Help! How to adjust HKS front coilovers

[jmac]

Hey everyone, was wondering if someone could help me. I'm a fairly recent R34 GT-T owner and it came with (amongst other things) HKS Hyper-D adjustable coilover suspension.

This is one of the older models mainly for drift or drag I believe???

Of course it's absolutely rock hard for our roads but I noticed two knobs sticking out through the rear parcel shelf and sure enough they have 12 clicks to them when turned, with quite a noticeable increase in comfort on maximum soft (both set to maximum hard off the boat of course). Still probably too hard for optimal road use but they'll have to do for now.

Problem is - I still suspect that the fronts are also set quite hard and would like to adjust them too. *Understeer bad....*

I managed to pull one of the knob-key adjuster things out of the rear parcel shelf but on sticking in the hole in the top of the front coilover and turning it doesn't seem to do much....

So, question - how do I adjust the damping rate on the fronts? Am I on the right track? I don't want to mess with the height for now, just the rate.

Some photos attached, anyone who can help?

Cheers!

[Guest DIRTgarage]

Hey everyone, was wondering if someone could help me.  I'm a fairly recent R34 GT-T owner and it came with (amongst other things) HKS Hyper-D adjustable coilover suspension.

This is one of the older models mainly for drift or drag I believe???

Of course it's absolutely rock hard for our roads but I noticed two knobs sticking out through the rear parcel shelf and sure enough they have 12 clicks to them when turned, with quite a noticeable increase in comfort on maximum soft (both set to maximum hard off the boat of course).  Still probably too hard for optimal road use but they'll have to do for now.

Problem is - I still suspect that the fronts are also set quite hard and would like to adjust them too.  *Understeer bad....*

I managed to pull one of the knob-key adjuster things out of the rear parcel shelf but on sticking in the hole in the top of the front coilover and turning it doesn't seem to do much....

So, question - how do I adjust the damping rate on the fronts?  Am I on the right track?  I don't want to mess with the height for now, just the rate.

Some photos attached, anyone who can help?

Cheers!

pretty sure the rears are square and the fronts are hex. 3mm i think maybe 4.

hope this helps.

[jmac]

pretty sure the  rears  are square and the fronts are hex. 3mm i think maybe 4.

hope this helps.

thanks, will try it once i can actually find an allen key long enough!

[jmac]

thanks, will try it once i can actually find an allen key long enough!

A nice long 3mm hex allen key worked fine... thanks

[BOOSTD]

how does the car ride now? is it still way to hard?

[jmac]

how does the car ride now? is it still way to hard?

yeah, still too hard for road use IMO. smooth roads it's nice but a maybe little too much body roll, but hit some bumps and you just sorta jiggle and bob around not knowing if you're gonna understeer off the road or suddenly get some tail-out.

basically on your average crappy brisbane road (lots and lots of bumps) it just isn't developing the grip and doesn't give me confidence to push it 100%...

gonna have to save my $$$ and get it sorted properly, will feedback once i do.