40 on up to 8.5" wheels with 245/40 tires. Anything with more offset, wider width, or wider or taller tires could be trial and error, but I think we can give decent assumptions on what will and won't work based on Whit's wheels and his clearance to the perches.

Did you ever get a bracket fabbed for the sensor cable?

I am going to either make him a bracket or send him a detailed drawing this weekend. I been busy lately but will have time in the next few days.

Same here, busy as a bee and haven't had a chance to think of a bracket fab. Just driving and enjoying the new KONIS and abs light currently non existent

It all really depends on what size tires and wheel specs that guys want to run. Most will work in the +35 to +40 on up to 8.5" wheels with 245/40 tires. Anything with more offset, wider width, or wider or taller tires could be trial and error, but I think we can give decent assumptions on what will and won't work based on Whit's wheels and his clearance to the perches.

Camber would matter to. More negative camber will eat up the clearance to the spring perch right?

Camber would matter to. More negative camber will eat up the clearance to the spring perch right?

Yes, that is correct. I always forget about that, so thanks!

In hindsight, I could suggest based off my winter tire/wheel specs and GT's that most applications will work even ZEE's. Interested to see in a couple months or so how my 8.5" summer wheels clear. I'm sure plenty of room once again.

I dropped off the OEM struts at UPS to ship to Koni on the way home from work. When I got home, I had some Koni swag waiting for me in the mail.

I dropped off the OEM struts at UPS to ship to Koni on the way home from work. When I got home, I had some Koni swag waiting for me in the mail.

 

"Sir, we just got the shipping acknowledgement."

"Excellent. Deploy the Swag Drones."

hey Guys I'm Planning on going with the available wrx Koni setup. I have a shop That can machine a groove 3/8 lower in the rear struts to even out the ride height. I have RCEs on now but debating on going with H&Rs. This will Give about a 30mm drop on the RCEs all around or a 42mm Drop on H&Rs all around. But Could doing this have a possible negative effect on how the Springs would Ride? Possibly Bottoming out the Struts? Thanks.

hey Guys I'm Planning on going with the available wrx Koni setup. I have a shop That can machine a groove 3/8 lower in the rear struts to even out the ride height. I have RCEs on now but debating on going with H&Rs. This will Give about a 30mm drop on the RCEs all around or a 42mm Drop on H&Rs all around. But Could doing this have a possible negative effect on how the Springs would Ride? Possibly Bottoming out the Struts? Thanks.

I will say the RCEs are awful springs so you should get an immediate improvement in comfort and handling. I do not foresee any problems though. A lot of guys are running H&R springs abs are fine. Double check with some of the other suspension guys. I'm sure they will chime in

 

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hey Guys I'm Planning on going with the available wrx Koni setup. I have a shop That can machine a groove 3/8 lower in the rear struts to even out the ride height. I have RCEs on now but debating on going with H&Rs. This will Give about a 30mm drop on the RCEs all around or a 42mm Drop on H&Rs all around. But Could doing this have a possible negative effect on how the Springs would Ride? Possibly Bottoming out the Struts? Thanks.

 

Sure, you can do that. You shouldn't have any bottoming out with the lower H&Rs because they have a steeper progressive rate curve than the RCEs and are stiff, but the Koni's control them very well. One guy (ScoobyGT was his name I believe) did that, paired H&R's with the Koni's in 08-10 WRX donor housings (3/8" lower than ours) and had a slot machined in the rear Koni's to match the 3/8" front drop.

 

I would recommend doing the H&R's over the RCEs, but it does depend a little where you live and what the roads are like.

I hated the RCE springs. Harsh.

 

Eibach would be a better choice for similar drop or 2014 OEM 3.6r springs and do nothing at all to the rear konis since the 3.6r springs sit about 5mm high in the front anyway.

Alright cool thanks guys, ill be ordering the h&r springs. The streets aren't bad in southern California so im sure I'll be alright with a nice drop. And has anyone made 255/40r18s fit on the new strut design? I'm wondering if 18x8.5 +37 might be enough to clear.

I wouldn't put 255's on an 8.5" wheel. We'll have a reference as to how the 8.5" wheels fit with the new strut as soon as wrxwhit switches to his summers.

I wouldn't put 255's on an 8.5" wheel. We'll have a reference as to how the 8.5" wheels fit with the new strut as soon as wrxwhit switches to his summers.

8.5 inch should be 235-245..255 is 9-9.5 IIFC

 

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Judging by the FB group post, I think whit is back on his summer wheels

I've ran 255s on 8.5 wheels multiple times. gives it that beefy look and haven't ran into issues before.

There's a 3rd party seller on amazon offering up Koni front inserts for about $175 shipped each. Says there is 5 in stock: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009EPQLDC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=V10J4YBPXYFH&coliid=I1QC1PU4ZVBDIO&psc=1

 

It may be that they haven't updated their counts, but its worth a try for anyone still needing a set of front inserts.

^ thanks. I bought two, so there was 3 as of yesterday