I've used Truechoice purchasing and revalving my shocks a few years ago.
Mark (Don't know his last name) did a pretty good job on my shocks. Him
and I consulted serveral times on the telephone thus he than know what
to do on the valving and produce the revalved shocks. The first
revalving attempt took care of about 90% of my problem.
Mark has since left Truechoice and now is working for Koni North
America. As Rex mentioned there are only two authorized Koni Service
Centers in the country. Pro Parts and Truechoice and than there is Koni.
One thing you need to know is that asking for the autocross setup may
not be the right setup for your driving style, car setup, etc. but it
will get you in the right ballpark. You will need to be very precise in
what you tell them on how you want the shocks to perform such as more
bump less rebound and how much more/less you want.
In my opinion, revalving the shocks is one of the last/final things you
want to do insofar as tuning your suspension. Don't forget to do your
posi first before you start your suspension tuning.
Ralph Elder wrote:
>
> my $.02 while i'm on hold....
> I had a set for the Porsche rebuilt by TrueChoice a few... well,
> ahhh.maybe more than a few years ago. They did a good job,on time, as
> promised. but - at least at that time - they didn't really get the
> autocross concept. They called me because they had never gotten a letter
> with the shocks requestinga specific change to the valveing. Of course, I
> expect that has changed over the.. er... ah.. years.
>
> I do believe that Rex is correct that the only other options are Koni
> itself, and ProParts/TCKline/Tri-point. Unfortunatly, at the moment,
> Proparts is REALLY backed-up and short on staff. Trust me. I'm dealing
> with that right now.
>
> And then there's Koni NA. At least in the near (pre-nats) term. Since you
> say that it is leaking you may be able to get them to cross-ship you a
> replacement....maybe. I have found Koni to be a different experience every
> time.
>
> BUT - and this is the big one - If you can hold out (or con Jim L. in to
> it) Proparts is the best solution. They "get it". They are all
> autocrossers(or road racers) and they understand what's going on and how to
> make your car work. And besides they are us. Now, if they could do
> something about their lead-time..
>
> Enough from me.... Oh I'm finally off hold..hello?? hello?
> -RALPH-
> ralph@nars.com
> AS M3 (Rex's)
> and a Looong list of borrowed german and japanese cars....
> (Thanks to Rex, Colin (!!), Jodi, Greg, Kevin, Katie, Barbara,.........)
>
> At 02:29 PM 8/15/00 -0700, Rex Tener wrote:
> >At 01:59 PM 8/15/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >>as far as I know, they don't rebuild konis...
> >>
> >>Truechoice does, but they're pretty far away... I've never used them.
> >>http://www.truechoice.com
> >
> >
> >The other two authorized Koni rebuilders are Koni North America
> ><http://www.koni-na.com/> and Pro Parts West
> ><http://www.propartsusa.net/KoniRC.html>.
> >
> <snip>
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