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Old 03-26-08, 11:14 PM
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rebuilding koni yellows

i have heard from ppl that koni yellows have a lifetime waranty.. is there any truth to this? i have a set on my car that i purchased used about 4 years ago and i suspect one or more of them are blown. does anyone have any experience in dealing with koni on waranty claims?
am i screwed without a reciept?
any thing i should avoid telling them once i contact them?

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Old 03-26-08, 11:29 PM
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At least take it off and check it first. A blown shock will typically have no dampening, so when its on the car the spring is the only thing to cushion the bumps.
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Roan, where did you buy them? Assuming you bought them new, you may want to contact the shop that sold them to you and ask about getting a warranty claim through them. They'll get you a claim # and you'll send them in. Koni will check them out and fix if its bad and send them back to you. That is the way I did it once many years ago.

Without a receipt you are basically SOL unless the shop hooks you up some how or you get lucky.

Of course you'll want to check it first as Mahjik pointed out.
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Originally Posted by SPEED_NYC
i have heard from ppl that koni yellows have a lifetime waranty.. is there any truth to this?

I don't think so and have never heard such. You can send them back to Koni for a rebuild or TrueChoice also rebuilds Koni's. I just had some done a few months ago, Lee Grimes at Koni is who I dealt with. Oh, and yes I paid $$ for this!
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Yes, Koni has a lifetime warranty. They fixed a 3-year old shock for me about 3 years ago. I had purchased through Tire Rack so my purchase info was online.
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good to hear rynberg. when you contacted koni, did they ask you for a reciept? or was it an easy 'just mail it in' transaction?
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Originally Posted by rynberg
Yes, Koni has a lifetime warranty.
Here is the Koni limited warranty.

http://www.koni-na.com/warranty.cfm




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