Modifying Ksports for moar low

[s t a y g o l d]

Just curious what (if anything) I can do to make these go lower? I've searched but cannot seem to find a thread about modifying coils specifically & what is/is not safe to do.

My ksport kontrol pro's are the most current versions (not sure if v2, v3, etc.)

All hardware still in.

any help is appreciated

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[MkII_Matt]

Exact situation. Im in for a good answer as well. I was searching this all day today and ended up just spinning the fronts all the way down and decided to deal with the loose spring, and then took the rear collar out

Bump for local too!

[Dronks]

You can cut the springs and/or cut and thread the piston...but that doesn't make sense.

[Tadddd]

Hit a stop on the fronts with my Cross comps too.

Granted, i assuming that's the point as they are track coils... but i want moar low too lol.

I'll just have to put the 19's back on to fill in the little remaining gap.

[s t a y g o l d]

Hit a stop on the fronts with my Cross comps too.

Granted, i assuming that's the point as they are track coils... but i want moar low too lol.

I'll just have to put the 19's back on to fill in the little remaining gap.

That's my problem now, I'm on 19's so my wheel gap is gone but I'm still sitting too high I'm looking into trading my 19's for 18's also cause that ****'s gotta go lol.

[s t a y g o l d]

afternoon bump.

[SmithersSP]

I thought you could remove one of the orange rings (if not both) and spin it down to the black locking ring to shave 0.25"-0.5" off. Am I mistaken?

[TeamZleep]

Pull the black collar and the small orange one. Take the little metal washers out too. That'll get you in the mid 22's as far as ftg. You can just take out the black collar and the rings (I was at 22.7 on my rabbit like that). More low would be had by taking two collars out.

It just get V1's

[vwluger22]

Pull the black collar and the small orange one. Take the little metal washers out too. That'll get you in the mid 22's as far as ftg. You can just take out the black collar and the rings (I was at 22.7 on my rabbit like that). More low would be had by taking two collars out.

It just get V1's

Yup this is what I do. Also spin the shock all the way down into the sleeve then turn collars down until they hit the sleeve.

Make sure you adjust the rears correctly to, I blew a rear shock either form lack of proper adjustment or high milage not sure what since the other on seems to be fine.

[DFWSKATE]

AJ had the threads on his machined IIRC

he could chime in with more info

[vwluger22]

AJ had the threads on his machined IIRC

he could chime in with more info

I think this is only possible on V1 I think?

[Ozzker]

Having same issue with my V3s!

BUMP

[killa rabbit]

Having same issue with my V3s!

BUMP

me to have the same v3s In to see what he does

[killa rabbit]

i dropped the springs all the way down gave me a lil more of a drop in front but i think im ganna take an orange ring off see if that helps but you will need to notch frame cus im hitting now on big dips. i live in socal an streets out here are crap

[TeamZleep]

Yup this is what I do. Also spin the shock all the way down into the sleeve then turn collars down until they hit the sleeve.

Make sure you adjust the rears correctly to, I blew a rear shock either form lack of proper adjustment or high milage not sure what since the other on seems to be fine.

Truth. I now have bilstien sports in the rear because of this. Tbh, the rear shocks on ksports are kinda meh anyways.

It's not the front shock that needs to be threaded, it's the body they screw into. Problem is after the V1's, the 2/3's have to be milled out on the inside of the body, it's a smaller diameter on the inside near the bottom and acts like a stop. I'd you dremel/mill the inside a bit, you could spin them past the bottom of the body like V1's.

The V1's had just a small tab.

[vwluger22]

Having same issue with my V3s!

BUMP

me to have the same v3s In to see what he does

TeamZleep and I told you what to do. But here is a couple of pics of my car to show you how low it goes. btw the rear is with both collars and spun all the way down.

[Sammyscenepoints]

1- Pull out coils.

2- Sell coils.

3- Buy FKs.

[tomshouse516]

1- Pull out coils.

2- Sell coils.

3- Buy FKs.

truth, buy some ground control camber plates while your at it.

[killa rabbit]

TeamZleep and I told you what to do. But here is a couple of pics of my car to show you how low it goes. btw the rear is with both collars and spun all the way down.

what size tires u running?

[vwluger22]

195/45/17

[dehkiddneto]

Truth. I now have bilstien sports in the rear because of this. Tbh, the rear shocks on ksports are kinda meh anyways.

It's not the front shock that needs to be threaded, it's the body they screw into. Problem is after the V1's, the 2/3's have to be milled out on the inside of the body, it's a smaller diameter on the inside near the bottom and acts like a stop. I'd you dremel/mill the inside a bit, you could spin them past the bottom of the body like V1's.

The V1's had just a small tab.

This. well said. I am in the same situation as OP and brought my front springs all the way down but it was such a ****ty ride. Selling these and getting H&R's!

[TeamZleep]

This. well said. I am in the same situation as OP and brought my front springs all the way down but it was such a ****ty ride. Selling these and getting H&R's!

See... I've had a set of V2's and my current V1's. The V2's weren't Bad at all, just took a lot of tweaking of the dampening when the ride height was achieved. Only thing not custom about my V1's are the front shocks and rear perches... I have linear springs with custom rates F&R, and bilstiens. I will say the custom setup destroys the ride comfort/stiffness of the V2's...

But then again I knew what I wanted (after being on 8 different suspension setups in the last 4 years...).

[SmithersSP]

Im pretty low and I love my Ksports! They ride like my old Eibach springs. I have the dampening in the middle all the way around though. Couldn't be happier with them!

[bassmanjosh]

smaller wheels might be step 1 for more low.

[f_399]

should be similar. the bottom piece can machined wider so you can spin it so the whole strut gets shorter. besides getting lower it will give the shock more travel. better ride


with mine, it stops " threading"at the red line. i had a machine shop make the section all the way to the bottom wider so it can go in further and thus making the shock shorter


charlie hays did it first and this is the outcome, not on air:

[dehkiddneto]

should be similar. the bottom piece can machined wider so you can spin it so the whole strut gets shorter. besides getting lower it will give the shock more travel. better ride


with mine, it stops " threading"at the red line. i had a machine shop make the section all the way to the bottom wider so it can go in further and thus making the shock shorter

charlie hays did it first and this is the outcome, not on air:

Can be done with V3's you think?

[f_399]

spin the bottom piece completely out and see what you have to work with.

the older one had a smaller bottom piece because the sway link wasn't incorporated into it, it was separate

[dehkiddneto]

spin the bottom piece completely out and see what you have to work with.

the older one had a smaller bottom piece because the sway link wasn't incorporated into it, it was separate

This really is the only way to go without sacrificing the wonderful ride ksports give
Taking them out this weekend! Thanks man

[Im not Av.]

Here is what i did


Took out the bottom orange locking collar, and those two sets of metal rings on the top and bottom of the strut. Sitting a few mm under 23ftg front on a 215/40 on an 8.5

[leriderx]

should be similar. the bottom piece can machined wider so you can spin it so the whole strut gets shorter. besides getting lower it will give the shock more travel. better ride

with mine, it stops " threading"at the red line. i had a machine shop make the section all the way to the bottom wider so it can go in further and thus making the shock shorter

charlie hays did it first and this is the outcome, not on air:

With all that meat been taking out, does this part will still be strong. Because after some measurment, i'm not sure if 1mm and a hafl will be strong enought

[dehkiddneto]

With all that meat been taking out, does this part will still be strong. Because after some measurment, i'm not sure if 1mm and a hafl will be strong enought

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[KyleCrish]

i need ksports..

[vwluger22]

With all that meat been taking out, does this part will still be strong. Because after some measurment, i'm not sure if 1mm and a hafl will be strong enought

I wonder if the strut on V1 had a smaller diameter giving the part milled out just enough meat???

i need ksports..

No you dont mine are ready to go in the trash after two winters the anti corrision is a joke. Time for H&R ultra lows with life time warrenty since I am sick of buying parts for my K sports, something with less moving parts aswell.

[TheHeggz]

With all that meat been taking out, does this part will still be strong.

[TeamZleep]

No you dont mine are ready to go in the trash after two winters the anti corrision is a joke. Time for H&R ultra lows with life time warrenty since I am sick of buying parts for my K sports, something with less moving parts aswell.

Huh... Mine are fine.