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Donny B.
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Does anyone know the color to paint Koni shocks? I have a perfectly good pair of Koni rear shocks for my Bug, but they are discolored and have overspray on them. I would like to restore them before I swap out my KYB shocks and install these.
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2010, 16:12:14 pm » |
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It depends on what model.
Some are red and some are yellow. But unfortunately i don´t have the color code.
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 16:14:25 pm » |
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Mine are red.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 20:08:49 pm » |
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there are 3 colours of koni shcks. red are Koni special, yellow Koni sport and black - classic (those are the same as specials but with old school logo and black painted). all of those are adjustable, preatty handy thing  |
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 22:17:44 pm » |
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Mine are red;
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2010, 22:21:22 pm » |
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Yeah I was wondering about the color too...!...I cleaned mine up with a little Lacquer thinner....Did good on the overspray...just not real shiny...!
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2010, 22:29:00 pm » |
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Yep, definately red;
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2010, 22:53:36 pm » |
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Yeah I was wondering about the color too...!...I cleaned mine up with a little Lacquer thinner....Did good on the overspray...just not real shiny...!
Yeah the color on mine is like yours only not as nice. They are sort of Red/Orange in color. I guess I will just find a color of red I like and repaint them. |
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2010, 23:00:59 pm » |
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Don, Check out some of the Porsche 356 restoration websites. You can buy a pre-matched spraycan of the correct Koni color and also the decals !  |
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2010, 23:35:25 pm » |
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Thanks Richard. I will do that.
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2010, 23:58:20 pm » |
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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2010, 00:05:49 am » |
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Thanks Louis!
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« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2010, 06:04:54 am » |
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BeetleBug, how does your car ride with the front Koni's?? Just wondering, thinking about a set for mine.
Ted
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« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2010, 08:26:27 am » |
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sorry for OT, but You guys using front Koni's, which do you use? do you use shocks sepially for bugs (std lenght?) or the ones for Opel Ascona B (chich are the same but a little bit shorter?)
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« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2010, 17:21:44 pm » |
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Donny,
Are you sure you need to repaint them?
If you removed the overspray with mineral spirts and then used detail clay then you may be able to polish them and seal or wax them. The same procedure would be used if you had overspray on the exterior of your car. Polishing them should bring back the color.
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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2010, 17:51:26 pm » |
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Brandon, I will give that a try. Sounds good to me.
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« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2010, 17:58:30 pm » |
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sorry for OT, but You guys using front Koni's, which do you use? do you use shocks sepially for bugs (std lenght?) or the ones for Opel Ascona B (chich are the same but a little bit shorter?)
I'm using standard length. You'll only need the short ones if your beam is cranked way down. |
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« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2010, 18:53:45 pm » |
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sorry for OT, but You guys using front Koni's, which do you use? do you use shocks sepially for bugs (std lenght?) or the ones for Opel Ascona B (chich are the same but a little bit shorter?)
I'm using standard length. You'll only need the short ones if your beam is cranked way down. I use stock lenght also Zach (dropped spindels and adjustable beam) before I bought the spindles I had bug pack short shocks.. they were really short way too short. Those koni's for Ascona are just a little bit shorter than STD ones. By the way have You ever adjusted Youre Konis? if yes how it was on the road? or strip? |
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« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2010, 01:40:19 am » |
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The days of using short shocks ended when dropped spindles appeared.
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« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2010, 08:28:53 am » |
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The days of using short shocks ended when dropped spindles appeared.
Thats True  Totally diferent (much better) stearing with dropped spindles, more comfortable ride and wider range of shcks. comming back to konis colour, the "new" classic shocks are avaliable in both black and red colour with the same old school logo (the one with wings), just as an info by the way did any one used coil overs on front end (like Avo - does avo make coilovers for front susp.?) |
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« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2010, 19:01:48 pm » |
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I just restored a set on an Anglia Gasser. I used Chevy Red-Orange rattle can (not the usual Chevy Orange) and it mateched perfectly. Got it at Pep Boys
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« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2010, 19:32:38 pm » |
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BeetleBug, how does your car ride with the front Koni's?? Just wondering, thinking about a set for mine.
Ted
Sorry for my late reply Ted. A couple of years ago a magazine tested several shocks round a track and the red Koni`s won. Richie use them on his cab and I have used them on both balljoint and linkpin beams and must say I`m very satisfied. Best rgs BB |
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« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2010, 19:48:48 pm » |
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Hey Donny B,
I have a set of rear KONI's from a drag car I helped with in the 80's. They are the red ones. I will dig them out if you need a color to go by.
Rick M
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« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2010, 19:57:35 pm » |
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I have a set of rear KONI's from a drag car I helped with in the 80's. They are the red ones. I will dig them out if you need a color to go by.
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« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2010, 17:14:02 pm » |
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where do you get this ones
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« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2010, 17:45:47 pm » |
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thanks jussi  |
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