So at the moment my car is on Ground Controls with Koni Yellows, spring rate is 700 all around. The konis havent been revalved. My ride quality has become shit since I lowered the rear, nice on smoother roads but as soon as there a bump or transition you feel it and youll bounce inside the car. I plan on cutting the rear bump stops to get a little more travel (thats what im thinking is causing it) but whats the secret to decent ride quality and stiff suspension?
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Most of the ride quality comes from the valving of the shock. The shock, dampens the impact of a "bump" or a compression and without the proper amount of resistance, most of the force is transferred to the spring and and shoots the car back up after a compression and back down for a vicious circle until it settles. So long story short, you need a re valve for 700 lbs springs if you want it to ride good. Anything over 100lbs in spring rate change is going to need a revalve and if those shocks are for a factory or close to factory e28 and given GC's preference to softer valving i would suspect they are several 100's of pounds out of spec.
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