KONI shock absorbers are hardly a rarity at SCCA events. Their performance and price make them a winning combination for enthusiasts looking to maximize their #funwithcars at autocrosses, track events, Time Trials, road races, and even RallyCrosses and RoadRallys. While KONI dampers check the box for many, there are details you need to know before heading to an event – to that end, KONI recently produced videos to help with those specifics.

In one video, Mason O’Hara, KONI’s Technical Sales Representative, tackles a topic that may seem basic, but is actually vital for performance and safety: What happens if you install a spring seat upside down on a circlip-outfitted KONI shock?

“Within our Steet, our Sport, and our Special Active product lines, several different models use what we call a removable spring-cert – it’s located by the circlip mounted into a groove located on the shock body,” O’Hara explains. “The correct way to install this spring seat – if you take a note on the seat itself, one side of it has a specifically milled groove that, when installed onto the shock, captures fully the circlip, keeping everything nice, tight, and in place.”

Flipping the spring seat the incorrect way reveals no groove to capture the circlip, which can lead to a safety issue should the seat be installed incorrectly.

In another video, O’Hara tackles the recommended initial setting and tuning technique for adjustable KONI dampers like the Sport.

“It’s actually our recommendation to…install your KONI Sport shocks right at the full soft setting out of the box,” O’Hara says. “That gets you the benefits of feeling and experiencing the valving that our KONI engineers have designed specifically for your vehicle. And then maybe if you’ve got a set of aftermarket lowering springs or you drive the car a bit more spiritedly, adjusting the shock a half to one full turn is where most people find their comfort zone.”

O’Hara says that most people will make shock adjustments by quarter or half turn increments until they find the sweet spot for their setup, although he does add that there is no single best adjustment setting for any shock, as that depends on driving style as well as the roads and tracks being driven.

More KONI videos can be found on KONI’s Facebook page.