JW Hubbers

I had a look at my logsheet, and I've done 109,5 laps on the Nordschleife with these shocks.

If you bear in mind that a decent percentage of those laps is slow sighting laps, or damp laps, or wet laps, I'd guess it's about 75 laps driven in anger. That's about 1000miles
Shouldn't cause any issues with the shocks, me thinks. Not to mention that lots and lots of 964s do lots more laps with no issues at all.

Cheers,

JW

Greg_L

Thats still quite a lot though, although i'd be surprised if there's anything wrong with other damper. I only mentioned it because of what a salesman at Porsche Zentrum Koblenz once told me. I'm not sure how true it is, but he thought that 10 hard laps of the NS with a decent & experienced driver equated to 1000 normal road km's of wear to all components.

C H

Koni does offer a lifetime warranty to the original purchaser

Q: What is theKONI warranty? How do I go about getting replacements?

A: The KONI warranty is a lifetime warranty to the original purchaser against defects in materials and workmanship and against wear out for as long as you own that car registered for street use. The warranty does not cover damage to the parts caused by misuse, misapplication, installation, motorsports, etc. The warranty does not include mounting bushings. If you determine you have a defective damper you can either contact the company which you purchased the unit(s) from or contact KONI North America directly at warranty@koni-na.com or 859-586-4100. To process your warranty, we will require a copy of the purchase receipt and a vehicle registration. We will generate a return goods authorization (RGA) and can replace the dampers in advance at your discretion. For more specific information about the warranty see inside back cover of our technical guide.



If you have the bill for the Koni's make them replace both since strut/shocks are suppose to be replaced in pairs

Marc Shaw

I think that they would consider driving "The 'Ring" as motorsports and deny coverage but it might be worth a try.

Marc

JW Hubbers

It's a public road. No timing, no racing, and not harder on the car than driving up and down a few Alpine passes.
It isn't called "Tourist Driving" for nothing

The "replace both shocks" is an interesting point though. Any opinions on that?

Cheers,

JW

JW Hubbers

It's a public road. No timing, no racing, and not harder on the car than driving up and down a few Alpine passes.
It isn't called "Tourist Driving" for nothing

The point C H makes about replacing both shocks is an interesting one though. Any opinions on that?

Cheers,

JW

JW Hubbers

Got the car back, and it looks and feels lovely

I've also updated my site with some more pics: see here

Cheers,

JW

last toy

Your car looks great JW. Enjoy your future runs.

TJN

neat story, good luck on your first run, would love to see "your" countryside! tjn/vk

Smokin

JW... Thank you for sharing your pictures! I'm sure I'll need to do a few of the things you listed.

MARC A. 964 C4

Hey JW...
Great!! I admire you for your dedication to Porsche 911 and your sharing of this passion with me,
and of course all the other, 964’ers here at R.L.com...

From here,
Marc...

JW Hubbers

Thanks for the kind words, all

I'm in the process of planning a trip over some Alps for July. It'll be interesting to see how the car behaves during that.

Also, I have an open ferry ticket to the UK that I intend to use for a Rennlist North Wales run.

And sometime soon I hope to do some more drift training

Cheers,

JW