Re: Should I put my UrQ back to stock springs? -Reply

[todd candey <tcandey@wwa.com>]

James Marriott wrote:

Here goes,
first, I snipped the original post to save some bandwidth...

The Koni's for the front of the ur-q and the front of the 4kq are in fact 
different. However they both are available with external OR internal 
adjustment.
  The major difference is the diameter of the body of the insert. The 
valving is of course very similar because the weight difference between 
the 2 cars is within a couple hundred pounds, and that weight is mainly 
related to the turbo and it's related hardware and the front suspension.
Also, the piston stroke of each insert is the same length.

The rear koni's for the 2 cars carry the same part number in my koni 
manual. They both are internally adjustable only. No externally 
adjustable model is available for the rear. However, the front and rear 
inserts for the ur-q have the same body so you can in fact put the 
externally adjustable front insert from the ur-q into the rear of the 
ur-q or 4kq and adjust the damping as you see fit. BTDT.

About the adjustment dispute... The Koni's adjust for compression only. 
But keep in mind all of the oil in the strut must pass through the same 
seals so if you restrict one direction, it WILL have a residual effect on 
the other direction as well. That is why it may "feel" stiffer in both 
directions. 
 Koni does make double adjstable models where compression and rebound are 
adjusted externally with seperate knobs, but these are race only 
applications that are built with different internals that the inserts we 
are discussing here. If you need more info on these, let me know, we 
stock them.

Todd Candey
The Composite Garage