Thread: Finally! My Teins came.
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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 01:42 AM
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txhatch, congrats on the purchase. Let us know what you think after you get them on.

Originally posted by Bumnah
if you drop the car like 2.5" you still retain full shock travel?

i'm not to familiar with the full coilovers (gc/koni guy ), but i thought it was primarily just having the springs and shocks on one piece, and if you paid extra you got the shocks valved for the spring rates you order, but i don't see how they could se it up for you to slam the car and still retain full shock travel.

so i got 3 questions.

1: Did you get custom spring rates, if so what are they, if not what's the spring rates you get from tein by default.
2. If you order in coilovers with custom spring rates will they revalve the shock automatically or do you have to pay extra? if not are the shocks revalved for the default spring rates?
3. how much shorter are the shocks compared to the stock shocks? i'm sure they are a bit shorter since they know the car will be lowered, but are you reataining good shock travel slammed or is that being sacrificed also?


i'm about to get my shocks revlaved, and shortened and setup for my high spring rates, and i'm thinking of buying a second suspenion for my hatch because i don't think i'll be able to drive my hatch on the street period after the revalved for 800 rear spring rates!

any help is greatly appreciated.

btw can you send me a sticker for my bathroom mirror?
As doood said, they are made with adjustable length "bodies". That is why they look the way they do. I've always wanted a setup like that but I just cheaped out and extended my upper caps for shock travel.

1. Not my question to answer.
2. I believe that they won't revalve them for you just because you order custom rate springs but I'm willing to bet that the springs they carry are still within their damping adjustment range. I actually wonder how many different rate springs Tein even carries. For some reason, I'm thinking they only have 3 different rates or something like that.
3. Because the length of the body is adjustable, the height in comparison to stock will vary and you will retain good shock travel...as long as your upper control arms or tires aren't hitting anything.

About the custom work being done to your Konis...sounds awesome. Who's doing the work? Are you changing them to be double adjustable? I really do think that if you can drive with them on the roads right now, that you can drive with them after the custom work. In fact, I can only imagine that it would be better. Chances are that they will improve rebound damping to handle your high spring rates. Compression damping won't really need to be tweaked much IMO but I'm no expert... So with proper rebound damping and more travel from being shortened, I'd imagine your handling will improve a good amount.
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