before you go adjusting shocks to try to resolve a handling issue, realize that shocks are supposed to do one thing and one thing only - they dampen springs - their entire purpose is to control the bounce of the spring, and the natural frequency of the suspension - they are not to stiffen up the suspension - they are not to correct oversteer or understeer
far too many people set their shocks and struts way too stiff, hoping that stiffer is better - it isn't always the case - the settings must match the springs - it really fakes you out, and you think you are going faster, but if you looked at entry and exit speeds, you would find this not to be the case - stiff shocks on too soft of a spring actually scrubs speed
i don't know what the setup is on your car, but if you have an oversteer problem, i would first look at spring rate balance front to rear - then, swaybar settings - then i would check your alignment geometry
it is very possible that you have too much negative camber - i see this all the time - people set up a car with a lot of negative camber, thinking that this will improve cornering - in reality, it can easily mean less total contact patch in a corner, and ugly weight loading of the outside tire, resulting in both understeer and oversteer
while too stiff of a setting on the rear can lead to oversteer, it will always show up in a very jouncy rear end, especially with gas shocks like konis, and their inherant preload charge - it will cause the car to dance around on bumps and such - if this is not the case on your car, your problem is definitely elsewhere
everything works together in concert - i would first establish that everything is right before doing the fine tuning of shocks - if you don't, you could easily make things worse, and a lot less predictable
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