Lowering ??
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Well, I finally have the Konis on the front. The rears have been backordered, so I am still waiting on those.
After talking to Sam, boy am I glad that I spent the money on the Konis! I no longer have to grit my teeth waiting to hit a bump, and these things are so responsive it's ridiculous! The dive under hard braking is gone, as is every bad trait that the stockers had. I am going off of 15-year-old DeCarbons for reference, so I think anything would feel better, but I love the feel of the Konis so far, and with having the stockers on the rear still, I can definitely feel the difference. I did use the lower spring perch position, and I would say that if I got a 3/4" drop, that would be generous. The nice thing is that doing so put the car EXACTLY where I wanted it. It's not too low, but it doesn't have a huge gap in the wheel well anymore. I was going to do the hose mod on the rear, but after looking at it, I may wind up putting the rear too low, so I am going to leave it alone. I don't have any rake, which is surprising, but it does look very good now.
Thanks to everyone here for the advice, and thanks to Sam Strano for the advice!
After talking to Sam, boy am I glad that I spent the money on the Konis! I no longer have to grit my teeth waiting to hit a bump, and these things are so responsive it's ridiculous! The dive under hard braking is gone, as is every bad trait that the stockers had. I am going off of 15-year-old DeCarbons for reference, so I think anything would feel better, but I love the feel of the Konis so far, and with having the stockers on the rear still, I can definitely feel the difference. I did use the lower spring perch position, and I would say that if I got a 3/4" drop, that would be generous. The nice thing is that doing so put the car EXACTLY where I wanted it. It's not too low, but it doesn't have a huge gap in the wheel well anymore. I was going to do the hose mod on the rear, but after looking at it, I may wind up putting the rear too low, so I am going to leave it alone. I don't have any rake, which is surprising, but it does look very good now.
Thanks to everyone here for the advice, and thanks to Sam Strano for the advice!
#20
Re: Lowering ??
Well, I finally have the Konis on the front. The rears have been backordered, so I am still waiting on those.
After talking to Sam, boy am I glad that I spent the money on the Konis! I no longer have to grit my teeth waiting to hit a bump, and these things are so responsive it's ridiculous! The dive under hard braking is gone, as is every bad trait that the stockers had. I am going off of 15-year-old DeCarbons for reference, so I think anything would feel better, but I love the feel of the Konis so far, and with having the stockers on the rear still, I can definitely feel the difference. I did use the lower spring perch position, and I would say that if I got a 3/4" drop, that would be generous. The nice thing is that doing so put the car EXACTLY where I wanted it. It's not too low, but it doesn't have a huge gap in the wheel well anymore. I was going to do the hose mod on the rear, but after looking at it, I may wind up putting the rear too low, so I am going to leave it alone. I don't have any rake, which is surprising, but it does look very good now.
Thanks to everyone here for the advice, and thanks to Sam Strano for the advice!
After talking to Sam, boy am I glad that I spent the money on the Konis! I no longer have to grit my teeth waiting to hit a bump, and these things are so responsive it's ridiculous! The dive under hard braking is gone, as is every bad trait that the stockers had. I am going off of 15-year-old DeCarbons for reference, so I think anything would feel better, but I love the feel of the Konis so far, and with having the stockers on the rear still, I can definitely feel the difference. I did use the lower spring perch position, and I would say that if I got a 3/4" drop, that would be generous. The nice thing is that doing so put the car EXACTLY where I wanted it. It's not too low, but it doesn't have a huge gap in the wheel well anymore. I was going to do the hose mod on the rear, but after looking at it, I may wind up putting the rear too low, so I am going to leave it alone. I don't have any rake, which is surprising, but it does look very good now.
Thanks to everyone here for the advice, and thanks to Sam Strano for the advice!
#21
Re: Lowering ??
In order to drop the rear of the car another 1/2" or so, the spring is pulled out, the top rubber spring seat/isolator is removed, and the top of the spring has a rubber hose slipped over the coil so there is not metal-to-metal contact between the top of the spring and the chassis.
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