Hi there,

Tomorrow i'll fit koni dampers and eibach springs on my impreza MY00, the koni dampers can be set up from smooth behaviour to hard behaviour.

As i don't wanna ride a "wood" car, is there anybody who rides koni's and which kind of setup do you have ?

Thanks,
Mike.

Hi Mike,

I've just had Konis fitted to mine (MY96) and been experimenting with damping settings. I stil haven't got the ideal settings but am getting close.

One thing though is that I believe that the instructions that come with the dampers, on which setting to use, are based on standard springs. And Eibachs are harder therefore need more damping.
The first setting I tried (and which I would recommend you use to start) was the softest. This was still banging and crashing a bit though. But still better than Eibachs with standard dampers!

I then gave them another 1/4 turn. Better but I could still feel that there was too much springing for the damping rate. I then tried 1/2 turn. Much better - still a bit 'floaty'. I now have 3/4 turn out - and I think I have gone too far for the road (at least, the roads I drive on which are mainly crap back roads to/from work).

My plan now is to check the tyre pressures first and if OK go back to about 5/8 of a turn out.

Stay with the lowest setting for several hundred miles at first. New dampers take a while to bed in. Then check your tyre pressures (and are all your tyres in good nick?) and get a 4-wheel geometery check done. THEN start playing with the damping.

One pain is that the back seat has to come out to adjust the back - but it's only 5 bolts (on a 4-door anyway). But one advantage of this is that it forces you to use each setting for several days before you can be bothered to change again. This gives you a much more realistic impression of each setting.

Hope that helps

Dave

Dave,

Thanks for all these informations, i'll check my tyre pressures, go for 1/2 turn then try this for few days....

Mike.