 How much can front Koni spots be compressed?, without bottoming out/damaging them? |
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| nebreitling |
 Jun 7 2005, 01:14 PM
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Member Emeritus  Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478  |
basically, i want to know how many of the rubber stops i can cut. right now, i cut the top of the three donuts off, just leaving the bottom one and the middle. i'm wondering if i can cut another 1/2 off and still be in the 'safe' zone. don't want to bottom out these new shocks, but i'd like to gain as much suspension travel as possible, obviously...
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| nebreitling |
Jun 7 2005, 01:17 PM
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Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
i suppose that 'spots' could be read as 'sports'....
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| grantsfo |
Jun 7 2005, 01:45 PM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
Have you talked to the technical guys at Koni NA? They are very down to earth and knowledgeable. I have spoken to them about other applications with good results. I think all their contact info is still listed on thier web site.
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| MoveQik |
Jun 7 2005, 02:56 PM
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What size wheels can I fit? Group: Members Posts: 4,645 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 3,881 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Should you talk to them, let me know what they say. I am in the same boat. |
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| Aaron Cox |
Jun 7 2005, 03:06 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
Nate - I run the Koni COMPETITION bump stops. a little shorter, and they are "progressive if you will" designed by koni, for koni reds/yellows. about 2" tall, and progressively increase stiffness as compressed. wont let you destroy the struts...
want to say like 15 bucks each at paragon. pretty cool stuff.... AA |
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| nebreitling |
Jun 7 2005, 03:33 PM
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Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
hmmm, those competition bump stops don't look like they'd work much different than what i've got on there now...
so i talked with koni, and they didn't know exactly. but they gave me a few dimensions with which one can figure it out if it's uninstalled... the shock at full length is 622mm/24.48" long the shock at full compression is 446mm/17.55" long in other words, 176mm/6.929" of travel. i'll drop a strut and try to measure.... n |
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| nebreitling |
Jun 7 2005, 05:05 PM
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Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
okay, according to the dimensions that i got on the phone with koni, and according to my measurements, and according to my guess that one "donut" rubber bump stop will compress to about 1/2" under a really rough hit... (do you get the disclaimer??):
you should just *barely* get by running one "donut" stop. two is definitely overkill from a 'maximum' compression standpoint, though having a 'progressive' effect like aaron mentioned is probably desirable. YMMV, don't get upset if you ruin your struts according to this... i'm going to run 1 and just-a-little-more-donut stops. n |
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| ChrisReale |
Jun 7 2005, 05:08 PM
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Sleazy Group: Members Posts: 2,665 Joined: 20-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 176 |
I think I run one, I can check next time I use my car
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| redshift |
Jun 7 2005, 05:12 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
Nathan... don't do that... have your spindles modified.
You may well end up with bad struts, but you really risk putting nut/tower nipples on your hood, as well.. It's not pretty! M |
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| nebreitling |
Jun 7 2005, 05:20 PM
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Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
dood, your avatar is not pretty!
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