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Koni suspension kit question

1.1K views 7 replies 4 participants last post by  kingofnyc22  
#1 ·
about a month ago i insalled a koni kit(shocks and springs). i set fron on 1/2 turn from soft and back on 1/4 turn from soft. now when i drive i feel discomfort in the suspencion it makes a lot of noise on the bumps and it feels weird. when i press on the fron of the car to check the shocks i dont feel any resistance when the car comes back to its original position. are my shocks set to a very soft settings? will it help if i set it to more firm setting? any ideas?
 
#2 ·
yes, I would play with the adjustments a little... give it about 40 miles everytime you change the settings... koni if famous for it to 'pounce' in... also, konis come with a setting from the factory that would have been for the most 'comfort' driving...
 
#3 ·
Actually it sounds like the top bolt was left loose and may have come off. The settings you have are great for comfort. Full soft tends to get too bouncy on the front.
 
#8 ·
thats what i did. i dont really want to go with that ugly pricess again of taking the struts out. but i gues i will have to just to make shure everything is tight. what tools did u use because its hard to get a good grip with regular wrench?