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KW Update and Refurbishing Service for our S13 Drift Grip Project Car!

Posted on May 7, 2023May 7, 2023
byMike Kojima

We had gotten a set of excellent GKTech suspension parts for our project S13 and had finished welding up, reinforcing, and relocating the lower control arms pick-up points on the…

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How to Adjust Your Shocks, Part Two- Double Adjustable Shocks

Posted on March 5, 2023March 5, 2023
byMike Kojima

In our first article of this series, I talked about the very basics of shock adjustment in general, basic shock damping technology, and how to adjust single adjustable shocks. For…

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How to Adjust Your Shocks, Part One- Single Adjustable Shocks

Posted on February 5, 2023March 5, 2023
byMike Kojima

A lot of the art of shock adjustment is seemingly pretty basic, but as a Motorsports Engineer and someone who is hired frequently to sort out ill-handling cars, I have…

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Subaru WRX Econo Suspension! Part 2

Posted on July 21, 2022
byMike Kojima

We had last left our GD WRX with the front suspension mods from ST Suspension and Whiteline. Now it’s time to finish the installation at the rear suspension and get…

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Subaru WRX Econo Suspension! Part 1

Posted on July 19, 2022July 19, 2022
byMike Kojima

A lot of what you see here at MotoIQ are often really high-end mods that many people can just dream about or are so high performance and track level that…

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Street Friendly (And California Legal) GD Subaru STI Build! Part Two Streetable Suspension

Posted on May 15, 2022
byMike Kojima

In our first story on our practical daily STI build, we worked over the worn OEM brakes with DBA rotors and Hawk Performance Pads adding a Cobb short shifter into…

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KW 3-Way Clubsports for the Evo IX. The Ultimate, All Weather, Daily Driving Shocks!

Posted on May 3, 2022
byMike Kojima

In the past, to get 3-way adjustable damping on your car, you need to invest in really high-dollar sophisticated race-grade dampers. The trouble with this kind of shock is that…

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Feal Suspension 442, The Best Sentra B Chassis Shocks!: Tested on the K24 powered NX2000

Posted on November 9, 2021
byFrank Ewald

There are so many options for suspensions systems that it is challenging to make a decision. Unless however, you have a Nissan B13 and then the choices are reduced…

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Tune your OEM Active Suspension with DSC Sport’s Suspension Controller

Posted on October 24, 2021November 8, 2021
byMike Kojima

Many of today’s higher-end sports cars and sports sedans have active damper control. The factories engineers use this active control to tune the suspension in the same way that we…

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WATCH: UNBREAKABLE Tundra Suspension Upgrades!

Posted on September 24, 2021
byJeff Naeyaert

We got a little ham fisted and heavy footed the last time we went offroading. Some bent wheels and suspension parts later we’re improving the shop truck to handle…

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ST Suspension’s 3-Way Adjustable XTA Plus 3 Coilovers for the E92 BMW M3

Posted on September 12, 2021September 16, 2021
byMike Kojima

ST Suspension has released an exciting new product that we think will set the suspension market on edge, the affordable 3-way adjustable coilover! Previously having 3-way damping adjustment was something…

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WATCH: Why The C8 Corvette Sucks.. and how we’re fixing it!

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021
byJeff Naeyaert

In this video we’re back under our Project C8 addressing some of the few shortcomings we’ve found in the new C8 Corvette! With the help of an Essex Racing…

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Camaro ZL-1 Handling fix with KW Suspension

Posted on August 8, 2021
byMike Kojima

The ZL-1 Camaro with the 1LE package is Chevrolet’s top-of-the-line performance model. The ILE option package after a brief hiatus returned to the 5th generation Camaro from 2013…

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Project Viper: Part 13 – Lowering the car with KW Coilovers

Posted on July 28, 2021
byBilly Johnson

2nd Generation Vipers desperately need to be lowered. We accomplished this with a set of coilovers from KW Suspension. The Viper’s stock suspension is actually quite good. The ride quality…

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Project Tundra: Assembling the Ultimate Off Road Drop In Suspension!

Posted on June 1, 2021June 9, 2021
byMike Kojima

After installing and testing our Icon Vehicle Dynamics Stage 10 plus suspension in previous chapters of our Project Tundra build, we were super impressed with how well it performed, the…

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Project Toyota Tundra: Improving the Suspension with Icon (again)

Posted on April 4, 2021April 5, 2021
byMike Kojima

We have been off-roading in our Tundra much more frequently lately and with our new suspension, we discovered something interesting about high performance off road suspension. When going fast over…

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WATCH: MEGA Suspension Tech Session with Ohlins USA

Posted on February 26, 2021February 27, 2021
byJeff Naeyaert

What happens when you put two suspension engineers in the same room? Come find out as our head nerd talks suspension technology with the chief engineer at Ohlins USA.…

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KW Suspension Trackfest/Tech Expo 2020

Posted on February 25, 2021March 2, 2021
byMike Kojima

With the 2020 SEMA show canceled due to the Covid pandemic, KW Suspension, in lieu of having their SEMA booth decided to bring a bit of a trade show to…

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WATCH: Is ST Suspension the best Budget Coilover for the BMW E46?

Posted on February 12, 2021
byJeff Naeyaert

See what you get for $900 as we take a look at and install the ST coilover kit for the BMW E46. We’ll go over its features and reasons…

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WATCH: How Ohlins TTR 4-way Damper Works!

Posted on January 29, 2021
byJeff Naeyaert

Just a few weeks before Covid shut everything down we got a chance to tour the Ohlins USA facility in Hendersonville, North Carolina. In this video Mike sits down…

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WATCH: Ohlins TTX 36 Damper Dissection!

Posted on December 20, 2020December 21, 2020
byJeff Naeyaert

If you got here from our Ohlins facility tour video then you know what you’re about to see! If not, in this video Brad from Ohlins shows our Mike Kojima…

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Helping Out Rob Dahm, Then Double Driveshaft Explosion while Launching the AWD 4 Rotor!

Posted on November 3, 2020October 30, 2020
byMike Kojima

We have been helping Rob Dahm get the suspension sorted on his amazing 1400 hp 4 rotor AWD FD RX7. Things were looking good and its seems like we got…

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Giving a Hand to Rob Dahm and His Monster AWD 4 Rotor FD

Posted on October 21, 2020
byMike Kojima

We were honored to give a small hand to Rob Dahm in setting up the chassis of his awesome AWD, 1400 HP Garrett boosted 4 rotor FD RX-7. Right now…

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Inside KW Suspensions Solid Piston Shock Technology

Posted on September 13, 2020
byMike Kojima

We were recently at KW Suspensions North American headquarters for some new product training and we got to take apart some of their latest technology, the innovative solid piston damper.…

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Inside KW Suspensions New EXR valve system!

Posted on August 9, 2020
byMike Kojima

hys·ter·e·sis /ˌhistəˈrēsis/ noun The phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it. Reducing hysteresis is something that shock designers have worked…

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WATCH: Icon Vehicle Dynamics Stage 10 suspension install on our Tundra!

Posted on July 17, 2020
byJeff Naeyaert

Follow us as we take you through our install of Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension system for the Toyota Tundra as we explain how it works, how to adjust…

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Project Tundra, Installing the Ultimate Bolt On Off Road Suspension From Icon Vehicle Dynamics Part 2

Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020
byMike Kojima

In our last article we explained how the different components of our Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension system that we would be installing on Project Tundra worked. In this weeks story,…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 29 – You’re in Figs Army now.

Posted on June 17, 2020
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 29 – You’re in Figs Army now. by Erik Jacobs Well, it’s been another few months, and I still haven’t driven the SC300. So, why…

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Project Tundra, Installing the Ultimate Bolt On Off Road Suspension From Icon Vehicle Dynamics Part 1

Posted on May 31, 2020June 1, 2020
byMike Kojima

It’s been a long time in between updates for Project Tundra. Most of the time Project Tundra is the garage’s muscle. Moving big parts and towing cars is what it’s…

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Project Acura RSX Sleeper, Buttoning Up the Project With Suspension!

Posted on March 29, 2020
byMike Kojima

We left off in our last edition of Project DC5 RSX with some killer brakes by Stoptech that brought our cars stopping power in line with our fantastic 300 whp…

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How Does the Ohlins DFV Valve Work?

Posted on March 24, 2020March 26, 2020
byMike Kojima

A few weeks ago we were visiting the North American facilities of Ohlins Advanced Suspension Technology, Ohlins USA for a special look inside Ohlins’ operations and to be able to…

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What is an Inverted Shaft Strut?

Posted on March 16, 2020March 18, 2020
byMike Kojima

As a suspension guy, lately, I have been asked what is an inverted MacPherson strut a whole bunch of times. So I concluded that I had better write something about…