Tein HA - Too stiff; advice?
07-23-03, 09:26 PM
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good insight. so... there is no point to the flex or JIC flt2's that allow you to adjust the height and compression independently??
btw, what type of suspension would a FD need to drive as stiff as a 01/02 Viper GTS? I saw a guy driving on the tollway in one and his head was bobbing all over the place...
give me an example for reference.
btw, what type of suspension would a FD need to drive as stiff as a 01/02 Viper GTS? I saw a guy driving on the tollway in one and his head was bobbing all over the place...
give me an example for reference.
07-23-03, 09:44 PM
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Originally posted by Brentis
good insight. so... there is no point to the flex or JIC flt2's that allow you to adjust the height and compression independently??
good insight. so... there is no point to the flex or JIC flt2's that allow you to adjust the height and compression independently??
07-24-03, 07:11 AM
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Originally posted by Brentis
another dense question.. how big of a problem is that? I understand for an offroad vehicle, but a street car with a stiff suspension?
another dense question.. how big of a problem is that? I understand for an offroad vehicle, but a street car with a stiff suspension?
07-24-03, 10:00 AM
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Originally posted by DamonB
I am not certain myself. Seems to me that the piston just needs to have enough travel for the suspension to hit the bump stops, after that anything left will never be used anyway because the car is bottomed out.
I am not certain myself. Seems to me that the piston just needs to have enough travel for the suspension to hit the bump stops, after that anything left will never be used anyway because the car is bottomed out.
07-24-03, 10:03 AM
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Originally posted by InitialD FC
Constant hitting of the bump stops will not only cause damage to the shock itself, but damage to your car when you run off the road
Constant hitting of the bump stops will not only cause damage to the shock itself, but damage to your car when you run off the road
07-24-03, 10:07 AM
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Originally posted by Voltron
I have a set of Tien HEs on my Nissan 240sx and they are great. Do you drive an FC or an FD? The spring rates for the FC are the same as the rates for my s14. The FD has a higher rate that is pretty stiff for the street.
Either way, its all about damping. When I first put in the suspension I thought it was over the top and would skip across the road when I hit bumps. It was because I had the damper too soft! Is sounds backwards but you need to control that really high spring rate. I run a setting of 7 clicks back from the hardest setting on the street. Some people even say that you can wear out the dampers faster if you run them too soft. I don't know about that but life was much better after I went from the Tein sugested setting of 11 clicks up to 7.
I have a set of Tien HEs on my Nissan 240sx and they are great. Do you drive an FC or an FD? The spring rates for the FC are the same as the rates for my s14. The FD has a higher rate that is pretty stiff for the street.
Either way, its all about damping. When I first put in the suspension I thought it was over the top and would skip across the road when I hit bumps. It was because I had the damper too soft! Is sounds backwards but you need to control that really high spring rate. I run a setting of 7 clicks back from the hardest setting on the street. Some people even say that you can wear out the dampers faster if you run them too soft. I don't know about that but life was much better after I went from the Tein sugested setting of 11 clicks up to 7.
This happened to me on an old set of JIC SA-1's that i used to run on my FC. Anything less than 3 out of 5 in the front and 2 out of 5 in the rear would actually drive worse then those settings. Reason being that the spring rates were too high and the damper was too soft to actually "dampen" the suspension. It was just like riding on a suspension with no shocks. So give it a shot with like 1/3 the way up from minimum, or maybe even 1/2.
Also, how much of the shock piston is threaded through the top mount? Too much can damage the pistons, so can impact guns when installing the tops...
07-25-03, 01:55 AM
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as for the original Q,
you know, you can put softer springs on the shocks. They use a standered size springs, prolly 2.25" springs, the other standered size is 2.5"
you know, you can put softer springs on the shocks. They use a standered size springs, prolly 2.25" springs, the other standered size is 2.5"
07-26-03, 10:38 AM
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hey brian, i have the tein has too....yeah they sure don't feel like a cadillac i tell ya, a little bumpy but remeber it's a sports car
five cliks from the softest setting..... does your front wheel driver side rub on the inside....mine wore a whole thru the liner. maybe you can ride in mine to compare and inretun give me a ride in your single turbo beast....i am not sure what kit i want.
five cliks from the softest setting..... does your front wheel driver side rub on the inside....mine wore a whole thru the liner. maybe you can ride in mine to compare and inretun give me a ride in your single turbo beast....i am not sure what kit i want.
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