i have been missing around with my koni adj and have set them at a pretty firm rate as they were quite soft. they feel like coilovers now. does tightening them up increase the wear on them?

 

Bear in mind that the adjusting only affects the rebound and the bound is quite soft in comparison to start with.

 

While we are on the subject, is there any links to how adjustbale gas shocks work, always wondered.

tried looking on google but couldnt find much, you always seem to have something up your sleeve Jesse, amaze me again

 

Just a valve that controls the flow of the fluid (oil)

 

Ah i see, just wondered how the valve worked. Similar to a tap i suppose?

Was trying to find a cross sectional diagram, no such luck

 

so will it increase wear of the shocks then?

 

I would assume that if you are stiffing up the suspention you are limiting the amount of fluid that is diplaced in the shocks which would put more stress on the components. So i recon it could mak a diffrence. I thought that koni suspention came with a liftime gurantee anyway.

 

Not that much that you will notice.

This is how Bilstein control the damping Andy



Compression discs limit the fluid one way, and rebound discs monitor it the other way.

In an adjustable strut basically the valve apperture is the bit thats adjustable (open or closed as you say). This is fine when the oil stays at one temperature as it will give consistant bump/rebound characteristics. As the viscosity drops with heat it will alter things slightly. Thats why on the expensive struts you will see remote canisters and on competition Bilstein's you find fixed bump/rebound

 

Nice one Tony

but thats not an adjustable shock is it