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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 01:29 PM
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Red face Tein SS coilover

I live in bay are and roads here are crappy as *****. And im using tein SS on my car and too bumpy. So the question is can i replace them springs with softer ones? Anybody here did it? Opinions will help a lot. Thanks
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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did u try dialing down the dampening? Tein SS are pretty soft as it is already.
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 05:38 PM
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when i got it from tein i just installed it and never touched it for maybe 6 months. Then couple a days ago i did the settings to 8 and 16. I tried both but still it is bumpy. My gf even saying sht bout it. So whats the best thing to do?
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 07:26 PM
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put them all the way to the softest settings front and rear. If thats not enough then sell them and get a set of Tein CS coils.
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by passnu2
put them all the way to the softest settings front and rear. If thats not enough then sell them and get a set of Tein CS coils.
agreed, try not to go lowest or highest setting as its bad for the dampenings

try 1 front and back
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 09:26 PM
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If you want comfort get the Tein CS (Comfort Sport)
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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My question for CS is, is there really a big difference between SS and CS? I browsed online the difference is SS got (front)500 and 560(rear) and CS got 390lbs both. Can u really feel any difference on that small amount of lbs? Or should i change brand. KW and Stance are great but they dont offer anything for gs350. People keep saying BC coils and ask them to put swift springs for more comfort. So idk what to do, its confusing. SF cali road sucks thats why.
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 1sWt2GS
agreed, try not to go lowest or highest setting as its bad for the dampenings

try 1 front and back
Huh?
How did you arrive at that statement?
So no clicks on the compression rebound adjuster = bad, whereas one click = fine?
Shockingly poor design if that's the case, and I'd not be touching it with a barge pole.
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by gs350RWD
My question for CS is, is there really a big difference between SS and CS? I browsed online the difference is SS got (front)500 and 560(rear) and CS got 390lbs both. Can u really feel any difference on that small amount of lbs? Or should i change brand. KW and Stance are great but they dont offer anything for gs350. People keep saying BC coils and ask them to put swift springs for more comfort. So idk what to do, its confusing. SF cali road sucks thats why.
I know what you mean, its one of the many reason why I hate California (SoCal to be exact) and I used to have the same issues. The CS in my opinion is better than the SS. Cant say anything about the other brands since I never owned them. But few of my friends ran CS on their GS's as well who are from SoCal and love them
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Boron
Huh?
How did you arrive at that statement?
So no clicks on the compression rebound adjuster = bad, whereas one click = fine?
Shockingly poor design if that's the case, and I'd not be touching it with a barge pole.
i dunno the reasoning but call CMS , Tein and most of them will tell you this.
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:11 PM
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Just change to softest setting... I got a set on my 2gs before and theyre pretty comfy and CA road suck as well
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