strano koni setup question
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strano koni setup question anyone on here remove the rear isloator on the springs and if so how much did it drop and did anyone have any negative affects cause i cant stand the rear gap front looks great though
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there are many, many posts about this in the suspension section. i have the same setup you do, and kept my isolators on. i needed the extra half inch of clearance. the konis drop you more then enough.
if youre talking about stock springs/shocks, then doing the hose mod wont hurt anything, and itll drop the rear about .5/.75 inch.
if youre talking about stock springs/shocks, then doing the hose mod wont hurt anything, and itll drop the rear about .5/.75 inch.
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na im talking about the strano springs and shocks on mine there is still a gap was just trying to see if i could remove the gap without hurting function but it seems thats just not the case, cant always have your cake and eat it to but i thought is was worth a shot. hows your setup working for you
as far as handling, its great. for ground clearance, it sucks. my exhaust hangs lower then it should, and with all the differances in pavement, potholes, driveways, etc. around my area, i scrape alot.
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yreah let me go take one and ill post it, echo yeah i hear ya im running stock exhaust except for the cat back so when i go back to long tubes its really going to suck that plus off road y pipe man i dont know, what stiffness setting do you have your rear shocks at?
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as long as you dont get SLP LTs you'll be fine with the lowered car. i have pacesetter LTs and 3" TDs and only have clearance issue on drastically sharp driveways/roads that have super steep angles. i never scrape otherwise
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it depends how your exhaust is set up. i got mine done before lowering, so at stock height it was fine. afterwards, its terrible. i have a catted Y, so the rear O2 sensors hang low, and the cats could have been positioned better. its the shop that did the exhaust that screwed it up. i adjusted it as best i could, but the simple placement of the O2 bungs was just stupid.
the rears are full soft, or nearly so. i have the 4th gen rears, so easy adjustablity from in-car.
the rears are full soft, or nearly so. i have the 4th gen rears, so easy adjustablity from in-car.
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i have mine set one click stiff but with no weight back there i think im going to go back to full soft, ecko at full soft does the rear stay sharp or does seem slow to respond?
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Hey! I have the rear isolators removed from my car to bring the *** end down to match the front. I'm running 4/3 Koni yellows.
If you remove the isolator, you want to run rubber hosing over the top coil of the springs otherwise you will get a lot of whine from the direct metal contact. I've run rubber hosing and while it doesn't completely muffle the road noise like an isolator does, over the exhaust and the engine it doesn't really matter.
I don't have any clearance issues.
If you remove the isolator, you want to run rubber hosing over the top coil of the springs otherwise you will get a lot of whine from the direct metal contact. I've run rubber hosing and while it doesn't completely muffle the road noise like an isolator does, over the exhaust and the engine it doesn't really matter.
I don't have any clearance issues.
You're just going to have to try it and see what you think... Folks aren't all the same, and things even as seemingly small are different tires have a big effect on what sort of shock damping you might prefer.
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Well, not always. 
That's one one recommendation. In fact I don't run mine full soft in the rear currently. 
That's one one recommendation. In fact I don't run mine full soft in the rear currently.
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10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
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