Koni yellow owners? What were your damper settings?

**dee-y** · 08-02-2011 10:05 PM

Hey guys,

As the title says, I'm most likely going to get them with eibachs on my cl9 euro. What damper setting should I set it to, considering I'll only be doing everyday driving.

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**e240** · 08-02-2011 10:50 PM

EG Civic - about 3~4 on the street, afterwhich it gets too harsh and my poor bones ache

**EG30** · 09-02-2011 02:01 PM

I would start with 1/2 turn from the softest setting and go from there.

As with most dampers the turn vs damping isnt linear and the last 1/4 turn from the firmest setting yield the largest difference with the yellows I find. Koni recommends the adjustment to be used as a wear compensation device; ie once you've found the sweet spot to suit your car and springs leave it there till the rebound ( stock koni yellows adj for rebound only not bump ) weakens due to wear and tear.

**Mikecivic78** · 09-02-2011 07:40 PM

Good thread.

Info will be helpful as I'm getting Koni Yellow and Eibach pro kit for my Em1.

Cheap as from ebay atm. I'm looking at only $1000 for both brand new shipping incl.. Gonna do the install myself with a mate. Great bang for buck mod IMO.

**dee-y** · 09-02-2011 10:34 PM

Was gonna do it with a mate, but don't have a spring compressor unfortunately. Place called southside suspension, they quoted 300 ish including wheel alignment. Not bad I guess.

**vinnY** · 10-02-2011 01:39 AM

putting it out there, depends on your spring rates too
rocking a h&r kit(the use koni yellow dampers with their own springs)
as far as I know the springs are around 330/280lbs or 5.9/5kg progressive

running about 0.75turns from softest at the front, and 0.5turns from softest at the rear
16x7 wheels with 205/50/16 tyres, 38psi front cold and 36psi rear cold

**Mikecivic78** · 10-02-2011 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by dee-y

Was gonna do it with a mate, but don't have a spring compressor unfortunately. Place called southside suspension, they quoted 300 ish including wheel alignment. Not bad I guess.

You need springs compressors. 2, not just one.

You could get a mate to drive you to a shop and give them the springs and shockies. They can compress them for you in a spring compression press. Shouldn't cost much. 50 bucks or so at a guess.

**dee-y** · 10-02-2011 09:11 AM

Ah k. I know Ken at accurate does awesome sussy jobs, he quoted 430. I'll keep my options open.

**dee-y** · 10-02-2011 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by vinnY

putting it out there, depends on your spring rates too
rocking a h&r kit(the use koni yellow dampers with their own springs)
as far as I know the springs are around 330/280lbs or 5.9/5kg progressive

running about 0.75turns from softest at the front, and 0.5turns from softest at the rear
16x7 wheels with 205/50/16 tyres, 38psi front cold and 36psi rear cold

Not sure what the spring rates are for eibach off the top of my head, but think I'll just start with .5 to .75 turns from fully soft. I'll be running 18X8 225/35/18