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Originally Posted by redline10000 If you get a used set of konis for cheap like I did the out the door cost will be less than KW v3's by a

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Old 01-25-2015, 12:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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If you get a used set of konis for cheap like I did the out the door cost will be less than KW v3's by a few hundred bucks. I think that's a pretty good deal considering that its customizable to any spring rate you want and does not reuse factory tophats.
So are yours kinda a hybrid series 28 set up? Can you expand on what was modified?
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So are yours kinda a hybrid series 28 set up? Can you expand on what was modified?
No I wish I had the money for a 28 series setup. Thats about $900 per shock and up + parts. These are your standard koni yellows ( 8241) with some tweaks and still are single adjustable.

Here is a breakdown:

Front shocks
  • Pillowball top hats so no more mush rubber up front
  • Shortned shock body up front to allow the car to go low without losing suspension travel
  • Koni sleve kit to allow the use of 2.5" id springs
  • Revavle to allow me to use up to 1000lbs springs up front. Rgiht now I have 750
  • painted black just beacause I dont like yellow that much and it was no extra cost
  • 6" 750lb hpyercoil spring

Rear shock
  • pillowball top hat
  • shortned bodies
  • damping adjuster has been moved to the top instead of on the side. Now I can adjust from the trunk.
  • revalved for higher spring rates
  • painted black
  • 6" hpyercoil 600lb spring in the rear bucket with a helper spring and megan racing adjuster

I chose this setup because I wanted linear springs and not progressive and wanted the ability to go up/down on spring rates to tune the car the way I want. This seems to be a pretty popular setup with the 350z autox guys so I figured I would give it a shot too.
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