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inark Grand Master

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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? :D

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inark Grand Master

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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? :D

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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.

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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

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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 :P.

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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

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