KSport Coilovers: All About 'Em

[der Geist]

Originally Posted by chris7676

Is there an easy way of accessing the camber plate adjusters once the coilovers are on the car? I have a very similar setup- Cross Coilovers and the access is quite hard through the small top-mount hole where the strut bolts to.

you can get to them but not easily with an "L" shaped hex wrench. If you grind a little off the short side it's a little easier. The guy who did my alignment was cursing like a sailor the whole time but he was able to get it all dialed in perfectly.

[Bigsmoothlee]

Great old thread, I just read the whole thing. What is the max front camber possible with the k sports set at the maximum position? Can I get at least 3° without gt3 lower control arms?

[gandrade1]

Originally Posted by insite

they're $1,000 SHIPPED

So much for the great price...not even 1 year later and the price now seems to be $1,600... :troll:

Plus I cant find all the spring options...
Am I looking in the right place Ksport Website ?

All the best,
Gus

[Brad Roberts]

and for $600 more you can get a remote canister double adjustable JRZ with spring plates and springs of your choice! (16 way rebound and 15 way bump) PLUS adjust the canister pressure

I still have not seen ANY of these on a track car (I average 15 days a month at a track events and AutoX events 12 months out of the year)


B

[RandallNeighbour]

Gus, the spring change option is not something you will find on Ksport's web site. You simply ask the reseller to order them from Ksport for you with the rates you request.

Pity they're so expensive now. I'd save a couple of hundred more and get PSS9's or the over the top ones Brad is talking about.

Hey Brad, where would the cylinder be located on a boxster? I see them zip tied to the rollbars in GT3's at the track but wouldn't know where to locate them on a boxster.

[Brad Roberts]

PSS9 pricing has gone up also!!

Randall,

the front JRZ's have the canister "fixed" to the strut tube. In the rear, you can use an "adele" clamp and mount it in the fenderwell. I have asked them for longer lines to the rear canisters so I can mount them in the trunk. They said NO problem!

FYI: the pics below are of a CaymanS install, but the shocks are configured the same. You can see the canister mounted on the front shock.


Damn.. I hate that.. now "linking" the pics ...

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Hey Brad, where would the cylinder be located on a boxster? I see them zip tied to the rollbars in GT3's at the track but wouldn't know where to locate them on a boxster.

I've got mine mounted in the rear trunk:



and in the front trunk:



Kirk

[tommy986]

Originally Posted by gandrade1

So much for the great price...not even 1 year later and the price now seems to be $1,600... :troll:

Plus I cant find all the spring options...
Am I looking in the right place Ksport Website ?

All the best,
Gus

They are still selling on Ebay for $1088 from several sellers.

[RandallNeighbour]

Tommy, you are correct!

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37.l1313&satitle=ksport+kontrol+coilovers+boxster&category0=

[seafeye]

I noticed the spring rates for the Ksports are 296/502 now.

A lot more oversteer now?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/96-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-Boxster-Ksport-Coilover_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4cedf31b37QQit emZ330409646903QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5 fAccessories

[cheetah]

Are these spring rates ok for a daily driver? I hate cars that feel like a pogo stick.

Originally Posted by seafeye

I noticed the spring rates for the Ksports are 296/502 now.

A lot more oversteer now?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/96-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-Boxster-Ksport-Coilover_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4cedf31b37QQit emZ330409646903QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5 fAccessories

[RandallNeighbour]

OK Ksport fans.

I think my coilover top mounts or worn bushings are creaking/rattling on our crappy Houston roads. Anyone else with a couple of years on their Ksports experience this? If so, what was the cause?

This is driving me crazy and I don't want to disassemble my entire suspension on a witch hunt...

[der Geist]

Hey Randall-

My Ksports are still going strong. I have had to replace a couple of the hydraulic pistons but they are pretty cheap and not too difficult to do with an impact wrench. Make sure that you haven't blown a seal they'll make a racket when you hit a bump if they have.The pillow ball mounts are still in great shape and I average about 4 DE's per year and those are pretty tough on them. Plus the Ohio roads gotta be worse than whatever you have in Houston.

I get some creaking from the springs but I don't think there is much you can do about that. I replaced the nylon washers and that did help a bit but I will still get an occasional pop on a combo incline/extreme turn like when pulling in my driveway. If you have lowered it take into account that will stress the hydraulics quite a bit more. Less piston travel and more pressure. Replacement parts are pretty cheap though and the guys at Ksport on Phoenix are very helpful. I would recommend that you give them a call and discuss the problems you are having, I'm sure that they can help you pinpoint it. If it's a loud "thunk" when you hit a bump or dip the piston is probably bottoming out and will need to be replaced. I think new ones are about $100.00 each. They have redesigned them and the newer black ones are much better than the ones I originally got.

Happy New Year Randall

Edit-
I forgot to mention that you might want to check your lower control arms as well. I just replaced mine with the Vertex rebuilt ones. Very happy with them and they have replaceable ball joints. I also did all the sway bar links. Best price was on Amazon. That surprised me.

[j.fro]

Lee,
I'm at -3.4 up front and -3.2 rear. The rears are about maxed out, but the fronts could go a lot farther.

[The Radium King]

quick question - you folks getting an adequate track alignment on a lowered csr with these things without using adjustable rear toe control arms? thanks.

[Brad Roberts]

Your answer depends on ride height

[Bigsmoothlee]

Originally Posted by j.fro

Lee,
I'm at -3.4 up front and -3.2 rear. The rears are about maxed out, but the fronts could go a lot farther.

Sounds like I can avoid buying GT3 lower control arms this autoX season. Thanks

Originally Posted by Brad Roberts

Your answer depends on ride height

I dont plan to go very low at all, maybe 1/2"-3/4" lower than stock. I prefer to sacrifice the benefits of a lower ride height for tires that stick out of the fenders, in this case, 275s on 17X9s on all four corners (Im running old cup1 rims).

[Stroked & Blown]

It looks like the installation PDFs Insite attached back in 2008 have disappeared.
Does anyone have copies that they can re-post?

[j.fro]

I did have to get adjustable rear toe control arms. The front worked out fine. I'm about 1.5" lower than stock, riding on 275 35 18 rear and 245 35 18 front NT01 tires. The car was aligned using Smart Strings with zero toe up front and maybe 1 mm total toe in the rear. Have a look at my solution for front adjustability...

I should probably be concerned with how OK I am with using a die grinder on my car, but I'm not.

[Bigsmoothlee]

Hahaha, you're nuts! I did the same thing on a friends VW MKV GTI, it looks like the only way to adjust camber.