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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    Quick update: The difficulty I had in finding a good setting was apparently due to a defective shock. The last time I pulled them out to adjust them, I realized that one had considerably more compression damping than the other. One is a bit firmer to compress than the stock shocks, and the...
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    I couldn't find separate part numbers for front springs or stops, either. Which is unfortunate because the stock front stop is dimensionally identical to how I trimmed the rears. Coincidence? The front stops appear to be a slightly firmer material, though. The good thing is that these...
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    Possible. You'd probably have to lift the car to get the suspension at full droop, and then pull the stop out of bellows.
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    Everyone go outside and trim your rear bump stops right now. Seriously. I bet most people would be satisfied with the ride and handling of stock springs/shocks. Try this first before you buy Konis or coil overs. The 3/4 turn of adjustment on the rear shocks was only necessary to deal with...
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    I'm taking the long way around, but finally getting somewhere.... lol The major problem with the stock setup is that the bump stop is constantly engaged. The bump stop itself has an extremely non-linear spring rate, so trying to tune a shock around that is problematic. A particular setting...
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    Put a jack under the knuckle and lift it to approximately ride height. Close enough.
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    Left: E1. Middle: E3 Long Range. Right: E3 Performance. Bottom: Bump stop engaged and compressed at ride height.
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    If you're looking for a bolt-on solution that works well out of the box..... Just get a set of coil overs and be done with it. Assuming that 1/4 of the spring's coil is dead on each end, the stock spring rate for an "E3" is around 720 pounds/inch. Kind of a lot. This is one of the things...
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    I timed it last night. From the time the jack went under the car to removing the jack: 19 minutes. That included trimming the bump stop and test fitting to measure travel. It's a super simple job.
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    Time to settle things - lowering springs and bump stops

    I'm dealing with this same exact thing right now. I've found that the rear suspension is sitting on the bump stops at rest. Not only that, they're actually compressed a bit. This is at STOCK ride height. Just last night I trimmed the first stage (about 7/8") from the bottom of the rear stops...
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    Best tire pressure for max grip on street

    I did some informal testing and found ~38 WARM gave the best grip and feel. That equates to 35-36 cold. I didn't try going any lower.
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    Best tire pressure for max grip on street

    My F150 is 50% heavier and only calls for 36psi cold. The 42psi recommendation is purely for range.
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    Over cracks and sharp bumps where there's a jolt, very good. Much better than stock. Over undulations and compressions it's really stiff in the rear , which IMO is mostly a symptom of the stock rear springs being too stiff. IMO the rear spring rate would be appropriate for a track car. The...
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    Yes, you do have to remove them from the car, and remove the shock from the shock mount. The shock has to be fully compressed and then turned to adjust, which can't be done with the bump stop in place. It's not that bad of a job. Once you do it a couple times it only takes half an hour per side.
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    Koni Sport (yellow) installed!

    A bit more digging... I already have the updated "01-E" springs. These are actually about the same rate as the P3D springs. Just checked, both have a wire diameter of 0.665". The earlier "01-C" springs were apparently much stiffer than these. No wonder that many people didn't like them! I...