Koni Sport Settings?

[Charcoal]

Im getting ready to lower my mazda5 and wanted to just check and see if anyone else was riding on Koni Yellows. Im getting H&R springs and Koni Sport (Yellows) put on. The Koni site recommends 1/2 to a full turn from full soft on modified suspensions. This is my daily driver with the kid and wife in the car so I was considering full soft, but I might go 1/2 turn from soft all around with the H&R springs. Thanks guys.

 

[eyeballs]

If you haven't already done the install...


I'd recommend starting in the middle front and rear and see how it feels. Play around with it a bit to find the best compromise between comfort and performance. If you keep it on full soft all the time, you wasted your money. Koni yellows are awesome, and you should be able to turn them up quite a bit without it being untolerable for the wife and kids.

 

[Charcoal]

Thanks eyeballs, that makes sense to me. Im still waiting on the front shocks which should be here next week. I can't wait.

 

[foxhound1979]

don't forget to post pics of your new setup with the H&R's installed !

 

[Charcoal]

Just got the Koni's and H&R installed. I have them set to 40% all around for now. The ride is still pretty comfortable, so Im a happy camper. I'll wait a bit to see if I'd like to adjust them.

 

[granTORRESmo]

That loooks really nice man

 

[eyeballs]

Sweet! So have you had a chance to throw it around yet? You must be loving that setup.

 

[Charcoal]

After driving the van around for about a week Im really happy with the change. The ride is stiffer but still comfortable enough for daily driving. The van is more planted and crosswinds don't bother me on the highway. It feels like Im about car height now. It sort of makes the 5 look like a matrix or prius V if you don't know what a Mz5 is. The handling is sportier now, but I don't have to make a lot of the crazy compromises like I had with my old car. I had an integra before this that was dropped really low. Its handling was awesome but the ride was terrible on bad roads. No going at crazy angles over speed bumps and driveways or feeling like the car is slammed when hitting a pothole. Just funner to drive but still good for scooting around in the real world.

 

[foxhound1979]

it looks pretty good !
too bad the roads where i live are absolute crap right now...i'm changing my mind on lowering

 

[Premacy5]

How many turns is 40%?
The rear instruction shows max 720 degrees of adjustment. I need to find out how many turns is the front one.

I set mine 1 full turn up front and 1/2 turn in the back. Using OEM spring with Tri Point Engineering RSB. Rear need to be set softer to compensate for the overly stiff RSB.

 

[DougNuts]

On Koni shocks, turn them full soft and count the revolutions to turn them full stiff. Divide those turns by 2 and back them off (from full stiff) that amount. That should be about where the valve is starting to close and where you'll get the best ride/handling compromise.

My coworker used to do ride development for Koni and that's what he's always told me to do.

 

[Premacy5]

I am pretty happy with my setup. The reason I ask are just to compare notes with other's setup.

My KONI sport with OEM spring are very comfortable yet the damping really help smooth out the transition left & right during aggressive maneuver.

This shock on OEM spring are more comfortable than OEM & Monroe OE Spectrum I had before.

 

[Charcoal]

I have my konis set to one full turn all around. By 40% I meant 2 out of 5 possible half turns. The ride is very comfortable. Most people don't even realize I have the van lowered.

 

[jeff524]

how do you guys adjust the rear shocks?

 

[Rally Man]

I believe you have to remove them. From what I've heard, that's not that hard to do but time consuming.

 

[Premacy5]

The rear have to be removed completely. Top bracket removed, compressed all the way in, rotate counter clockwise until you feel the adjuster engage, rotate clockwise until it stop then adjust how many turn counter clockwise yo5/8u want.

Its time consuming and cumbersome. I set mine 1/2 a turn and got lucky. Its perfect for mine with OEM spring and tripoint engineering swaybar. The swaybar used to make the rear really stiff but the Koni really tame it down quite a bit.

I am running 5/8-3/4 turn up front with stock spring. any less its a bit loose. Any more the front start reacting slow due to too much rebound.

Basically Koni will take some time to dial it in.

 

[eyeballs]

Wow, I had no idea the rears had to be removed to adjust. I guess it'll be FSD's then for the wife's ride when it comes to it.

 

[Rally Man]

Are you going to stick with stock springs or lowered springs?

 

[eyeballs]

Stock springs. We occasionally take it on gravel mountain roads, and ground clearance in stock form is barely adequate. I plan on going with a slightly larger diameter wheel/tire setup when the stock tires are worn down.