Ideal settings for kyb agx

[tsitalon03]

I just got my kyb agx's in the mail today. For now, I'm gonna use them with my stock springs. Before I install them, what setting should they be at front and rear for dd ?

 

[bedlam]

my buddy set is at max for a little bit. His is a DD. He also used to drive a truck so he was used to it. I am not sure what he changed his setting to, or if he even did.

 

[belize1334]

Mine were more harsh at min then they were at max. Then I read a post by a guy who did shock-dyno testing of basically every type of shock under the sun. He concluded that the settings on AGXs were MEANINGLESS and that sometimes moving the setting toward soft made the shock stiffer and visa versa and that the individual settings weren't even repeatable. That is, if you start at 3 and then turn it to 1 and then turn it to 6 and then back to 3 you'll find that the stiffness is totally different than it was when you started...

All that goes to say, just put them all the same and forget about the idea of adjustability.

 

[Hubbard 0]

Mine were more harsh at min then they were at max. Then I read a post by a guy who did shock-dyno testing of basically every type of shock under the sun. He concluded that the settings on AGXs were MEANINGLESS and that sometimes moving the setting toward soft made the shock stiffer and visa versa and that the individual settings weren't even repeatable. That is, if you start at 3 and then turn it to 1 and then turn it to 6 and then back to 3 you'll find that the stiffness is totally different than it was when you started...

All that goes to say, just put them all the same and forget about the idea of adjustability.

Haha, I just read that same site and was going to paraphrase almost exactly what you just did.

 

[HadesOmega]

Just set it for the type of ride you want. If you want softer make the numbers lower, if you want stiffer put it higher. On my RS when I drove it on the street I would go 2 front and 8 rear and 1 front and 8 rear when I went drifting. Oh but your AWD so not sure there. Just remember if the rear is stiffer you get more oversteer and if the front is stiffer you get more understeer. And you have a 2G AWD so it probably still understeers like a mofo.

But I guess for starters the obvious is make sure the front are the same number as each side and the same for the rears. Also install the rears with dial facing outwards so you can adjust if more easily. With my 2GB GS wheel I can stick my hand through the spokes and adjust em

Since you have stock springs I would just jack up the dampening all the way.

 

[tsitalon03]

Thanks for the info. If the install goes well I'm thinking of going 2 front 4 rear for starters.