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i keep them full hard on all four corners all the time.




I would be warry of running that setting. When tested on a shock dyno it's been shown that Koni's go super stiff when the adjustment is turned to max damping. Back them off just 1/4 turn and they go back to more reasonable setting. Something about there valving makes them go waaaay hard with just that last bit of adjustment.

HERE is a good link explaining what I'm talking about. Here is a copy of the dyno chart from front and rear BMW E30 Koni Sports. From everything I've read what is shown is these graphs coresponds to the entire Koni Sport line, not just the E30 application.



Notice the HUGE difference the last 1/4 turn makes in the rebound adjustment below!!



And just for reference I run my front's about 1/2 way stiff and the rears about 1/4 stiff on the street. I'll go 3/4 and 1/2 at the track. I have Eibach's, Aussie bar, rear STB, and 215/40/17's.

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thanks for the rec, I'll mess around with 'em this weekend.

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well what would you need to do to distribute them....

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Iā??ve spoken to a representative at Koni and he said if you run GCs you should have at least 1 full turn (sometimes even more) all the way around on your Konis.


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Originally posted by Dmitri:
Iā??ve spoken to a representative at Koni and he said if you run GCs you should have at least 1 full turn (sometimes even more) all the way around on your Konis.




Why?


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Originally posted by SVT ST PETE:
Originally posted by Dmitri:
Iā??ve spoken to a representative at Koni and he said if you run GCs you should have at least 1 full turn (sometimes even more) all the way around on your Konis.




Why?




Mainly, because of the high spring rates. And it also completely eliminates that annoying bouncing that you get with some aftermarket springs when used with soft dampers. What settings are you running?



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I'm running softest setting - there is a lot of bounce when I'm on witner wheels, but not much when I'm running my 18s.

IIRC, the softest setting on the Konis w/ GCs is still stiffer than anything else availalbe for Contours.


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