Found some Konis in my parts pile

[thegreatdane]

Apparantly I've had these babies a couple of years now without me even knowing lol. They are front Konis and were between a bunch of useless parts I got with the old lude when I bought that a few years back. Oddly enough the last time these were installed was when they were on a blue accord that I was later to own lol. Now I'm hitting myself for not noticing if the rear shocks on that accord was konis before I sold it hehe.

Well here they are, they are quite rusty as you can tell.. But pistons look good, no leaking and they feel like they should.










I think I'm going to sandblast them and give them some new paint. Then either keep them or sell them?

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[2ndGenGuy]

Well with how rusty the shafts are, I don't think you're ever going to get a good seal. As soon as those run down past the seals, they're going to shred. I don't know how you'd clean all that off without any scratching or gouging. Or are they fully compressed right now, and the shafts look good when you pull them out?

[LX-incredible]

Those look pretty bad bro...

[thegreatdane]

what do you take me for lol. yea the pistons are of course fully compressed in the pics and look absolutely fine. The top part always rusts. As i said in the first post, the pistons look good and no leaking

Yea they do look pretty bad. Hopefully I will make them shine again.

[Joay]

I'll buy them if you decide not to keep them.

[2ndGenGuy]

oic my koni's compress completely in the body, so I assumed they were all like that.

[A18A]

i love you. can i have them?

[AccordEpicenter]

rock em. Should be fine

[carotman]

Sweet!

Too bad you got rid of the rears.

They should be good with a sandblasting session.

[Rendon LX-i]

sell em.

TO ME LOL...once they nice and pretty

[thegreatdane]

I may end up selling them if they turn out decent.
A18A, no you cannot. Only in exhange of money.

I disassembled the struts today. Everything inside looks fine. I'll probably blast them next week and if there are no signs of rust having penetrated the shock housings after a pressure test I might get them powdercoated if the price is reasonable and they have a color that's not too far off.
When and if I put them back together again I'll put in some fresh fork oil and replace the o-ring that you see in the pics.

[Tomisimo]

Sell them to me Marthin

[thegreatdane]

[2drSE-i]

huh i didnt know you could dissassemble them like that. I will have to do that to mine someday :-)

[thegreatdane]

Yea and if you are able to obtain the rebuild parts from Koni you could save lots of cash if you need a rebuild or even a revalve. I dont know if they are willing to sell rebuild parts without doing the service though.

Blasted them today. I didnt detect any leaks from rust penetration so hopefully it stays that way.
I'm going to repair the brake line holder tabs on the right shock before thinking about getting them powdercoated. One is broken off completely and the other has been bent around alot and has a snapped bolt in it.

Looks much better already:

[carotman]

There's only 1 groove for the spring perch?

[thegreatdane]

Yea these are the model that has the welded on spring perch. I've seen several members on here with that model too. I think these are an older model and the ones with loose springs perches are the newer models.
But as far as I recall only the rear konis have an adjustable/moveable spring perch?? I dont remember the fronts on my sedan having more than one groove.

[MessyHonda]

Yea these are the model that has the welded on spring perch. I've seen several members on here with that model too. I think these are an older model and the ones with loose springs perches are the newer models.
But as far as I recall only the rear konis have an adjustable/moveable spring perch?? I dont remember the fronts on my sedan having more than one groove.

yeah i have the welded ones also and on my coupe the i have ones with the spring perch...they must of had a just basic model

[b20a86lude]

WOW THOSE BEAUTIFUL AFTER U Blast them. also word of advice if u hVNT YET BLAST THE PISTON ROD WITH GLASS ITS MUCH SMOOTHER. AND WONT DAMGAE IT BUT THE SAND WILL

[markmdz89hatch]

how in the holy hell did you get that top cap off? I thought Koni had welded them on.

[2drSE-i]

I think what they were saying is that the old version of the konis werent welded on. I could be wrong though.

[markmdz89hatch]

I think what they were saying is that the old version of the konis werent welded on. I could be wrong though.

no no, that welded/not-welded talk was about the spring perch so far. not the cap.

[2drSE-i]

Oooh ok. Told ya i might be wrong. Btw, the parts for sale link in your sig doesnt work.

[thegreatdane]

WOW THOSE BEAUTIFUL AFTER U Blast them. also word of advice if u hVNT YET BLAST THE PISTON ROD WITH GLASS ITS MUCH SMOOTHER. AND WONT DAMGAE IT BUT THE SAND WILL

Hey thanks, the piston rod is fine though so only the threaded part of the rod is getting blasted.

how in the holy hell did you get that top cap off? I thought Koni had welded them on.

The top cap is a threaded piece that screws into the strut housing. But it's in there real tight.
I used an angle grinder tool, you know the funny wrench sort of thing you use to change the grinding disc.




Since last time I've repaired the strut housings with new brake line brackets and the rusted area you see in the first picture has also been repaired.
All they need now is paint.

[markmdz89hatch]

pics Marthin, pics

I'm loving this project.

Have you looked into getting new shim stacks from Koni?