What a difference!! It's like a totally different car, in a good way, with the Koni shocks on. The ride is 100% better and feel as nimble as it was before.

If anyone was thinking of doing this to improve the ride, it was well worth the $600. I was ready to sell this car until now, it is staying put!!

 

How many miles on the SRT6 and what were the symptoms?
Can you post part numbers?
Did it return to original ride or do you consider it improved in any way? E.g, softer, firmer?
Did you have to align after replacing the shocks?

Apologies for all the questions, but inquiring minds want to know.

 

Goldwing,

1. I have about 6500 miles on the car
2. There were no symptoms per say, just the usual jarring SRT ride.
3. The ride is drastically improved with the new Koni's, much smoother(softer) but it still feels very tight and stable in the corners.
4. Part numbers were: Adjustable
Front: 8041 1228 Sport
Rear: 8041 1229 Sport
5. I did not reallign afterwards. The crossfire maintenance manual recommended it, but it is tracking and driving perfectly, so I'm going to leave it alone.

 

i have the koni adjustable shocks on mine and can adjust the firmness to my liking. soft ride for cruisin or firm for racing

 

32Krazy,

Did you reallign your car after putting on your Konis'?

 

i did spring pads as well and adj. camber bars so i did realign. without springs there should be no reason to realign as the shocks have nothing to do with alignment.
once my fenders are rolled i will be adding my b&g springs so another realign will be needed

 

I love my Koni's too. No alignment was done after the shock instal. But the car is aligned frequently because I take my car to the track and have been trying different setups.

Les

 

I love the koni's too. I was not unhappy with the firm ride of the SRT but was looking for better handeling. I like how they cut way down on body roll when you push it in the turns. I was told the rebound rate is the difference.I would recomend these to anyone who hates the firm stock ride. Dial them towards the softer side and it is a different ride.Dial them towards the firm side when it is time to play.

 

SRTFAN, thanks for the info! I'm thinking about putting them on mine.

I see you are in Dallas...so am I. Where did you buy the shocks and who installed them?

BTW, I've added you to the TEXAS members list of Crossfire owners: https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...mber-list.html

Welcome!

 

I bought them from the Tire Rack online. They were backordered for about three weeks, but they had a sale going on and the price was the lowest I could find.

I installed them myself, it took about 5 hours to do all four shocks. It's pretty straightforward but the Koni instructions are just one small diagram picture. I used their directions along with the directions from the maintenance manual on this website to figure it out. The only tricky parts:

1. The Koni shocks reuse some of the parts off your old shock such as the rubber bumpers, bump-stops, and dust cover(top, plastic part of the stock shock). You have to drill the hole in the dust cover to a size #12 hole from a #10 hole( the Koni piston diameter is larger).

2. Getting the interior panels off in the rear trunk area. It's actually easy once I fugured out how those little fastners work. You pull out the little center part and then pop out the larger diameter part.

If you knew what you were doing it would only take a couple of hours , but I took my time since I had no idea what I was doing.

SRTFAN

 

Thanks for adding me to the Texas list!! I'll take a look in your section.

 

Thanks SRTFAN.

 

HOW EXCESSABLE ARE THE ADJUSTING POINTS ? WHEN YOU ADJUSTED YOUR CAMBER SETTINGS,HOW MUCH PLAY DID YOU HAVE FOR ADJUSTMENT? I'VE GOT A SRT-6 AND I'M TOLD I NEED TVT CAMBER ARMS TO GET A NEUTRAL SETTING . ANY OF YOU SIXERS OUT THERE KNOW THAT TO BE A FACT ? THANKS 32 AND ALL SIXERS FOR YOUR INPUT. LARRY

 

~ the fronts are easy to adjust because the top of the shock is exposed in the engine compartment... the rears are a bit more difficult because you have to remove some trim panels to access the top of the shock area.

 

I had these on for a while and removed them and went back to stock. Even on the firm setting the ride was too soft and the car swayed to much when pushed hard. Ii found the stock shock although harsh for everyday driving to be much more predictable and controlable on the track. I had stock shocks and an autocross style alignment. JMTC