Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Branches Southwest After 4 days here are my thoughts on my mods.

After only 4 days of running my mods I figured I would give you guys a little overview. I tuned the suspension today. I leveled the car and set the Konis 180 degrees away from firm. HOLY CRAP this car rides great, especially with having the thin walled 18's on there. I cant believe how well it rides and handles. Not harsh at all. Sure you still feel certain parts of the road you dont want to but thats a given, its a suspension. You dont feel the jolts on the manhole covers anymore and you dont bounce around to much, its perfect if you ask me. The 18's still rock, there big as hell. Those pics I posted didnt do them any justice at all. The brakes are still breaking in and are shedding more dust then I would like right now, but everyone ive talked to said it will go away in a week or two. At least it doesnt stick to the wheels bad like the ford dust. It just comes right off. I hate Ford dust. The pedal is getting more responsive as well. It was a little mushy at first but its starting to be nice and firm and I can stop on a dime. The tires stop great! I now officially love my car. Im taking it up the canyon tonight to see what it can do. Hopefully ill get some better pics why im up there. Just thought someone might care incase they plan on doing any of this.

Madic, thanks for the write up. I've spend some$$ on gofast mods, and I've been considering a suspension upgrade for a while. I think I'm going to go w/ H&R springs, though. Dunno what kind of struts. How hard is it to adjust the Konis? Front? Rear?

im very excited that you're so pleased with your car. its ab-so-luutttelllyy beautiful, but you know i love it, hehe
cant wait to see more pics if you get them..
later!

Supper easy. The adjusters run down the middle on the top of the struts. In the front you just lift the hood, adjust them right where your stock struts are now. That simple. The back the adjusting knob sits right above the sheet metal and right below the rear deck in the trunk. You gotta work the knob in there, Its hard for me to get my hand in standing outside the vehicle and since my trunk is completly stripped anyways I just climb in the back and adjust them. I made little marks on my knobs so I know exzactly how far I turned them.

I took some up the canyon in front a reservoir but none of them really turned out. Ill be sure to get many pics at the meet on the 15th. Or you could just see it in person

Kathryn is coming to our meet?!?! COOL!