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    Adjusting rear Koni sports dampers

    Anyone done it before?

    It says: compress the damper fully and twist until it stops....

    Without some serious effort, that aint gonna happen. It also says dont use too much force when adjusting, and to remove the bumpstop...its a solid bumpstop, you cant remove it without damaging it.

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    Did some on a gti6 last week, but to adjust them you had to pull the outer plastic casing off and hold a button down then twist. Yours could be different as these were old units I was adjusting not new ones.

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    These have no obvious buttons, they dont click when turned, they just spin.

    The bumpstops are not removable without damaging them.

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    as a&p said you need to pop up the white plastic cap thing and a button is underneath , all konis are like this if you cant adjust them on the car :(

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    There are no buttons :(

    It says compress and twist anticlockwise till it clicks and engages. Its not clicking, its just ****ing hard!

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    AHHH WTFX! I found a button! Had to prise off a metal cover and white plastic thing. The instructions don't tell you this.

    Yay.

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    you have to pull up the bump stop ( it does move or at least should ) , there will be a metal cap that needs to be popped off and under that is the plastic spacer thing i was on about above. you will then see the button. i have done it a fair few times now mate so it 100% works that way

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    lol im far to slow at typing ( was actually watching smugglers while writing the message )

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    Quote Originally Posted by jay s
    you have to pull up the bump stop ( it does move or at least should ) , there will be a metal cap that needs to be popped off and under that is the plastic spacer thing i was on about above. you will then see the button. i have done it a fair few times now mate so it 100% works that way
    i had a set on a 18 16v and they adjusted in the that jay s has described.

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    They feel VERY hard to press, unlike other rear dampers I have used. I have put them to about 50% damping and will fit them over the weekend, along with my new front KW v2's, which byt the way, are VERY nice bits of kit!!


 

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