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Old 03-09-2007, 11:08 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by DerekMD07 View Post
Thanks for all your valuable inputs.

I dialed my front koni to full soft. The ride is definitely less jarring but does not seem to solve the bounciness. Maybe I need to sit in a car with top hats to make a valid comparion. Or maybe my perception of bounciness is invalid? Perhaps the car is just more harsh b/c of higher dampening koni and stiffer springs. The springs are 5.8/4.4. Not sure how to convert them.

Can someone please enlighten me how tophats can solve the problem of bouciness?

Thanks in advance,
Derek
Derek

Is it cold up your way right now? My personal experience with Konis has been that they do tend to get "bouncy" in the winter. The dampening gets VERY firm when they get cold, even at full-soft. Combine that with a soft-sidewall tire, and you get a bouncy tire and a stiff suspension. Perhaps this is what you're experiencing. If so, a stiffer damper setting will NOT improve things.

The term "bouncy" can mean different things to different people, so perhaps this isn't what you're experiencing.

_Jeff
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