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NorSquare
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 Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:21 pm Post subject: New red Koni shocks- How much should i adjust them? |
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Any suggestions? How many turns should i use?
I want a decent ride - Not too "stiff"
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Nate M.
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: New red Koni shocks- How much should i adjust them? |
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| NorSquare wrote: |
Any suggestions? How many turns should i use?
I want a decent ride - Not too "stiff" |
I like to start on full stiff, then work backwards 1/2 turn at a time until it feels like a good balance. I've found that if I start on the soft side, I don't notice the change as much until the end.
Just bolting them up on soft is an improvement!! 
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NorSquare
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: New red Koni shocks- How much should i adjust them? |
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| Nate M. wrote: |
| NorSquare wrote: |
Any suggestions? How many turns should i use?
I want a decent ride - Not too "stiff" |
I like to start on full stiff, then work backwards 1/2 turn at a time until it feels like a good balance. I've found that if I start on the soft side, I don't notice the change as much until the end.
Just bolting them up on soft is an improvement!! |
Thanks!
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Yabbadubbadoo
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I'm interested to hear what you think of the ride compared to what you had before.
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NorSquare
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Yabbadubbadoo wrote: |
| I'm interested to hear what you think of the ride compared to what you had before. |
The ride quality is much better. I have only had a short test drive - and the handling is more like a "modern" car...(although the tires at the moment are narrow" but new 165x15 Vredesteins).
From an old book "Jetzt mache ich ihn schneller" (Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart ISBN 3-87943-046-2)) (7.edition - page 176-177) from the seventies i found that the best first setting for new red Konis should be 1/5 at front (half a turn (180 degrees) and rear 2/5 of total (one turn (360 degrees) from the softest.
I followed the settings from the book and shall take a new adjustment after 1500-2000 Km (1000 miles) - an another recommendation from the same book.
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Stuartzickefoose
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Where did you get your konis?
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vlad01
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you can buy them from T3HQ
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