Hey guys, I was testingmy shocks before I put them on. I noticed that on the same settings, they will require about the same amount of pressure to compress the shocks. However, when I full compress the shocks and let them go, one shaft will raise significantly quicker than the other one.

I test the fornts together and the rears together. One rear shock would decompress slower than the other. I would get the same result with the fronts.

Again, the shocks were on the smae settings and all were completely compressed the smae amount.

Any ideas??

 

i thought you asked this already? you never called KYB and asked them?

up for you because i wanna get a set of KYB too

 

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up for you because i wanna get a set of KYB too </TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh, I forgot I asked this before.

I did call but the lady didn't seem to know what she was talking about. She said that if they are blown and I have a receipt that they are covered under warranty. However, she also mentioned that I need to be certain that they are blown. I explained what I wrote above and she had no idea.

I also emailed KYB and they never emailed me back. That's why I asked here.

 

i say throw them on and test drive 'em.

or sell em

 

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or sell em</TD></TR></TABLE>

Or... Take them to a technician, and have them make sure they are blown, then of course get a new set under warranty. And if they arent, slap those suckers in, I love mine, i've got em cranked all the way down....

 

if they are leaking fluid, they are blown. one of my KYBs blew a while back btu i just got a brand new one with warrenty

 

they are not blown the dampner settings have to be set for awhile like a few bumps then all the valves and such adjust to the setting that you want. but just sitting in your garage pushing back and forth on the shock at diffrent setting you will not notice much of a diffrence

 

I just ordered mine 2 days ago. I cant wait im hoping they ride nice on my GCs. not to steal the post but im curious how do you adjust them on the top of the strut or on the side and how do they ride set to all the way stiff vs. all the way soft. I just cant wait to find out

 

you adjust them from the top with a little screw driver hehe. they ride pretyt nice, but setting 1 is like hard, and setting 4 is liek insane hard hehe

thats how it feels with my H&R race springs atleast

 

I've got Eibach Sporline on setting 4 and it can be a bit jarring sometimes, but its a fun tradeoff. My girlfriend still rides with me at least.

 

Honestly I think your best bet is toput them in and drive the car for like 4 daysand see how they feel. I had some prob;lems with my brand new ones a few weeks ago, but ouncethey settled they were fine. I have mine on 4 in the back and 3 in the front and they ride soooo nice with eibach pro springs!

 

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Cool. I will do that. I just wanted to make sure.

I am mating them with H&R Sport springs. I can't wait.

Thanks for the help guys.

 

Who did you send them to? KYB or the place that sold them to you?


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you can send them to either, but if you send them to wherever you bought them from they send it to KYB anyways hehe. so .. you they go to KYB either way hehe

 

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Did KYB take them back and send you new shocks w/o asking any questions (well maybe for a receipt)? Thanks!

 

I've got the AGX's with Eibach Pro Kit.
Indeed you need to ride say at least 10km or over a few bumps after altering the setting.
I suspect i've blown one as well, after quite a rough track day (rough trip in the grass). In the next few days (before friday) i'll have them tested on a bench as part of our mandatory technical checkup (in EU we must bring the car to a check-up every year or every 2 years depending on the country). They use a special bench for testing shocks, and they report any problem.
I think you can find this kind of bench in the US as well ?

 

*** Edit... after some more looking, I've found a few answers. If anyone wants to chime in, I'd still be appreciative, but I think I got it figured out none-the-less. Thanks again.


This might sound like a dumb question here... and I'm kind of hesitant to ask, but... I'm wondering if there's any sure-fire way to tell if my AGXs are blown? I've got ground controls wrapped around them and they are set waaaaay down (as far as ride height)... and I'm just wondering if I've hurt them (the kybs) in any way? I'm currently looking into getting some softer springs from Ground Control as I really don't care for the harshness of the ride as it sits... and I can't really afford to go with a tein set or something of the like. So in any case... any help on this little issue would be greatly apprecaited. Thanks in advance!

 

I missed this the first time it came around, so I'll give some answers now...

The force used to press them down won't change much when you are pushing them. It shouldn't really feel different force.

Think of it like this...
When you go swimming and you jump into the water from 1' up it's going to be a nice soft landing. If you jump in feet first there will be very little resistance, if you do a cannon ball from the same hight and speed there will still be very little resistance. About the same as jumping feet first. Think of this as what's going on when you are pushing them down by hand. Going very slow with no real impact.

Now if you where to jump into the water from say 50' and you go feet first it's going to be more resistance than from the 1' but still not too too much. Now do a cannon ball from 50' and there will be a lot of resistance. Think of this as driving along. Your moving much faster thus the difference in the force needed to compress the oil.

 

alright... just took everything off last niht and found that I've actually got two completely blown struts... The front Passenger had shock-oil leacking out all over the place as did the rear driver side shock. So one at each corner. I'm wondering what the condition of the other two corners are... and if there's any easy way to check, or some place standard to take them and see about getting it the others tested? The first two will be replaced under warranty with no problem... so, I'm kinda curious to see if I can get the other two taken care of as well as a preventive measure. Thanks for the input guys!

 

I thought you got some different shocks and were selling the kyb's?

 

Damn, I had no idea this thread is still going around.

I thought mine were bad before I put them on but i took them to a KYB dealer and they tested them. Mine weren't leaking at all. The said that you need to drive on them for a few miles when you change the settings.

They have a lifetime warranty so if you guys are worried about your set, take them to a authorized distributor. They are very helpful.

 

yes, they must be blown, buy mine!