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stock springs/Koni impressions Posted by MJM [Email]  (#872) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from MJM) on Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:19:57
In Reply to: First full week of lowering springs/shocks impression, Tim, Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:35:13 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Thanks for your honest impressions. I've been toying with installing lowering springs, but haven't for fear of the same things you've found. You aren't in PA by any chance, are you? I really want to check out a car that has shorter springs, one persons rough ride might be another persons sporty ride.
For what it's worth, I have some of the same complaints with my car. I have a '95 SET, 70k currently, stock springs, and installed Konis' this past summer. Before I changed the shocks the car was really floaty over bumps at speed, had lots of "head toss" over smaller one-wheel bumps, and loads of squat, dive and body roll. I initially ran the Konis on full soft, and found that much of the squat and dive was eliminated, but the car was still too soft over bigger 60+mph bumps. I gradually stiffened the shocks to 1 turn firm, which really settled the car down on the bigger bumps, but now it's really harsh over the smaller ones. Every imperfection in the road tosses the car one direction or another. All this is with 205/50/16's at about 35 psi. I turned the shocks down to 3/4 turn firm, and a couple weeks ago put on my snows, 185/65/15. The car rides much more smoothly now, but there is still a lot of head toss. Last winter, with the snow tires and original shocks, the car was really bouncy, so at least the Konis have improved that a bit.
I'm kind of frustrated, I have no illusions about a cloud-smooth ride in a sporty car, but mine neither handles well, nor is smooth. My friends '95 Saturn seems to have less body roll, yet doesn't ride as harshly as mine does.
HTH
Mike
'95 SET
, Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:09:45, Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:19:57 <-- Viewing This Message
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