Phippy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:25 pm
Looking great mate! Glad you found a set in such good condition from someone who went the extra mile to get them to you!
I’m still waiting patiently
Thanks mate. Keep bumping that wanted post every week. If it’s always on the first page, that’s the first place people will go on here to get an idea of what the last ones sold for.
SGRG wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:31 pm
Looks ace mate. How are you finding the KW V3 by the way? Also do you have spacers on?
Had a bit of a nightmare with them at first. Gave Ross free reign setting up the ride height & had a read for bump & rebound settings through the forum. Looked ace when I picked it up but after a week of driving it was harsh and rubbing in all corners. Actually smashed a hole in the undertray & ripped another hole in one of the front wheel arches.
Anyway ended up emailing Julian at balance motorsport to take the car down there to have it setup properly because so tried & I was counting different numbers of clicks on each side for bump & rebound. Trying to adjust the ride height was a nightmare as well because the instructions tell you to measure from centre of the wheel to the arch as well as adjustment on the coilover. Obviously when you’re measuring the arch then making an adjustment on one side it’s going to affect the other corner of the car. Impossible doing it that way.
Julian gave me a call & spent about half an hour talking me through it all. Which I thought was really above and beyond because I was willing to pay him to set it up but he said “this is how we do it, give it a bash, because it’s simple. If you’re still struggling then book it in & I’m happy to do it.”
Basically set it to maximum ride height settings all around, only measuring the coilover adjustment, not centre of hub to arch (still lowers front 10mm & rear 5mm from stock) & went to recommended KW settings for bump & rebound all around. You may get a difference of a mm or 2 when measuring hub to arch on opposite sides but Julian said to maintain balance & handling, ignore this. Also count clicks backwards from maximum hardness (max hard is +). They often come with different number of clicks on each side if you count them in total.
So my experience now is much more pleasant. The ride isn’t like driving on clouds but it’s definitely taken the edge off those harsh bumps going over undulations in the road or dirty pot holes. That’s still at recommended settings. Now I’m happy I’ll start making adjustments one at a time to go softer I think.
Don’t regret it at all & they were delivered in 4-5 weeks when quoted 8 weeks. I know people who ordered B12 kits before me & are still waiting past the 8 weeks quoted to them.
If you’re on the fence between the 2 go KW! No spacers required either. Loads of people have said the same. Not sure why they say spacers may be required. Ross reckoned you may well need them with club sports but even then I’ve read people don’t.
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