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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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KW's Who's tired of em?
In my apparent never ending search for wheels I've decided I hate my KW's.


thats all.
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 08:58 PM
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do they not clear the wheels in the front as i have heard before or is if for some other reason?
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 10:28 PM
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Always tired of them
I've always hated them...they just try too hard to look tough. The car speaks for itself. Dump 'em--high school is over.
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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a friend of mine had to replace his shocks on his KWs with the usage of under a few thousand miles. It started to leak.
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...a panty dropper...
You would think spending so much on some coilovers that you would get a great part but it doesnt look so promising!! only 3000miles!!! Thats crazy!!
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lol...my friend who had KW V2 on his E46 had one of his front strut broken in two just driving on the freeway.
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...a panty dropper...
Originally Posted by FrankW
lol...my friend who had KW V2 on his E46 had one of his front strut broken in two just driving on the freeway.
If that happened to me I wouldnt just have to replace the strut but the drivers seat too since it would be covered in, well you know haha!!
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If that happened to me I wouldnt just have to replace the strut but the drivers seat too since it would be covered in, well you know haha!!
it somehow remained together of two half of the sleaves until he took the pressure off the car.
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So far so good with my KW's V2's. Work great and have had them for about 9months
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Are there many alternitaves? Pss9, H+R's...I think thats it, no?
Sorry to hear the bad experiance!
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Originally Posted by sweet jones
why?

do they not clear the wheels in the front as i have heard before or is if for some other reason?
yeah gotta get spacers yet again. if they weren't designed like a football i'd be able to throw the wheels on already.

Originally Posted by FraKctured
I've always hated them...they just try too hard to look tough. The car speaks for itself. Dump 'em--high school is over.
not sure what this post means but i interpret it as a failed attempt to insult.

Originally Posted by advans
a friend of mine had to replace his shocks on his KWs with the usage of under a few thousand miles. It started to leak.
i've heard of this before too, mine are going strong still and i've got like 40,000 miles on them!

Originally Posted by BigBodyBenzC240
You would think spending so much on some coilovers that you would get a great part but it doesnt look so promising!! only 3000miles!!! Thats crazy!!
agreed 100%

Originally Posted by FrankW
lol...my friend who had KW V2 on his E46 had one of his front strut broken in two just driving on the freeway.
damn... musta been some serious hard driving

Originally Posted by Mikegpr03
So far so good with my KW's V2's. Work great and have had them for about 9months
yeah i've had mine on for almost 2 years now, they still feel great and as far as i can tell work great. its just the whole buying tires to fit around the suspension and wheels and spacers and gahhhhhh!!

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Are there many alternitaves? Pss9, H+R's...I think thats it, no?
Sorry to hear the bad experiance!
I think thats it also. There's nothing wrong with the stock suspension in terms of performance, the only thing I wanted was the ability to change ride height. I love rollin low, and wish I could sit lower.
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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throw a couple fatties on the back-that'll let you ride lower
sounds like you need a complete JRZ set up!
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Cannonball, Im just curious, how often do you adjust the ride height of your car?
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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Cannonball, Im just curious, how often do you adjust the ride height of your car?
I've adjusted it probably 5 times or so. why do you ask?
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nope...my friend was just a cruiser type of guy. The shock/strut casing just cracked open and bent for no reason. we only noticed it after going "why the heck is one side of your car lower?"
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Originally Posted by cannonball55
I've adjusted it probably 5 times or so. why do you ask?
I figure if you didnt adjust the height THAT often, that maybe you would be better off as a aftermarket spring/damper guy. Ya can go pretty low w/ those set ups and not have to deal w/ the added offset requirements up front. Thats all - could open up your choices in wheels!
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by TruTaing
I figure if you didnt adjust the height THAT often, that maybe you would be better off as a aftermarket spring/damper guy. Ya can go pretty low w/ those set ups and not have to deal w/ the added offset requirements up front. Thats all - could open up your choices in wheels!
who makes the best springs for our cars?
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who makes the best springs for our cars?
I'm trying to figure that one out... all I can find is H&R and RennTech springs. I started a thread about the H&Rs and if anyone has a picture of how much the springs alone will drop the car. From my research RennTech no longer makes springs for the C55 because of the negative camber it caused.
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I'm trying to figure that one out... all I can find is H&R and RennTech springs. I started a thread about the H&Rs and if anyone has a picture of how much the springs alone will drop the car. From my research RennTech no longer makes springs for the C55 because of the negative camber it caused.
any time you lower the car the camber will become more negative than stock. nothing to do with why RENNtech spot selling the springs. They stopped because people in general thought they were too expensive.
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any time you lower the car the camber will become more negative than stock. nothing to do with why RENNtech spot selling the springs. They stopped because people in general thought they were too expensive.
Of course, I was stating what I read in an old forum post...I can't find it at the moment, but the poster stated they called RENNtech and they claim they discontinued production because of the excessive negative camber.
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Originally Posted by alboogiee
Of course, I was stating what I read in an old forum post...I can't find it at the moment, but the poster stated they called RENNtech and they claim they discontinued production because of the excessive negative camber.
I'm pretty sure any company would blame something other than the overpricing of an item..
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true. true....so should i just do the kw v2's and get it over with?
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I'm pretty sure any company would blame something other than the overpricing of an item..
ahh, touché sir.
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