Arg Bouncy...Questions'

Digital Sol · Post by **Digital Sol** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:59 pm

So maybe its just me not used to driving my own car or getting to used to driving my comfy daily driver but after getting back into the sol this past week or two i cant help but notice it feels quite "bouncy"

I will admit the car's only been driven 115 miles in the past 12 months so maybe its just me being used to a higher end car that i dont feel as much...bounce...

Just curious what else i can do to stiffen it up..

current suspension set-up

koni yellow struts "adjustable"...set to as stiff as they get
ground control coils
skunk2 camber kit
asr brace, 24mm sway
skunk2 rear sway bars

car isnt "slammed" by any means, quite a bit of adjustment room left on the coils

all the suspension has less than 200 miles on it sense installed

any suggestion's other than quitting my bitching and driving it?

.....as always...thanks guy's

ymisoqt · Post by **ymisoqt** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:01 pm

Get some coilovers or quit-cher bitchin :p

Digital Sol · Post by **Digital Sol** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:04 pm

ymisoqt;261313 wrote:Get some coilovers or quit-cher bitchin :p

lol, i have them...gc's with koni's

ymisoqt · Post by **ymisoqt** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:58 pm

That's struts and springs. Not coilovers lol There is a difference. I have coilovers on my sol and legend and struts/springs on the 240. Huge difference.

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:36 am

Turn your stiffness down. Try em on like a 2 or 3 for a while.

Digital Sol · Post by **Digital Sol** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:12 am

lol ok, a "adjustable spring kit" with koni yellow's even though most distributers label them coil-over's

alright, ill lower the stiffness a bit and get some miles on them...as far as "real" coil-over's

a ground control/koni set-up isnt exactly the cheapest option and i figured it sounded like a solid set-up after reading thread after thread about how "smooth" this combo is.....

what might you reccomend to perform better?

ymisoqt · Post by **ymisoqt** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:28 am

Just cut your springs brah.

lol jk
I have skunk2 on my sol, I don't recommend those lol I have Ksports on my Legend and I love those. They ride nice and stiff and handle well on the road and at autox. I'm considering getting them for my sol as well.

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:24 am

Digital Sol;261415 wrote:
what might you reccomend to perform better?

GC Extended Top Hats.

opntrk86 · Post by **opntrk86** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:12 pm

What are your spring rates?

off the shelf koni yellows are maxed out @ about 500 - 550 lbs/in
any more and your probably going to need to upgrade to the SPSS3 valving

Digital Sol · Post by **Digital Sol** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:36 pm

alright, i called around and most shops/stores actually preferred the gc/koni combo over ksports...the k sports are a little cheaper in price as well

as far as spring rates im not sure off hand, installed these a year ago and the car collected dust in storage for that duration, but they were made for a del sol w/b series swap

ill pull the car apart this weekend and check spring rates and also check to see if maybe ive got a blown koni somewhere...hard to believe sense its only got 120 miles on it but we shall see......

after i tear it apart ill look into some extended top hats as well...just want to stiffen this thing up and get it back on the road