Dumb Coilover Height Adjustment Question
OK so I have the Tein Flex coilovers on my FD. The instruction manual is as helpful as any other japanese manual.
I figure the way you adjust the height is by moving the lower seat spring up and down. I wouldnt have a problem with this, but when you lower the seat the spring actually loses contact with the top. I understand that when the weight of the car is on it that this won't be a problem. My question is this: Could this create problems as the suspension extends? Would the fact that the spring could become unseated cause undue stress on the coilovers. I know that under normal driving circumstances there won't be that much travel, but under certain circumstances it could happen. Anyhow, just wondering what the thoughts were on this. I guess I could be adjusting wrong, but I couldn't see any other adjustment point. Thanks, Josh |
You are adjusting the wrong thing. You raise the lower spring perch until the spring is held in place, and then maybe another 1/2 to full turn (which slightly pre-loads the spring). You set ride height by adjusting the lower set of collars.
If you don't have a set of collars below the lower spring perch, then you don't have the Flex model. |
they are definitely the flex model. so i should be adjusting the lower bracket...got ya. not very easy to adjust later is it, then? i just thought they wer easier to adjust once on the car.
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is there anything else i am missing.
you unlock the lower nut/lock and then spin the body until the desired height is acheived, correct? |
Yeah on the FD once it's on the car, it's hard to adjust the lower bracket. You have to loosen the spring seat to allow the body to rotate. I ended up rising the spring seat because I thought the original TEIN setting didn't have enough compression travel.
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