adjustable suspension

[jonesy80]

Recently I have noticed that my S2 seems to be lacking ground clearance and grinding out over the millions of speed bumps kindly installed on my local roads.

I apprecaite that this probably means its time to replace my suspension however, ss I understand it the S2 was fitted with Koni adjustables?

After looking at the shock I can't see any obvious means of adjustment. So my questions are:

1)How do you adjust the standrad shocks (do the shocks have to be removed to be adjusted)
2) What adjustment is provided - surely by increasing pre-load I can get the car to sit higher and therefore make it less likely to bottom out?

I have done a search but can't seem to find much on the original suspension only aftermarket replacements (which I will add to my shopping list when money allows).

[Gerald-TVR]

jonesy80 said:

I have done a search but can't seem to find much on the original suspension only aftermarket replacements (which I will add to my shopping list when money allows).

Thats all you can get now sorry, I dont believe the Konis were ever adjustable for ride height (and cant really remember is damping adjustabl) but the main replacements at reasonable cost Gaz or AVO certainly are. It will mean new springs as well. Talk to Derek at http://www.absolutelyshocks.com/ fount of all knowledege and very helpful indeed.

Norman

[tvrgit]

The konis were adjustable in that you could adjust how hard or sodt they were. You did that by removing the spring, compressing the piston into the shock, and turning ir, then reassambling it all again.

The ride height / preload weren't adjustable.

So it's aftermarket only, I'm afraid - unless you can find somebody to rebuild the konis.

[GreenV8S]

It's also possible to get adapter collars that sit between the spring and the spring seat. But if they are the original Konis they are probably not providing very much damping by now, and that will result in much more wallowing which will make it ground out more often. You may well find that just fitting new working dampers improves things, especially if you take the opportunity to increase the spring stiffness slightly. Assuming it's grounding out on the exhaust clamp, try using a Mikalor Supra clamp if you don't already have one since they take up almost no height at all.