shocks...

[inark]

seeing as we dont have a "handling" forum i'll ask it in here...

i didnt know i had adjustable shocks til i went to see troy all those many months ago in regards to getting a pod filter to which he informed me it had... i knew the fronts were so back then i checked the rears and didnt see a dial like the fronts had so thought they must be stock.

now 2 weeks ago when i went and got those GTR guards mike told me the rears have a dial on them which u use to adjust it... i checked it then and yes they do... they have the word "Potenza" on them... now i only thought they made tyres? dunlops init?

also i started turning the dial towards the "hard" direction and i dont know how far im meant to go cause it made like 10 clicks... should i keep going?

[skyline33]

the adjustment is to your personal prefrence, just keep going until the car handles just the way you like

[skyline33]

and potenza's are bridgestone by the way

[inark]

bridgestone make shocks? i thought they just made tyres?

i want it on hard hard but it doesnt seem to stop... the fronts have 4 settings but the nob seems to keep turning... will it eventually stop?

[skyline33]

well the most settings i've seen are 16, but if yours continue to click beyond that i'd say the adjustment is stuffed

[skyline33]

i've seen a couple of them potenza shocks but not many.

[inark]

well they didnt go much further... so i would assume thats as hard as they get... will take it for a spin and see if it makes a diff...

btw would have the fronts softer than the rears cause understeer? cause i get a lot of that.

[skyline33]

yeah also make sure you dont force spin it cause it will break the knob.

[ylwgtr2]

potenza....its just a model name.....companys often name there products and there is already another product with the same name...its not uncommon

[46n2]

I've got HKS 'adjustables' in my 32, but how do I adjust them? I haven't got a dial. The best I can figure is I need to hold the bottom part steady, and twist the top.

The guy at the yard told me they were adjustable. They're hard as anything and I want to soften them up a little for road use.

See pic. sorry for the quality of the pic...

Any help appreciated...

46n2

[inark]

they look the same as mine...

[inark]

troy u know any japanese brands with the model name potenza??

also found a sticker on them under the dirt that says street tune in an orange triangle with black background

[Ronin 09]

They look like stockers... aren't all HKS one purple topped?

and nark, soft front / hard rear promotes oversteer (i think). By having the front softer it allows the front to 'dig' when you turn thereby giving more bite. The hard rear then comes around and you're looking back at last week .

[inark]

so then soft rear and hard front (which is what it was set to) would create scarey understeer?

[Ronin 09]

I think so... better check with someone who actually knows... i'm just speculating. I just thought about it the other way around and i have reasoned that this could promote oversteer too...

Ahh, like Austin Powers i think i've gone cross eyed. lol

[46n2]

Mine are older HKS's from the look of it. I know the HiperMax Damper series are purple topped. Mine are black with HKS model #'s on them...I'll try and get some pics tonight...

Michael

[ylwgtr2]

its these???

[inark]

heres a closeup of the fronts... is this what urs look like 46n2??

[Ronin 09]

Ooh, Nark i just though of my most sensible suggestion today - get on Gran Turismo and set a car up with soft front / hard rear and then vice versa, and see how it drives....

[inark]

lmao hey thats a good idea

oh wait my gf has my PS2