adjusting rear koni's?

[jocoby22]

here is a stupid question. how the hell do you adjust rear koni sports? I know your supposed to compress the shock all the way down and then turn the body but when I do this it doesn't seem to make any difference. They are MUCH softer then my bilstin HD's and I know they are not supposed to be like that. could they be blown out?

[Mystikal]

http://www.koni-na.com/adjustment.cfm

And they could be blown, telling the mileage on them would help.

On a related topic I replaced my severely worn front Konis yesterday with new 1210 SA's (M-Technik/M3 valving). :D

[nando]

you have to pull out the bumpstops and compress them to adjust them.

[hamann318is]

you have to pull out the bumpstops and compress them to adjust them.

Jam a hanger in those holes at the top, and you'll feel the bump stop. Work it all the way down and take it out.

After that, you're good to go with adjusting.

[Sean]

you have to pull out the bumpstops and compress them to adjust them.

I just adjusted mine (I'm pretty sure I did anyway).

When they are compressed all the way and you go to turn - does it have more resistance to turning then normal? Cause, that's what mine did. I let them drop maybe 1/4 of a cm, and the shock turned freely once more.

I always thought you turned slowly until some nut was engaged inside the shock - but nothing engaged - it didn't matter where the shock was - it seemed to get harder to turn, and I made them 2.5 turns stiffer. I'm almost positive I adjusted them, because as soon as I tested in a parking lot, my rear end broke loose a lot faster. :)

[nando]

you should be able to tell if they are adjusted when you pull the shock back out. with my konis on 100% stiff it's almost impossible to pull them back out from fully compressed. I don't think they get stiffer when you turn them, and yes you are actually turning a nut inside the shock.

[hamann318is]

you should be able to tell if they are adjusted when you pull the shock back out. with my konis on 100% stiff it's almost impossible to pull them back out from fully compressed. I don't think they get stiffer when you turn them, and yes you are actually turning a nut inside the shock.

With the shock at 100% stiff, it takes a while for it to extend. You'll be pulling it apart for a good 5 minutes.

[jocoby22]

Thanks, got them adjusted and put on.

[Sean]

you should be able to tell if they are adjusted when you pull the shock back out. with my konis on 100% stiff it's almost impossible to pull them back out from fully compressed. I don't think they get stiffer when you turn them, and yes you are actually turning a nut inside the shock.

Ok, mine were pretty tough to pull out. neato. 8)

[tommyboy]

What stiffness would you guys recommend running in the rear w/ these Konis. The springs I'm using w/ them are Eibach sports.

Do the rear shocks come shipped as full soft? I forgot to adjust them when putting them in, finally getting around to changing them :)

Thanks!

[nando]

they come full soft, and you should drive about 500 miles with them on soft to break them in. the settings are all personal preference, I run mine at about 2/3rds in the rear and full stiff up front. you RWD guys might like different settings.

[tommyboy]

They've been on for about 10k miles now, so no worries about that :D

They'll see VIR this weekend, so I'm thinking what would be best for that.
Seems one of the more common setups is 100% hard Rear, 50% Front.

[e304me]

hello, I was doing some searching, and I'm sorry to bring back an old thread. The question i have though is could one just use the factory bump stops that sit inside the spring? or should both or just the bump stops on the koni's be used?

thanks

[King Luis]

hahahahhahahah that second picture must of been done on purpose

[RCWells]

hahahahhahahah that second picture must of been done on purpose

LOL!