Ordered a KW V3 Kit
- Thread starter Marcoose
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I went on my indy’s recommendation. He’s got KW on his 600 and swears by it.
The KW brochure says
Front Lowering: 0.6" to 1.6"
Rear Lowering: 0.4" to 1.4"
I'll probably set to the minimums. I don’t like too low ride heights.
Are the Ohlins easily adjustable ? My indy says KW are easy to adjust, even without a lift. How much yours cost ?
BTW, former 126 owner here. :driving: :rofl:
The KW brochure says
Front Lowering: 0.6" to 1.6"
Rear Lowering: 0.4" to 1.4"
I'll probably set to the minimums. I don’t like too low ride heights.
Are the Ohlins easily adjustable ? My indy says KW are easy to adjust, even without a lift. How much yours cost ?
BTW, former 126 owner here. :driving: :rofl:
Marcoose said:
On the Ohlins its a 5mm drop on the front only.
Like a lot of A versus B discussions there are protagonists on both sides.
I and no-one I know has ever had a bad thing to say about Ohlins products, whereas there have been various comments on the KWs..maybe people didn't know what they were geting into..
Damping is easy to adjust on the roadside..views are that once you've dialled it you tend to leave it alone, not because its difficult to adjust but the factory settings tend to be spot on..alledged to give a much more compliant ride compared to KW, but maybe not the ultimate smooth track option...here in Scotland not many smooth tracks..
They were about £2k with a bit of negotiation.
Are you going to code out your adaptive damping or use dongles?
Ref Fiat 126..yes 62 mph flat out..hand throttle as well (better than cruise)..took me 50 miles to overtake an artic (semi) once on the freeway, everytime I came alongside the wind of his nose blew me back..happy days..
B21 said:
Be careful with the VO delete if you do, i'e seen a few people having issues with it, i think there was a thread on spoolstreet about a proper way to do it, disconnect two wires by ecu and then code out in kombi rather than VO. however could of just been those individual cars.
With my KWV3's i got the delete kit, but will be getting rid of it at some point as parts had been damaged in fire and just repaired them slightly to avoid constant errors for now.
One less thing to think about going wrong under the car to be honest if you just code out and tape up / silicone up the end of the connectors or even remove all the way back to where it connects.
As for performance my KWv3 along with H&R ARB's on track have been a hugeeeeeee upgrade and phenomenal.
Would be interesting to see a side by side comparison between the ohlins and KW's though.
Out of interest..on the KW 'coilovers' are the rear set 'coilovers' or are they a damper and separate spring?
Have to say I felt slighly conned when I discovered after the event that on the Ohlins 'coilovers' the fronts are 'coilovers' but the rears are a pre-load adjustable spring that fits in place of the stock spring..
Since by defintion a macpherson strut is a coil over there's a lot of hype and not much content on the 'coilovers'..
Have to say I felt slighly conned when I discovered after the event that on the Ohlins 'coilovers' the fronts are 'coilovers' but the rears are a pre-load adjustable spring that fits in place of the stock spring..
Since by defintion a macpherson strut is a coil over there's a lot of hype and not much content on the 'coilovers'..
Ah yes..same basic picture as the Ohlins..
So that’s why the rear spring is not shown mounted over the damper…cause it’s not mounted over the damper :headbang:
We had all sorts of fun and games trying to mount the rear spring over the damper..none of the parts seemed to fit.. :tumbleweed:
A subsequent phone call to the vendor who said he didn’t specifically know about that Ohlins set up but made the observation that many coilover kits do not have a coilover on the rear suspension… :thumbsdown:
So that’s why the rear spring is not shown mounted over the damper…cause it’s not mounted over the damper :headbang:
We had all sorts of fun and games trying to mount the rear spring over the damper..none of the parts seemed to fit.. :tumbleweed:
A subsequent phone call to the vendor who said he didn’t specifically know about that Ohlins set up but made the observation that many coilover kits do not have a coilover on the rear suspension… :thumbsdown:
Six weeks down. Two to four weeks to pull.
I’ve phoned them last week. No particular delays due to the global supply chain disruption. And the kit will come from Germany.
Weird, the ill-fitted H&R springs don’t bother me as much anymore. I must be getting used to them. :lol:
I’ve phoned them last week. No particular delays due to the global supply chain disruption. And the kit will come from Germany.
Weird, the ill-fitted H&R springs don’t bother me as much anymore. I must be getting used to them. :lol:
B21 said:
Reason being that the body is not designed to take the spring load where the damper mounts. If you fit a true-coilover on the rear you would be advised to reinforce the strut tower or risk punching through it. Not many people want to do that hence why most 'coilovers', for these types of chassis at least, are damper/barrel arrangement.
No, plates from underneath won't really help matters, needs boxing in from the top or tying into a cage really.B21 said:
Front reinforcement plates do very little. They are used only to spread the load from shocks with solid top mounts (such as kw CS) which tend to be quite small relatively and obviously solid metal, they can cause issues for the strut tower tops.
Picturing it nowB21 said:
