How do I adjust rear Koni's?
 

- I just got my Eibach's and Koni's installed yesterday - very cool stuff. However, I badly need to adjust my rear shocks - they are set much too firm and the car is bouncing around like a pogo stick. I was told that I can use a hex key on the very center bolt to adjust the rears.
- I tried this earlier today, but wasn't too sure that I was doing things correctly - didn't want my shock to fall off, ya know?

- Anyhow, I need to know if the center bolt is the correct one to tune and what direction to turn the hex key (I was turning clockwise for softer, since it was at the limit the other way).

Thanks in advance for your help! :-)

To adjust the rear, you have to remove the strut, compress it all the way, and then turn it.

Simple.

Schnikes! Are you serious? I can't just use the hex key for the screw at the top?

You heard what he said Sleeper... I have the same setup and was upset when I learned that the rears are such a pain to adjust. I wish the shop that installed them had aske dme how I wanted them set... :(

Problem is, it's hard to predict how hard they will be until they are on. I think even more problematic is that you would assume that they come from the factory on the softest setting but who's to say what setting they are on. One side may even be set differently than the other. I doubt installers would even play with it... they'll just slap them all. It's always good to set them yourself beforehand.

There's a problem with that too: I had TireRack ship them directly to the installer (one that they recommended in my area), so I never even had a chance to play with them. I just figured "Hey they aren't called 'Koni adjustables' for nothing... I should be able to adjust them at my whim!". Well the fronts at least.

- Alright, I guess that's what I'll be doing tomorrow. What settings do you guys leave them at for the street? Should I go all the way to full soft, or set them to about 30-40% soft?

- Thanks again for your help.

Matt

I have them on 1/2 turn stiff. That's plenty for me... Make sure you coat the threads of all bolts with anti-seize so you won't have trouble taking the shock assembly out in the future. If you've got lowering springs, no spring compressor is need so it's not really that bad of a job. While you are at it, you might even put on some spring wraps so you won't get noise in the future. Takes maybe an hour and a half to do the pair.

You've got to be kidding me? And they call that an adjustable strut? :laugh:

Yet another reason to go with AGX's!