I've got some Tein HA type coilovers that were on the car when i bought it, though i'm a complete idiot when it comes to suspension and do not have a clue where to start when adjusting them, at the moment i just want to raise the ride height a little, i can't find any instruction manuals on the web, so does anyone here know and can help me out?

Can someone tell me how to make adjustments?

 

Teins adj like most other coil-overs. two collars funtion as the lower spring mount. using, hopefully the spanner wrench that came w them, you unlock the 2 from each other and spin them upward to change the ride height. clean the threads and lightly lube them as prep. should you not have a proper wrench you can buy them from Tein or use a screwdriver and hammer.

shock settings should be about 6 clicks from full soft in front and 2 clicks from full soft rear. run 30 psi front and 27-28 rear set cold.

howard coleman

 

okay, i truly am an idiot, i'll have to post up pics

in the first one, i'm assuming i can adjust the camber with the hex key nuts right? so i think i'll leave that alone


and with the second, i don't have the wrench, the car was an import from japan, so i'll have to make do, but basically i unscrew the parts above the thread and simply raise them up?

also, the shock settings, i what do you mean by clicks? my brothers car has a dial that you can turn from 1 to 4, if i have a little dial like that it is not in the same spot, would it be further up into the wheel arch? because i haven't noticed it before when the cars been on a hoist

and the psi bit, i assume you're talking about my tyres? or is there a guage reading that i should be taking on the shocks?

thanks for your help

 

I may have just made a fool of myself, the first picture, is the hex nut in the very centre of the mount the adjustment **** for the shocks? clockwise harder, anti-clockwise softer?

and was i right about the adjusting ride height part?

Also, i've heard alot of people going on about their shocks set at so many kgs/mm or something, normally 8,6 since i know a few drift guys, what are they on about how do you measure that?

 

You're right on with the adjustment **** and ride height.

The kg/mm or lbs/in is a measure of the stiffness of the spring. You have to remove the spring from the strut assembly and put pressure on it in order to measure it. If 500lbs compresses the spring an inch, then its a 500lb/in spring. It would take ~9kg to compress the same spring 1mm, or 9kg/mm. People abreviate kg/mm to just k. Some springs have the stiffness marked on them.