Rebuilding Coilovers > KW V1's doityourself

[danewilson77]

I just wanted to earmark this info somewhere as it was buried in a different thread. I again would like to thank Joopy for his excellent design and fabrication talents and his extreme generousity.

I have KW V1's which are rebuildable with new dampeners. If your fronts look like mine then you should be able to do the same as below. Rears I don't think can be rebuilt, and in my case I know they can't.

Have a tool built:

Shaft diameter

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1760_zps6e73bc78.jpg

Hole distance.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1758_zps9a251ea2.jpg

Hole depth

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1761_zps947d8a71.jpg

Hole diameter

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1762_zps3c1c10cf.jpg

Coilover housing diameter

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1759_zps1938588f.jpg

Have the spec's sent to your design and fabrication team (My buddy..hehe):

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/24/eva5u3et.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/24/pepajujy.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/24/vysybyje.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/24/a8y2u6um.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/24/uby6e8ut.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/24/hu5e4yzu.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/1-43.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/2-10.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/3-5.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/4-2.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/5-3.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/6-2.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/7-2.jpg

Rebuild Coilover with new dampeners:

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1805.jpg

Out with the old....

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1806.jpg

and in with the new.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1804.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/IMAG1807.jpg

[johnrando]

Das cool DW!

[JupiterBMW]

Stoked you were able to get this job done Dane.... As for my generosity, I did do the work on company time, and a good portion of it on overtime! I'd love to calculate what that tool actually cost in terms of wages I 'earned' while making it. :rofl

Rebuild looks good brotha! :thumbsup

[TWong1200]

Dane - Do you still have this tool and would you loan it out?

Also, where did you pickup the replacement dampers?


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[danewilson77]

Dane - Do you still have this tool and would you loan it out?

Also, where did you pickup the replacement dampers?


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I do have the tool and of course I would loan it out. I bought my dampers from KW but I have heard recently that they don't sell them, and you have to send in the piece for rebuild. I cannot confirm this however.

S7 Edge, out

[TWong1200]

Great! I think my front dampers are shot. They moan and I get a clunk. I've essentially replaced all of my suspension components already. Nothing left to look at.

How did you go about buying directly from KW? And do you remember the cost per damper?


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