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12-13-2017, 01:48 AM | #1 |
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Height Adjustment
I Installed Tein Flex A's a few weeks ago and have been messing with ride height. I'm a little confused on adjusting the rear coilovers. It seems that the Shock Body/Cartridge is lowered to the maximum and is bottomed out on the Mount. At the moment it leaves me with about a 2 finger gap. I want it to be a little lower, around 1-1/2 Finger gap. My question is, do I just leave the shock body/cartridge bottomed out and just adjust the preload?
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Can you take a picture of the rear shock body
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You can go with rear lower control arms that will lower the car more if the coil is truly maxed out.
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The Shock Body is the only thing maxed out, however, there is still 1.4in of threading in between the Height Adjustment Locknut and the 2 Preload Locknuts.
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A picture would be helpful...
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Yes you will have to "reduce preload" to lower the car to your desired height, go ahead and do it, it's not unusual.
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I think Tein must have changed something in their manufacturing. I cannot get my Flex Z rear end near the advertised 3” drop. It’s not even flush. I even minimized preload as much as possible. I don’t think that the threads should bottom out in the cup so soon like that. Any other suggestions anyone?
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Me too
I'm having the same issue with my Tein Flex A's. Fronts will drop until basically rubbing while rears leave a big gap. I assumed I did something improperly during installation until I tested the opposite side rear and it did the same. I guess lowered control arms are the only option? Pretty frustrating since I went pricey and got velox/verus LCA's. Here's a pic of it maxed out if anyone sees anything I'm missing.
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Lower the spring perches, you're not "maxed out"
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I'm new to this stuff so I appreciate the help.
The body won't move into the lower housing any more than this. It gets stuck. So when I try to lower the upper perches the body gets jammed and if enough force is given, it will start loosening the preload instead. Quote:
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It was designed to have decent amount of travel both in bump and droop, while having a modest amount of lowering adjustment. Removing preload and lowering the spring perch would get you lower, but you would sacrifice some bump travel. |
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