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      09-03-2012, 05:53 PM   #1
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Best stiffness setting for KW-V2?

So I installed my KW V2's on my 335 coupe and was looking for something comfortable for daily driving but still improvement over stock suspension stiffness. Nothing too crazy for track but still noticeable. So I have tried two setups so far. I tried soft in front and soft/medium in the back (don't know the click wise) and it felt WAY to much like stock. Almost as if no suspension was added which was kind of pointless to me.

So I set it to medium all around now and it is now TOO STIFF. Is it all by luck I one day get the setting right?

Haha anyone please chime in and tell me your daily driving stiffness setings on KW V2 for the 335 coupe? Thank you
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Start at full soft all around - increase by a few clicks and try it (I'd adjust equally front/back, BTW); keep doing that until it's uncomfortable; then go back a few clicks from there. Not really a science to it.
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Start at full soft all around - increase by a few clicks and try it (I'd adjust equally front/back, BTW); keep doing that until it's uncomfortable; then go back a few clicks from there. Not really a science to it.
The problem is that taking on and off the coils are always a problem/hastle no? I am getting a local shop to do it and do not want to keep doing it over and over again.
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Maybe someone can chime in but I'm sure there is some way to adjust the KW V2 yourself; it definitely does not involve taking them off the car. There should be a knob on the top or bottom of each damper.
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You can adjust dampening without removing the coils. The rear requires you to remove the trunk lining, but the front is easily accessible with the supplied allen wrench.
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You can adjust dampening without removing the coils. The rear requires you to remove the trunk lining, but the front is easily accessible with the supplied allen wrench.
Great thank you! Any recommendations on settings?
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9 CCW clicks from full lock right front and 10 in the rear. When you track the car go up three and reverse it. (7F / 6R)
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9 CCW clicks from full lock right front and 10 in the rear. When you track the car go up three and reverse it. (7F / 6R)
English pleaseeeee haha and also do you also do the method of taking out the carpet lining? Easy?
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No need to remove the coilovers to adjust them.

The adjustment are at the top of the damper, easy to get to in the front, but in the rear you need to pull the lining away.

Here's a pics from the rear of my e90 with the lining pulled away and the rear sets folded down.

You can turn it 3 turns, with 6 clicks on each turn, so 18 clicks in total from hard to soft.
Turning clockwise sets it to hard.
I think I'm 9 clicks from hard at the front, and 7 clicks from hard in the rear.
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No need to remove the coilovers to adjust them.

The adjustment are at the top of the damper, easy to get to in the front, but in the rear you need to pull the lining away.

Here's a pics from the rear of my e90 with the lining pulled away and the rear sets folded down.

You can turn it 3 turns, with 6 clicks on each turn, so 18 clicks in total from hard to soft.
Turning clockwise sets it to hard.
I think I'm 9 clicks from hard at the front, and 7 clicks from hard in the rear.
Awesome thank you will try this out today or tomorrow! Any idea what size the allen wrench is? I seem to have misplaced mine
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Awesome thank you will try this out today or tomorrow! Any idea what size the allen wrench is? I seem to have misplaced mine
I've lost the wrench too, so I've just been using a small Torx bit, T8 I believe.
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Awesome thanks again guys. Made it work. Wasn't too hard! Put it on 8 in the front and 9 in the back. Drives amazing now
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