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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 09:52 AM
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Default Adjusting Tein Coilovers

I'm getting my Tein CS coilovers put on this weekend. I still don't have my 20" rims yet, but I'm guessing that once I have my rims on, I'd probably want to adjust the height as I like to keep it low. My question is, how hard is it to adjust the height? I'm thinking of taking it down 1.5-1.75", but I also need to make sure it won't rub anywhere.

My rims/tire setup will be 20 x 8.5" 245/35/20 +42 all around.

Anybody with the same setup? If so, how low were you able to drop it?
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 03:10 PM
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Originally posted by dizzle
I'm getting my Tein CS coilovers put on this weekend. I still don't have my 20" rims yet, but I'm guessing that once I have my rims on, I'd probably want to adjust the height as I like to keep it low. My question is, how hard is it to adjust the height? I'm thinking of taking it down 1.5-1.75", but I also need to make sure it won't rub anywhere.

My rims/tire setup will be 20 x 8.5" 245/35/20 +42 all around.

Anybody with the same setup? If so, how low were you able to drop it?
with 20s the problem is when you lower the car to certain point, it's rubbing the top of the wheel well. synergy and jawnthen can vouch for that. i think lowering it by 1.5" isn't a problem at all though
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Old Oct 23, 2003 | 12:12 AM
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Here are pics of my car with Tein Flex.

I have the front set to 12 and rear set to 10. It's VERY rare that I ever hit a bump hard enought that my tires come up and rub the inner plastic for half a second. It's extremely fast and it doesn't bother me to the point that I would cut the plastic. When I set my dampening a lot lower, like around 2-4, only then do my tires come up and rub a lot easier and more often. Luckily I like it very stiff so it's all good.

If I went any lower than this I might consider it.

Right now I can put 1 finger between the top of my tire and my fender.





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Old Oct 23, 2003 | 08:12 PM
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Originally posted by cyberseano
Here are pics of my car with Tein Flex.

I have the front set to 12 and rear set to 10. It's VERY rare that I ever hit a bump hard enought that my tires come up and rub the inner plastic for half a second. It's extremely fast and it doesn't bother me to the point that I would cut the plastic. When I set my dampening a lot lower, like around 2-4, only then do my tires come up and rub a lot easier and more often. Luckily I like it very stiff so it's all good.

If I went any lower than this I might consider it.

Right now I can put 1 finger between the top of my tire and my fender.





Very nice rims bro!!!
Check your PM.
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