I had such high hopes for the V3

 

yeah me too, I'm a sucker for underdogs. I think it worked fine for me. understeer in general was still what's slowed me down for autox especially as I get more grip on all 4 wheels

 

I bought mine on advice of someone that was very successful on them. At the time there were people that were revalving them. As soon as I bought mine and started looking to have it done, BOOM. Nobody was doing it any more. I even know a guy at KW, here in town, and not even they would touch them. Only Clubsport and above. The V3 absolutely S U C K E D in stock form. Horrible spring rates, valved too conservative to run anything stiffer.
I took a DEEP discount when selling. Damn it

 

I eventually had 900lb springs and it seems ok but honestly I'm normally braking well into the turn, my shocks dont get a chance to work Driving style is a huge factor in getting the shocks to work for you is what I'm thinking. No 'enthusiast' with Ohlins has beaten me yet lol. I bought it new for around 1700 so not bad
That youtuber EvolutionAutocrosser mentioned on FB hes sending his V3 to KW in CA, Waiting to see if he actually reached someone to work on it

 

Yes, KW is here where I live. I'm in Fresno, they are in Sanger, about 25mins away. The development team told me they do not support (valve for desired spring rates) the V3 as it's not one of their motorsports shocks. This was about four years ago, though. Maybe something has changed. I haven't asked about the V3s since. I'm pretty sure they said they also don't do rebuilds, but that seems odd, so I may be remembering wrong. Ask to talk to Frank Vasquez and tell him Jason Hansen sent you. Not to drop names, just that he'll then know where you are coming from (Evo, goals, etc), so may expedite the process a bit.
If you work something out and I can help, let me know. It's super easy for me to run over there, if you need help.
The guys at KW are REALLY awesome to deal with, so I really, really wish I used their stuff.

 

KW V3 were BY FAR the worst coilovers I have ever owned. Never again. I was faster and more confident with my $900 Apexi china coilovers that I had before them.

 

I think they would be a great street coilover if they didn't have so many adjustments LOL. I mean.. WHO TF needs a triple-adjustable coilover for the street?

 

For basically the same price, Ohlins are soooo much better.

I'm getting another set of Ohlins for my Supra. Although I have started thinking bad thoughts and maybe going up another level to MCS...

 

I didn't ever ride in an Evo with them but the Subi I drove with those was super harsh on KW V3s. Like low speed compression ramped up way to fast or something. It was terrible to drive.

I don't know if theyve done different things since then but the KW v3 for my Tesla ride pretty great. It was a massive upgrade over the stock stock shocks.

 

Really? LOL I won ASP Texas National tour against p-cars with veteran drivers with them. Honestly I cant tell what a good shock is. Maybe the V3 was more in my mediocre level, I dont throw the steering wheel like I see some pros do

 

seriously my new KW v3 was $1700 on ebay 10years ago

 

When I bought mine, I got them for far less than Ohlins. I think their reputation was already building at that point LOL. But, the main reason I bought them was because KW was also rumored to be moving to my area (they did) and I thought local support would be super awesome.

 

Yaaaa....I did the same to the FE X lol. Kept it 1-way to keep costs down-ish, if I really "do" something with it you can always upgrade the same shock! But the difference between my 08 on ohlins and this one on MCS is not EVEN in the same ballpark...or city even. My major annoyance is the Vorshaft top hats because they literally use the 3 bolts for the strut bar to lock the base alignment position in. Go to work on ANYTHING on the turbo and....slap there goes your alignment...*#*@(!

 

Aaah. The perks of no strut bars. Those things are always in the way.

 

Which MCS are you using? What kinda differences are you talking about?