2013/04/03 20:41:26
Steve_A
My KW V3's have finally arrived, big thanks to Dylan from Gorilla industries for organising these for me!! They will be going on the car next Tuesday and I can't wait to see how they perform.
 
 
I'm constantly getting leaves coming through the air system in the car so this new wiper cowl will take care of that once I've installed the black mesh in the two holes you can see below, and it was a good excuse to get some carbon fibre haha
 
I'll post up some more pics once everything is installed.
2013/04/03 20:52:21
beagle_senior
will be interested how the coilovers go mate, have been pondering these for some time now
2013/04/03 21:13:08
Mrskylighter
The CF cowl looks awesome. Is that a madpsi one? Looks like its for a LHD car though???
2013/04/03 21:31:01
Steve_A
Yep thats right its from madpsi, I got it cheap with the ducktail bootlid. I will have to swap in LHD wipers for it, I haven't really checked how legal that is, but ah well. The other option is to go for a single wiper conversion but I'm not sure which way I'll go yet.
2013/04/03 21:53:15
IMR22C
The KW's are awesome mate, make sure you have a fiddle around with the bound and rebound rates. The factory rates are pretty stiff for daily driving, took me over a year to get around to adjusting them and I regret not doing them sooner. Rides very comfortably now and handles even better...
 
Also make sure your hub bolts are tight! I'm talking breaker bar with a pipe for leverage on it tight. The slots in the coilovers where the hubs bolt can quickly come out of adjustment with a bad pothole or two (not sure if other coilovers are like this), potentially causing your tyre to rub on the coilover. Bad situation that a few of us have been in.
I went as far as welding mine to get rid of the slot.
2013/04/03 22:00:03
Steve_A
Thanks for the heads up mate, I'll make sure I spend some extra time getting them nice and tight! Did you weld yours up after it happened to you a couple times or just do it straight up so it was never an issue?
2013/04/03 22:03:33
IMR22C
Nah I had it come out of adjustment, scored the coilover pretty bad and put a nice deep scratch into the sidewall of my tyre.
 
There's pics in my showroom thread, wasn't pretty.
2013/04/04 03:40:26
Dudeman
Steve_A
 I will have to swap in LHD wipers for it, I haven't really checked how legal that is, but ah well. 




 
With the linkages, and whatever else. Get someone to drive you around during heavy rain with you in the passenger seat - thats how good the coverage is going to be.
2013/04/04 12:46:05
Steve_A
Looks like I'll be going for the single wiper conversion instead, installation is supposedly pretty simple just a little tight on space.
2013/04/04 13:05:58
dylmrt
lookin sweet steve. Let me know how it all goes!
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