harsh coilover ride...

[v6secamry]

Originally Posted by LoudCamry

hey Mr. V6secamry, what year and model will your tein coiloverr work with??? where you got them from???

I got them from tein directly, as they were custom made for my camry.

edit:
Just as Phatroyle stated, all coilovers will be harsher than stock no matter what. But if you can go lower in spring rates or lessen your preload(assuming you put too much preload) the ride comfort will not be so bad.

[Dna_splice]

I'm still crying...

[azntuner8]

im not sure if my buddy and i preloaded it, we just ajusted the two spindels to where i wanted it and just messed with it until we got it even and how i wanted it...ill ask my buddy if we preloaded it but im not really sure what that is lol

Originally Posted by Eye8Pussies

did you preload the springs? what are your spring rates?

[azntuner8]

yea i know lol i probley will go airbags, but i am gunna try messing with my coilovers first maybe raise it an inch or so and lessen the dampening

Originally Posted by CorCamrySE

the car looks great!
as for the ride, id lessen the dampening
if that doesnt work, go full VIP status and get airbags

[azntuner8]

haha yea ok ill think about

Originally Posted by Netforcer

yea, take'em off and swap them with my TRD springs

[azntuner8]

yeah ill try that but has anyone heard of changing the bushing?someone told me that would make it softer?

Originally Posted by v6secamry

what are your spring rates? if they are somewhere 7-10 kg in front, and 4kg to 7 kg in rear. I would recommend you get lower spring rates. For example, tein ss coilovers come with 6kg front and 3kg rear imo best for daily driven and occasional track.





Pre-load refers to tension on the springs while there is no weight on the spring(car in the air)

The Megans allows two ways of ride height adjustment.

1.) You can adjust the lower spring seat up or down. Adjusting here changes where the strut shaft sits, so adjusting ride height this way changes suspension travel and changes spring preload. With the Megans, you do not want too much preload, too much preload= harsher ride. You want the spring to be snug but not compress because the megans will allow to you further adjust the height by using #2 below

2.) You can adjust the bottom ring which controls where the bracket sits on the strut. Adjusting with the lower mount simply moves the whole strut assembly relative to the chassis without changing suspension travel or changing spring preload.

darksparkz: I know you are interested in the tein ss. With the tein super street, you adjust ride height using #1.

hope this helps


edit: here are some pics of my ksports

the ksport adjustability is the same as the megans coilovers

here are my tein super street

[darksparkz]

Actually, I was just on Tein's website and they quoted:

Full Length Adjustable -
Vehicle ride height and spring pre-load can be adjusted independently. Ride height is adjustable in two ways: a. adjustable shock length, and b. adjustable spring seat.
a. The lower mounting bracket can be adjusted, thus changing the overall length of the shock, and therefore altering the vehicle's ride height. This also allows the user to determine suspension travel and droop.
b. The adjustable spring seat allows for independent adjustment of spring pre-load without affecting vehicle ride height.
Aluminum spring seats are utilized to reduce ceasing of spring seat to threaded body, and for improved durability.

That's for the Tein SS, does that mean there actually is a lower part to adjust for height?

[azntuner8]

well i think with my megans one spinldle is to adjust height and the other spindle is to adjust the spring rate...

Originally Posted by darksparkz

Actually, I was just on Tein's website and they quoted:

Full Length Adjustable -
Vehicle ride height and spring pre-load can be adjusted independently. Ride height is adjustable in two ways: a. adjustable shock length, and b. adjustable spring seat.
a. The lower mounting bracket can be adjusted, thus changing the overall length of the shock, and therefore altering the vehicle's ride height. This also allows the user to determine suspension travel and droop.
b. The adjustable spring seat allows for independent adjustment of spring pre-load without affecting vehicle ride height.
Aluminum spring seats are utilized to reduce ceasing of spring seat to threaded body, and for improved durability.

That's for the Tein SS, does that mean there actually is a lower part to adjust for height?

[v6secamry]

Originally Posted by darksparkz

Actually, I was just on Tein's website and they quoted:

Full Length Adjustable -
Vehicle ride height and spring pre-load can be adjusted independently. Ride height is adjustable in two ways: a. adjustable shock length, and b. adjustable spring seat.
a. The lower mounting bracket can be adjusted, thus changing the overall length of the shock, and therefore altering the vehicle's ride height. This also allows the user to determine suspension travel and droop.
b. The adjustable spring seat allows for independent adjustment of spring pre-load without affecting vehicle ride height.
Aluminum spring seats are utilized to reduce ceasing of spring seat to threaded body, and for improved durability.

That's for the Tein SS, does that mean there actually is a lower part to adjust for height?

actually what you just copy and paste is for the tein flex and the higher end track model not the super street

http://www.tein.com/products/super_street.html

click on the Ride Height
Adj. more

and it will state

Ride Height Adjustable -
Vehicle ride height adjustable via a threaded shock body and adjustable spring seat. The threaded sleeve is welded to the actual shock body and then Zinc coated for added protection. TEIN engineers have performed vigorous testing to ensure the best possible position and range of the spring seat to ensure the most adjustability. Aluminum spring seats are utilized to reduce ceasing of spring seat to threaded body, and for improved durability.


ride height adjustable is different from Full Length Adjustable

ride height adjustable is method 1 and full length adjustable is method 2 in my previous post

edit:darksparkz i can see where you got the full height adjustable description because it is listed right below the ride height adjustable description

[darksparkz]

Yeah, it was right below it, didn't look on the one above I guess, whoops. Makes more sense now.