What does this mean? Please clarify, Rom.

 

Camber will still be a problem if you lower your car with a different set of coilovers, since we do not have factory camber kit to comphensate. The Tein CS is no exception to that rule

 

the dampening control at the top, that ****, i usually turn it all the way to stiffest and the loosen it up again, just to make sure it turns no problem

 

Ah that! I just use the EDFC.

 

lol, damn that's true hameed, you "maintain" it every day

 

I was until it went on a trip down south to the West coast of the US......

 

OK OK Inside Joke.

I will take care of you soon Hameed and you will be able to let the cat out of the bag shortly.

Thanks

 

I thought CS were rebuildable anyway? Why get new ones?

Couple of questions:
1) Why wouldn't TEIN CS last much longer than an OEM shock? (I'll put Bilsteins in next time if I have to keep replacing every 50K.)
2) Why does TEIN advise you not to use their products on actual roads, saying that they're for off-road use only? Is this just a legal thing? Or is there more to it?

Jerry

 

1) i think the reason for getting the teins is to have the option to rebuild them and i'm sure they'll last longer than 50k. also- they're lighter than the bilstein/spring setups.

2) I think it's for legal purposes...

 

They last much longer for actual road use because they are built for off-road use.

 

I've read a lot on the forums that the 2GS does not have a camber kit available. I just had my Tein CS 2.0 installed yesterday at Exact and John included a front lowering block. He said it would help with camber but I don't think it is adjustable? Seems to have helped though because it is 2 finger gap all around and front wheels are not cambered at all.

 

i know this doesnt relate to any of the story, but does anybody have pictures of their car lowered to the max on the new Tein CS?

 

HAHHAA, that's too funny, hope everything is fine man

 

2 finger gap is about as low as you can go and still be within factory alignment specs. that's how mine is and I was told by lex tech that it's within specs, but maxed out.

 

This is not how the block works.
The lowering block that Exact sells allows the car to drop 1 inch without doing any other changes and the camber will not change for that i inch of drop. Since you had Tein's installed at the same time, what ever "additional drop you added with the coilovers will add some camber, but it depends on how much more you dropped it beyond the one inch. The difference will be small and your camber change will not be as great as if you didn'f have the block. Not that apparent to tell the difference in camber by just looking at it. It needs to be measured.

This block also has a second advantage in that you will be able to lower your car 1 inch further than what the Tein CS will allow.

I am trying to get John to offer blocks for the rear. This would allow the tires to be slightly tucked when using standard 20" size tires.