GTObsessor

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Alright I just installed my Konis from Sam about 4 days ago (and have about 100 miles on them now).

1) First off, the car likes to wander on uneven roads A LOT more now. Settings are 4 sweeps from full hard in front, 1 turn from full soft in back and set on the lower perch in front.

2) The front fenders now rub into the tires on hard corners (~2mm patch, found rubber in between the fenders, never happened before).

3) Also, the car seems to push HARD like it's spring loading then jumping back at me in jerking turns @ high speeds ONLY (around 100ish). This is amplified greatly over bumps and again, uneven surfaces.
It seems like the back is coiling up on me and pushing back too hard, but this is just the feeling i'm getting. I'm getting an alignment done ASAP but thinking about adding Strano's bar up front (still too much body roll). Will this screw with the alignment at all or will installing a sway bar have no affect on alignment in the future? Thank you!!!

subtlez28

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Did u change anything else?
Springs?
Lower it w Koni lower perch?
I'm thinking alignment problem....u did have it aligned, right?

coolformula

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Kind, coniditon,air pressure of tires?

RevGTO

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Assumng that the front shock assemblies are properly installed and tightened, your alignment is way off. When you get that done, your front end problems should go away. Try your rear shocks on full soft. Sway bar won't affect alignment.

VIP1

You lowered the front by using the lower spring perch which changed the alignment. You need to get the car re-aligned. Get an alignment and see if there are still any issues.

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GTObsessor

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They're Koni SA's all around. Front tire pressure is at 30psi on 275 Perelli PZero Nero M+S with about 2/5ths tread left. Reinstalled stock WS6 springs. Only thing I changed was putting them on the lower perch. Nothing else was changed and everything's nice and tight in there. I'm getting an alignment done tomorrow. Everyone's closed for the holiday weekend. Thanks for the input guys

SpdFrk1990

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30psi seems a little low on the front tires.

GTObsessor

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If you look inside the door, the sticker calls for 30 PSI on 275/35/17 tires. Still wearing very well for 32k miles on them

SIK02SS

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ryan, where are you taking 100mph turns?

and get the alignment done, and see from there..did you do the hose mod too?

GTObsessor

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I'm just talking about freeway curves on a run I had a couple days ago. I got skurred. No more of that untill after I get an alignment done... I mean... I would never do tripple digits on the road, what are you talking about??? I should get an alignment done at that place Keefus mentioned tomorrow.

No hose mod. Didn't wanna go through the trouble of dropping the rear end since the duals are under there. I actually really like how the car sits now. I don't mind a little rake at all

Sam Strano

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First, get your car aligned. Second, you need to play with the shock settings and see what you like best. 1 turn up in the rear is much more than I tend to run....

GTObsessor

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Dam. And the third gen rears have to be taken back out to adjust, right? No biggy.

DuronClocker

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I think you just need to pull the bottom nut off, back the shock out and spin it one way or the other, and then just re-install that shock end and nut.

That's what I'd gathered before I bought them. I went with the 4/4 setup, so I don't know for sure though.

GTObsessor

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Can anyone confirm or deny? I should be able to get to the 'button' to adjust it from there.

rd_ls1_z

Did your rear shocks come with an adjuster ****? If so, all you need to do is pull up the rear carpet to access the upper shock mount, place the **** on the top, and turn in the "-" direction for softer. At least that's the case with my Koni's.

DuronClocker

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No, that's the 4th gen style that we have. He's got the 3rd gen style that requires at least partial removal to adjust them.

rd_ls1_z

Oh, my fault....Bummer on having to do a partial removal.....

SIK02SS

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u get the alignment Ryan?



are you still running the 555Rs in the back?

Sam Strano

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Spoke to Ryan yesterday, the little pie-shaped shim was left out of one of the front shock mounts, which isn't helping anything.

BAD LUK

pie-shaped shim??
I installed the SA's all around (along with Sam's front and rear bars) about two years ago and can't seem to recall this shim. Where is it located exactly?