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06-29-2020, 09:57 PM | #1 |
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Koni Sport adjustment advice
I have some new yellow Koni shocks on the way. I will be using them with the OEM sport springs on a 128i.
Any recommendations for a starting point on the adjustment for the rears? This is for spirited daily driving. |
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Also, you might want to look into the firmer Monroe or Dinan upper shock mounts.
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Just a thought if your car is pretty high mileage/old, and you'll be swapping out the shocks - you should look into swapping out all the old rubber bits (spring pads, lower and upper shock mounts, strut mounts at the front etc). There are kits you can buy from ECS or Turner for example that give you all the relevant bits in one package, or you can pick and choose what you want to replace. Wether you're replacing just shocks or shocks and springs....it's basically the same difference, might as well refresh the other bits.
....then you can think about upgrading your rear subframe bushings while at it, and since you need to lower/drop the rear subframe throw in some stainless steel brake lines.....and so on and so on...down the rabbit hole we go |
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I have koni yellows. Had them briefly set at full firm and it was too much. Fronts at 3/4, Rears at half-way are compliant but sporty. I used the monroe rear shock mounts (p/n 907984) too, the rubber is much better than the stock foam parts.
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Make the fronts as stiff as they'll go then turn the rears down to about 2/3 from full firm. Beautiful ride let me tell you
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Took the group's advice and installed the Monroe mounts and have some issues. I get squeaking when rolling over larger bumps. I checked them a couple of times and made sure everything was seated correctly with no improvement. Reinstalled the oem mounts (newer and in good shape) and the noise went away.
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Yeah, that's unfortunate, I didn't have any squeaking noises from the monroe mounts.
Here's a long E90 thread about them: https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1145344 One guy mentioned his stiffer mount caused some other parts in the trunk area to make noise.
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I personally haven't had issues with the Monroe's and they have been on the car for over 3 years. If they start to give problems will look into the Dinan mounts but ~$100 vs $20 is a big difference.
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