Can I make the ride softer?

[Greenbat 0]

Hello Guys,

my mk2 G60 has got fully adjustable FK Konigsport Coilovers (koni internals). The ride is way too hard. When I bought it I was given a control key for firming and softening the dampers. It is now on the softest setting but still the ride is still way too hard. Can I do anything else to soften the ride?

Cheers

 

Greenbat

[Supercharged 2]

Make them higher?

[billinjah 0]

fit higher profile tyres?

[Furkz 0]

need to take into consideration that if u make the ride softer the handling "may" suffer also

[billinjah 0]

yeah you need to find a happy medium when your driving fast you might not want so much cushion when yer pushing! sorry couldnt resist!

[Bally 0]

if the cars low then the ride will be hard... as other say try higher profile tyres or run slighty low tyre pressue lol

[billinjah 0]

eat more so you have a fatter arse!

[Furkz 0]

eat more so you have a fatter arse!

 

doesnt work :x

[sambo 0]

what size wheels and what profile tyres have you got?

any bushes beign swapped for poly-s?

top mounts not standard?

springs of higher poundage than they should be?

all of the above could be the culprit i guess....

i have set of konigsports with uprated top mounts and standard wheels,ride soffter and less crashy than standard suspension!

[logicaltuning 0]

i had 17s on mine before lowered 60mm - like rock it was

 

then fitted 195/50 15s on standard bbs rims - same drop = smooooooother by miles

[Neil VR6 0]

I can vouch for std wheels and tyres, soo much better than the 17s

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Make them higher?

 

Doesn't always work, I find my H&Rs actually improve the lower I go, but then I start clouting the chin spoiler on things.

[StuartFZR400 0]

There are different issues here that can combat your problem.

 

1. Firstly is the spring. As Sambo mentions, the spring may simply be too hard. i dont know what setup you have, but ideally you would simply back off the spring preload; or for many of us, replace the spring with a softer one. It is the spring that offers most resistance.

 

2. Not sure which shocks you have; be it gas or oil. Within an oil shock, the oils' movement is restricted by holes in the metal discs within the shock.

 

2a. On compression (force/push down) the oil is usually free to move, but can be restricted in some shocks - Compression Damping. If yours is adjustable, it is most likely set too hard and can be backed off by unscrewing; although look at your instructions for them.

 

2b. (not likely to be your problem) The other damping effect that all our shocks have is Rebound Damping; when the shock extends (car rises) the oil is again restricted. I guess on your shocks this can be adjusted. The idea behind this is when you go over a bump or hollow that it prevents silly oscillation; just imagine if there was no shock and only springs - in this case the car would rise after the bump, but then go down, up and down again; often a tell tale sign of buggered normal shocks or not enough Rebound set on the adjustable sorts.

 

http://www.koni.com/_cars/frame.html

you can have progressive damping, but lets not go there.

 

Always good to have a fiddle your self and see what you come up with; try different extremes, but...

*I guess they are also height adjustable. If you have them set to low and want to keep it low; there is a good change that if you start making things too soft, that you may possibly start to bottom-out, so go a few clicks/screws at a time.

 

In Summary:- I'd say you could back off the Compressive Damping a touch. But at the end of the day, you may just have to live with the hard sporty ride and enjoy your little go-kart!!!! :)

 

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