I have a set of koni yellows on the 88 CRX that are the exact same as the ITR rears, so I figured I'd ask you guys. The instructions (which are laughable) show a clockwise turn of the shock body while the end is fixed in a vice and the shock is compressed. This effectively turns the piston clockwise, and fits with the righty-tighty saying for making them stiffer. However, the instructions don't say if this is for stiffer or softer, it just says turn them this way. The fronts, if you follow the arrow on the white cap, are adjusted counterclockwise for stiffer, which seems to be the opposite of where they're supposed to go. If I could just drive the car I could figure it out, but I can't while it's appart. I know people have talked about this before, but I can't find the correct answer. I want to set the rears to full stiff and then back off just a tiny bit. Thanks for any help.

 

I have always wondered about the koni yellows. On the AGX's they have stiffer settings indicated by numbers, but how do you know when the konis are at the same stiffness if there are no markings??

 

why not just compress them by hand at both extremes.... you should be able to tell.

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or just send them to me..they should mate well with my cut stock 88dx springs

 

I tried to do that with the fronts when I saw that the white cap had a "stiffer" arrow pointing the opposite way I was expecting. It's difficult to tell the difference by hand since they're always pretty stiff. Plus, it's adjusting rebound, so I'm not really sure what I should be feeling for with my hands. I tried calling Koni directly, but their menu system was a pain. Someone suggested I call truechoice, so maybe I'll try that. I was just hoping someone here was running them and knew how to adjust them (well, I know HOW, just not which direction). I should post these instructions for you...they're really pretty funny!

 

I'm glad someone else thinks those Koni directions suck.
I cracked up when I saw them and tossed em back in the box.
However, if you look again, you will notice right under the picture labeled 1
a big circular arrow pointing (turning) clockwise.
The picture implies (to me) that right makes it stiffer, left looser.

aet

By the way, it makes sense if you think about it.
By putting the shaft in a vice and turning the body, you are turning a different piece then when using the little white
thing on the fronts.


[Modified by aet6, 11:40 PM 8/18/2002]

 

They come from the factory full soft. So, whichever way they turn from that position is stiffer.