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Old Nov 22, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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i installed my rears but im concerned. these shocks compressed very easily by hand. i had kyb gas shocks before and to compress them i had to push them against a solid object. i was able to compress my AGX's by hand on both the 1 and 8 setting. are they supposed to be this soft? i
i am about to install a set fo used agx in my car and compared to the decarbon's i just pulled out its like night and day with the compression rate and return rate... agx can be compressed with one hand, and take a long time to return... and the decarbons need 2 hands and quite a bit of force to compress and return in 5 seconds. can anyone explain this?
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Old Nov 22, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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Here's some info.:

http://www.kyb.com/technical/faq/faq02.php

Also, I think since they're single adjustible the adj. **** only adjust the rebound, not the compression dampening.

Somebody, Please correct me if I'm wrong!
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They adjust compression and rebound with the same ****. That's part of the reason why you can't get them to act the same as konis.
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Originally Posted by 99Bluz28
Here's some info.:

http://www.kyb.com/technical/faq/faq02.php

Also, I think since they're single adjustible the adj. **** only adjust the rebound, not the compression dampening.

Somebody, Please correct me if I'm wrong!
You're wrong...

They are single acting (one ****) double adjustable (the **** effects both sides of the damping).
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