Hey, the FD that I bought has KONI adjustable-dampeners on it and the front tires (Bridgestone Potenza S-03's) seem to be touching the inside of the front-fenders on hard turns, curling the metal outwards (as can be seen in the pics).









What is strange is the front driver's-side fender is lowest to the tire (when all 4 dampeneres are adjusted to the same level). I also observed when trying to adjust the dampeners with the KONI-**** that the front driver's-side rod leaked a bit of oil when I began the adjustments (the small oil-leak was brief and ceased after several seconds); the oil was transparent, odorous, and of thin consistency (there was no oil-leak from the other 3 rods).

My question is why is the front driver's-side lower than the others? (the car has a clean title)

Is the small oil-leak from the front driver's-side dampener abnormal?

How can I fix the front dampeners so that they are of equal height and no longer touch the inside of the fenders? (without down-sizing my front tires)

 

Did you replace the upper rubber mount? I had the same issue, but not nearly that bad. Change your upper rubber mount

 

This isn't the fault of the Konis.

The left side of the vehicle is always lower; all FD are like this.

The lip rubbing problem is either too low ride height, wrong offset wheel, wrong tire size or perhaps a combination of all three. It's not the shock's fault.

 

What size front tires?

 

Along with what the others said....adjusting the **** at the top adjusts the rebound damping of the shock. It has nothing to do with ride height.

 

Welcome to the world of lowered FD's with aftermarket wheels.

Sorry, but your best bet is to get the fenders rolled and repaired.

 

Mine rubber like a mother with the stockers and a 225/50/16 until I replaced the upper mount.

 

Adjusting the shock rebound will not affect the rubbing.

The Koni shocks do allow some minor ride height adjustment, though. The lower spring perch can be set in one of three positions. I would start by making shure yours are on the highest perch. Note that you must remove the shock (or maybe just compress the spring? I am not sure) to change the spring perch position.

-Max