DANSBIRD

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How'd you do it? get them installed and just start cranking them down until you were happy or what?

SIK02SS

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set the front shocks about 4.5 sweeps from full hard and the rears about 1/8 turn from full soft and adjust from there on your needs

z28bryan

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What kind of rears do you have? 4th or 3rd gen?

DANSBIRD

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Probably 4th. They're brand new from strano

82cetuner

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when you say 4.5 sweeps do you mean 4.5 turns? just wondering I got a brand new set of konis too

99Bluz28

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The adjustment window only allows for about 1/4 turn at a time, which is normally referred to as a full(1) sweep. This is only on the front shocks.

DANSBIRD

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Ok... I had the back as soft as possible, took it for a ride on a rough road... turned it to the most firmest setting, took it back down same rough road.

I've got the backs 1 full round away from the softest setting.



However, I haven't toughed the front. They seem fine, but I'm wondering if I should experiment w/ the fronts like I did the back or just leave them alone. It seems to be a PITA to adjust the fronts.

speed_demon24

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That's pretty much where mine are set. And it takes 2 minutes to adjust each side of the fronts. Do you even know what the fronts are set at or did you just throw them on out of the box?

DANSBIRD

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Just put them in out of the box. My buddy put them in for me. I haven't looked to see how to get to them, but I'm assuming you have to jack the car up and go from there.

JD_AMG

Yes, definitely adjust the front, if they are set to full soft you are leaving A LOT on the table.

DANSBIRD

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I haven't looked, but what's the best way to adjust the fronts? Do you have to jack the front up? Can you just cut the wheels and get to it that way?

cscott1

I realize this is an old thread, but maybe somebody knows the answer to my question.

I'm on my second set of Konis, and I haven't been able to budge the adjustment wheel on either pair. On this, the second set (first set broke), I've tried moving the adjustment wheel both mounted/installed and prior to installation. I pretty much just bend my allen wrench.

Any idea why that might be?

2ToeRacing

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Call who ever you bought them from. They cost about 1K....they SHOULD have some form of direction with um,at least you'd think. I;m also wanting a set of Koni so im watching all the threads.

cscott1

The directions that come with them are very very basic. They're simple illustrations regarding installation, and maybe one image showing how to adjust the style of shock that goes in the rear of these cars. I contacted Koni last year, and got nowhere.

I'm in the middle of an engine swap, so I have the whole K member out of the car. Good opportunity to get this solved. If/when I get this resolved, I'll post the answer.

BTC

Is it safe to assume you tried moving the adjuster both to the left and right and it would not move in either direction? Perhaps there is a defect, but it seems unlikely you would run into the same issue on two sets of shocks.

I just put some Koni Sport SA shocks on my car and they were fairly easy to adjust, at least before the shocks were mounted. They are designed to be adjustable once installed. I used an Allen wrench, but anything you can get into the holes would more than likely work.

This video may be helpful, specifically starting around the 1:25 mark.

cscott1

The new set works fine. I guess I needed to eat my Wheaties! Thanks for the help everyone.