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Thirty-Nine · 12-15-2008, 10:34 PM

I had a set of KW springs with matched KW shocks on my '01 Ford Focus, and I really liked them. In fact, the above comments are the only negative comments I've ever heard about KW.

Chupacabra · 12-16-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

I had a set of KW springs with matched KW shocks on my '01 Ford Focus, and I really liked them. In fact, the above comments are the only negative comments I've ever heard about KW.

ditto that. I have never heard anybody say anything bad about them, nor have I ever experienced any bad things while driving them. They are very responsive on the track and also very streetable.

03Z33 · 12-16-2008, 08:34 AM

If you are lucky and had one of the older sets of KW's before they stopped using off the shelf Koni (twin tube) shocks, they are OK. But a few years back they cheaped out and started using "KW" shocks which have a very high failure rate and even if they aren't blown, will almost always make noise. Worst part is the North American distributors have horrible customer service and won't warranty or even supply replacement parts to paying customers.

A local KW distributor has 5+ sets of coilovers sitting waiting for parts at any given time. My good friend waited over 1yr. for parts for his V3 (highest line) parts. And the rear shocks still clunked after going back to KW for "warranty" twice with them continually sending them back saying there's nothing wrong.

Poor product + piss poor customer service = GARBAGE (stay away)

12-15-2008, 10:34 PM	#1
Thirty-Nine Small cars are a big deal View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 3,144	I had a set of KW springs with matched KW shocks on my '01 Ford Focus, and I really liked them. In fact, the above comments are the only negative comments I've ever heard about KW. __________________ Subcompact Culture: The Small car blog

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12-16-2008, 08:34 AM	#3
03Z33 View User's Garage Drives: TCR10 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,132	If you are lucky and had one of the older sets of KW's before they stopped using off the shelf Koni (twin tube) shocks, they are OK. But a few years back they cheaped out and started using "KW" shocks which have a very high failure rate and even if they aren't blown, will almost always make noise. Worst part is the North American distributors have horrible customer service and won't warranty or even supply replacement parts to paying customers. A local KW distributor has 5+ sets of coilovers sitting waiting for parts at any given time. My good friend waited over 1yr. for parts for his V3 (highest line) parts. And the rear shocks still clunked after going back to KW for "warranty" twice with them continually sending them back saying there's nothing wrong. Poor product + piss poor customer service = GARBAGE (stay away)