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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 07:22 AM
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Default Shop to Re-Valve KW V3?

I just spoke to KW USA and they said they will not re-valve non-competition shocks--so bad news for us V3 and Club Sport owners. I have heard there are shops that will re-valve them, anyone know who will do it?

On a related note KW charges $167 per shock for a rebuild.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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That is some disappointing news.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 01:08 PM
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From what I've understood KW will only revalve them back to the out of the box spec. Maybe PSI? They are west coast but one of the better shops for sure. Maybe try contacting Vorshalg and see if they have any ideas? They primarily deal with AST but they might be able to help.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 01:23 PM
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Through lots of e-searching in the past, I found that these guys might be able to help but the post on S2ki was from 2009

SRPengineering.com

If they are a no go, maybe propartsusa or performanceshock would help if you provided replacement clubsport parts to them.

Good luck!
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 02:20 PM
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Thanks guys, I'll make some calls.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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Robi revalves KW's in socal as well. Youd have to search for him though. Robi-spec or something like that. Very knowledgeable shock builder.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 05:20 PM
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Thanks Squirtle, I found the RobiSpec.com website. The shop is exactly what I was looking for. I'll give them a call tomorrow.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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do report back b/c I know people that have called him about none STI/EVO shocks and the call has always ended with "you'd be better off going with KW-USA rebuild"
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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Just to be clear, KW USA will rebuild the shocks for $167 each, but they will not re-valve them.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 08:31 PM
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Cluck them shits then.
Time for JRZs.
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