Literally everyone I know personally who has run Konis has blown them. Doesn't seem overblown to me.
....puns....
Well then, allow me to reintroduce myself.
Hi,
I'm Joe. I was about about 2.8 seconds quicker the last time we were in the same event (Equipe Rapide in Feb). Good to meet you.
The Koni yellows that are on my car have been there for about 20 months and have been flawless. During that time I've autocrossed my car maybe a couple dozen times and 16 days on track for HPDE events. It's driven hard regularly.
My car was/is/will continue to be a TRUE dual purpose daily driver so I'm not willing to go radically stiffer nor accept excessively worse NVH. My little part of the DFW metroplex has ridiculously choppy streets and I cross railroad tracks 8 times per day on my normal commute. Between that and the ridiculously steep entrance to my work (and no off-property parking) means that I'm only mildly lowered.
Count me as a non-believer for the "team vorschlag" Koni hate. For a car that's only mildly lowered (about 1" in front and 1-3/8" out back) I rarely find the bump stops, and then only when I hit a radical train track way to fast. I've done so a handful of times. The normal daily crossings are no issue, nor do I feel anything when driving competitively. I did follow the instructions and reuse the stock strut bump stops, and use the shorter Eibach stops in the rear. If I remember correctly, Adam's car (white86) was lowered much more radically when he had his issue.
I'm staying on 200TW tires and sub 300 size for the foreseeable future. Kids in college means I have to keep my spend reasonable. If you want to go fast, tires are the single biggest equipment change you can make. If you go to the purple crack and/or massive sizes, you're likely headed down the slippery slope to big springs, which need more dampening, and higher stresses on EVERYTHING so plan on increased parts breakage, and cage/safety gear, etc. Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching, Cha-ching!!!
Maybe someday, but some of the best track folks drive low dollar and well prepped cars. E.g. the serious Miata crowd, or the Whiteners in their ridiculously quick Hondas. Makes too much sense, but I dearly love the V-8, oops cost multiplier.
While I'd love to have the luxury of high dollar shocks, struts, and coilovers, I firmly believe that my Koni experience is NOT unique. In this part of the world, Paul F is quicker than me and on them too, Mike C is solid, etc. Bottom line for me is that the Koni yellows are good fit with mild springs and lowering. Doesn't make sense to spend big coin to drop tenths of a second when multiple seconds are available in driver mods. As always, a work in progress.