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    How to adjust Koni yellow rear shocks doityourself

    For those of you blessed enough to have Koni Yellows (like me), this is how you adjust them. I have seen no good video of the process, here is my way. BTW, the 1.75 turns toward stiff is just about the best my car has felt in a WHILE. I was surprised how much improvement I got over the 1 full turn I had been running.


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    Great info Smolck. Thanks.

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    Thank you Smolck. I have Koni yellows on my E36, but hope to one day add them to the ZHP too! Excellent "How-To" for rear adjustments.

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    Thanks guys. I know this isn't the right sub forum, but moving from 1 turn stiff to almost 2 turns made a HUGE difference in cornering and the sharpness of turn in, it is a blast.

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    Yea that's a about where I have my rears adjusted to... Seems to be the sweet spot for the Koni
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sockethead View Post
    Yea that's a about where I have my rears adjusted to... Seems to be the sweet spot for the Koni
    Yea, I figure I am at the limit of what the stock springs will work well with. Any stiffer and the spring would be too weak. Funny though, when I first installed them, I tried 1.5 turns stiff and it was way to harsh. Now, after 10k miles or so, it seems PERFECT. Still stiff, but not harsh.

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    Nice video. I'm anxious to get some SAs or even DAs on this car. Alittle damping like you said makes a HUGE difference.


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    Quote Originally Posted by M0nk3y View Post
    Nice video. I'm anxious to get some SAs or even DAs on this car. Alittle damping like you said makes a HUGE difference.
    Indeed. I was surprised at how much improvement I got at full soft, let alone when I started to up the damping. And the best part was that I bought them when Koni had it's annual sale. I paid $555 shipped to my door for all 4!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smolck View Post
    Yea, I figure I am at the limit of what the stock springs will work well with. Any stiffer and the spring would be too weak. Funny though, when I first installed them, I tried 1.5 turns stiff and it was way to harsh. Now, after 10k miles or so, it seems PERFECT. Still stiff, but not harsh.
    Yea shocks need to break in for a period. That's why you noticed that at first.

    I put H&R sport springs & UUC sway bars on my car and about 1.75 is still the sweet spot.
    Dinan CAI &Throttle body, ESS Tuning TS2, Bimmerbrakes gen3 headers, UUC SSK & DSSR. Achilles oil pump, VAC oil pan baffle
    M3 Motor mounts, UUC Trans mounts, Modified clutch style LSD 3.15, TMS front subframe reinforcement, Koni Yellow sports,
    H&R sport springs,
    UUC sway bars, BMW Perf. Rotors, UUC SS brake lines, Hawk HPS pads, CSL replica wheels,
    Rotora strut bar, FXR HID conversion, M3 Mirror conversion, BSW stage 1 speakers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sockethead View Post
    Yea shocks need to break in for a period. That's why you noticed that at first.

    I put H&R sport springs & UUC sway bars on my car and about 1.75 is still the sweet spot.
    Yea, I had H&R's on my 323 and really want another set for the ZHP. I need to quit buying guns and start buying car parts again.

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