Anyone, Koni shock upgrade?

SPDKING

I was gonna ask what's the best settings for street and canyon use for a place like Los Angeles? I was thinking close to full soft on the rear but I heard it's going to bounce too much and close to full firm on the front for better cornering ability. I know it's easy to adjust the front with the knob they give you when it's already installed but how easy is it to adjust the rear? Do you have to take the rear wheels off and pull a few bolts basically removing the shock just to adjust the firmness with a pin or some tool? Or can you just reach into the fender if the car is off the ground and adjust it through there?

240se

To adjust the rear you need to lift the rear but to the point where the wheel is off of the ground. You don't need to unbolt anything you just need enough room to reach up to the top of the shock in the wheel well with an Allen wrench. Too soft and it be floaty and uncontrolled, too firm and the tires will break loose and hop over bumps on the street.

markesc

Will Koni's do the following if setup correctly:

1) Eliminate the feeling of bouncy-ness (lack of a better term lol) on poured concrete surfaces/expansion joints?

2) Eliminate the back end wallowy / unattached when under load on uneven surfaces? The hotchkis front swaybar seemed to have tied down the front fairly well.

3) Still retain stock compliance on broken surfaces?

4) Reduce corner entry understeer atleast enough to notice?

5) Would a TEIN edfc setup truly be a better approach for one that wants max comfort on crappy roads?

I made the mistake in the past buying: Megan/BC Racing products, so I'm wondering if the Koni's would be a good step to accomplish the above goals, but with not so many adjustments that one is continually second guessing themselves and making adjustments on a nearly daily basis just trying to get them dialed in (I'm too old for that crap).

Car has about 55k miles / stock suspension / front hotchkis swaybar

Someone make me a mag ride setup for $1k please (wishful thinking).

cossie1600

I replaced my stock springs with aftermarket coil over and swift springs. At the low damper setting, the ride is fairly close to stock. It I couldn’t run it too soft as the car would bounce

OptionZero

three random dudes bumming around on the street is evidence of . . . nothing. sorry.

The advantage of coilovers is a greater range of height adjustability, pillow-ball mounts, and, in theory, matched dampers to springs

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SPDKING

Just testing some stuff out without going crazy lol. But I do plan on getting KW V3's, really I just got the shocks at half price and both front shocks were leaking and one in the rear was making my car's a** drag

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