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ANy of your KW owners have noises coming from your suspensions when you go over bumps?
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yes! mine sound like a mattress spring and it's becoming annoying now.
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i got air compression noise for both front and rear shocks
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ya what the hell?? heheh

hows the ride? mines very stiff and bouncy?
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I installed mine today, compressed the strut 10 times each before i installed. I'm not hearing any kind of noise at all. Its on full soft though for now.
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how many turns for damping adjustment do u have for the rear?i dunno if i did something wrong but i only get 1.5 turn for the rear, but i get 3.5 turns for the front
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im on half turn for the rear and 1.5 turn on the front, the ride is comfortable imo
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how comfy?
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not as comfy as stock of course, but better than with just lowereing spring, how many turns you have in the rear for damping?
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i have a 1/4 off the softess for both front and back...
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oops, sorry, i mean how many turns total u have on the rear?not how much u set, how much the v2 have, thanks
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i think you can turn it about 3 times ? not sure i'lll cehck later
and tell ya how many total i have
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