Koni 3/4 shock question
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Koni 3/4 shock question
Hey guys I just got my Konis in. I am not sure how to adjust the front and rear shocks. When I take the black cover down it exposes the metal ball bearing that I am suppose to push to adjust the shocks, but when I hold it down I feel like I can only adjust to one sweep then it locks.
My 2nd question is that how does the lower perch point work with the front shocks. I am not sure where the 3/4 of inch will be gained from. I am alittle confused. Can't wait to get these shcoks on!
Thanks for you help!
My 2nd question is that how does the lower perch point work with the front shocks. I am not sure where the 3/4 of inch will be gained from. I am alittle confused. Can't wait to get these shcoks on!
Thanks for you help!
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How would you feel to be expected to give out professional advice for free? I wouldn't.
To the OP:
There is no sleeve to pull down to adjust the fronts. If it 'locks' then you have maxed out the adjuster to one side (either full stiff or full soft). Don't go any further or you'll ruin the shock adjuster.
The lower perch just slides up and down. There are 2 grooves in the yellow shock body. There is a clip you remove (obviously this has to be done w/ no spring on the shock and off of the car) and you adjust the perch to the upper or lower position and re-insert the clip to hold the perch.
Use the search function. Any question you have has already been answered and the information is all out there. Good luck.
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I'm completely happy to run all customers *my customers* over the details and setup of the shocks. But I can't just be everyone's answer man, doesn't pay the bills.... I can't do free product support for fun I do have a business to run. The give/take is customers buy parts from me, and in exchange I give them information that others cannot.
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Yeah I got it from Sam. I understand how to adjust the firmness of shock but still not sure about the lower perch. Thanx for your help guys. I will check it out once I get home.
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If he bought the shocks from Sam, then yeah that's the no brainer. Otherwise Sam is not everyone's go to guy when you didn't buy parts from him.
How would you feel to be expected to give out professional advice for free? I wouldn't.
To the OP:
There is no sleeve to pull down to adjust the fronts. If it 'locks' then you have maxed out the adjuster to one side (either full stiff or full soft). Don't go any further or you'll ruin the shock adjuster.
The lower perch just slides up and down. There are 2 grooves in the yellow shock body. There is a clip you remove (obviously this has to be done w/ no spring on the shock and off of the car) and you adjust the perch to the upper or lower position and re-insert the clip to hold the perch.
Use the search function. Any question you have has already been answered and the information is all out there. Good luck.
How would you feel to be expected to give out professional advice for free? I wouldn't.
To the OP:
There is no sleeve to pull down to adjust the fronts. If it 'locks' then you have maxed out the adjuster to one side (either full stiff or full soft). Don't go any further or you'll ruin the shock adjuster.
The lower perch just slides up and down. There are 2 grooves in the yellow shock body. There is a clip you remove (obviously this has to be done w/ no spring on the shock and off of the car) and you adjust the perch to the upper or lower position and re-insert the clip to hold the perch.
Use the search function. Any question you have has already been answered and the information is all out there. Good luck.
And I give out expert advice day in and day out in my line of work without wanting anything in return. Doesnt bother me helping out someone as long as they pass on the knowledge or learn something from it hence the use of a forum.
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Never used to bother me either, until I found out folks were taking my advice and recommendations and buying their stuff from others based on it. Nobody likes doing work that someone else reaps the benefits of.... It's like training someone to do a job, and that person was hired to take your job--the very one you trained them for.
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www.stranoparts.com --814-849-3450
Results matter. Talk is cheap. We are miles beyond the success anyone else has had with the 4th gens, and C5, C6, C7 Corvettes,
10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion
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Never used to bother me either, until I found out folks were taking my advice and recommendations and buying their stuff from others based on it. Nobody likes doing work that someone else reaps the benefits of.... It's like training someone to do a job, and that person was hired to take your job--the very one you trained them for.
In YOUR situation, it is different, you're paying the bills selling performance parts to an audience of people who want everything for free because they think that posting on a forum makes them part of some imaginary car based community...as I said to you in a PM a while back, I got my 4/4 Koni's as a present from someone who knew I was saving for them, and they didn't come from you, and as a result, I've never asked you how to set them up...because I DO feel that you are justified in your stance on providing your help to your customers, and I do respect you for that choice...I just don't feel it's comparable to the guy standing on an assembly line acting like a dick because he doesn't want to help the younger guy learn what to do because he'll then probably lose his job because in the time he's been there, he hasn't done squat to better himself and strive for more from his employer.
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