Koni yellow adjustable Suspension???
Koni yellow adjustable Suspension??? Hey guys, I have koni suspension with Eibach springs. I was wondering what's your setting level on the koni suspension. Rightnow, my is set on all the way to firm. Anyone know what's the best setting firm or medium??
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Q: What is the best adjustment setting for my shocks?
A: There is no single best adjustment setting for your KONIs because every driver has different preferences for comfort, performance, performance modifications and roads to drive on. For most vehicles, we suggest that new KONIs be installed in the full soft position. (the standard setting right out of the box) to take advantage of the balance of ride comfort and handling designed by the KONI ride development engineers. If the car has performance upgrades (springs, wheel/tire packages, etc.) or the driver wants the car a bit more aggressive, most people find the optimum setting in the 1/2 to one full turn from the full soft range. Over the extended life of the damper or if the driver wants a specific firm handling characteristic, the dampers can be adjusted up higher. Very rarely will KONI ever need to be adjusted to the full firm setting.
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A: There is no single best adjustment setting for your KONIs because every driver has different preferences for comfort, performance, performance modifications and roads to drive on. For most vehicles, we suggest that new KONIs be installed in the full soft position. (the standard setting right out of the box) to take advantage of the balance of ride comfort and handling designed by the KONI ride development engineers. If the car has performance upgrades (springs, wheel/tire packages, etc.) or the driver wants the car a bit more aggressive, most people find the optimum setting in the 1/2 to one full turn from the full soft range. Over the extended life of the damper or if the driver wants a specific firm handling characteristic, the dampers can be adjusted up higher. Very rarely will KONI ever need to be adjusted to the full firm setting.
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Rep Power: 380 Full Firm Front and Rear??? Gah!!! you need some learnin about some suspension tuning.....
Ok, here goes.
Koni shocks are single adjustible, simple. the adjustment you make is to the Rebound stroke of the damper (It controls how fast the damper allows the spring to expand). The Bump setting (how fast he damper lets the spring compress) is fixed. Performance wise, Bump mainly influences Ride quality, and rebound influences handling. (Though both do partly influences the other..)
So, You can use the adjustments on the damper to influence how the car handles. meaning your shock settings will be determined by how you want the car to handle and how its handling right now.
Basically, you want to increase the rebound dampering on the side of the car you want to have stick less. So if your car is understeering too much, then you increase the rebound on the back, or decrease the rebound on the front. Or if the car is oversteering too much then Increase the rebound on the front or decrease the rebound on the back.
With that in mind, here how I have my konis set to.
Street: Full soft on the front, one 1/2 Degree turn from full soft on the rear.
Autocross: I start out with 1/4 turn from full soft on the front, and 1/4 turn back from full hard on the rear and then adjust as needed to get the balance the course needs/wants.
Just know that for the street, it is VERY rare to need to set the konis to full stiff.
Ok, here goes.
Koni shocks are single adjustible, simple. the adjustment you make is to the Rebound stroke of the damper (It controls how fast the damper allows the spring to expand). The Bump setting (how fast he damper lets the spring compress) is fixed. Performance wise, Bump mainly influences Ride quality, and rebound influences handling. (Though both do partly influences the other..)
So, You can use the adjustments on the damper to influence how the car handles. meaning your shock settings will be determined by how you want the car to handle and how its handling right now.
Basically, you want to increase the rebound dampering on the side of the car you want to have stick less. So if your car is understeering too much, then you increase the rebound on the back, or decrease the rebound on the front. Or if the car is oversteering too much then Increase the rebound on the front or decrease the rebound on the back.
With that in mind, here how I have my konis set to.
Street: Full soft on the front, one 1/2 Degree turn from full soft on the rear.
Autocross: I start out with 1/4 turn from full soft on the front, and 1/4 turn back from full hard on the rear and then adjust as needed to get the balance the course needs/wants.
Just know that for the street, it is VERY rare to need to set the konis to full stiff.
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