Check page bottom 4!!Please Help! anyone with coilover knowledge.
06-07-2010, 04:07 AM
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Your proplem is the stockies. I've had my ksports for a while and just switched to my stockies and your right its extremely bouncy. My set up is 3 full turns in the back and 3.5 in the front. Get lower profile tires and it wont bounce like that the ride is actually really comfortable.
06-07-2010, 04:20 AM
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ummm I've been talking to a buddy of mine (Macavely) and he's been shedding some light on this for me.
Apparently we never re-tighten the 3 screws after the car was set on the floor and we didn't even touch the main screw that sits in the middle. Now in that middle screw is where the little key goes in order to adjust the dampering, does that screw need to get tighten?
Apparently we never re-tighten the 3 screws after the car was set on the floor and we didn't even touch the main screw that sits in the middle. Now in that middle screw is where the little key goes in order to adjust the dampering, does that screw need to get tighten?
06-07-2010, 04:25 AM
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I refuse to believe that the ride is that bad, I definitely did something wrong, tomorrow morning I'll re-tighten all the screws.
06-07-2010, 04:35 AM
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The screws definitely need to be tightened, no doubt, but if they were LOOSE loose you would definitely know, as in every time you hit a bump there would be a loud knock of the mounts colliding with the shock towers.
Lower profile tires might take away the bounce, but that's going to make it more harsh.
Make sure you have pretension on the springs as well, the coilovers are designed to be adjusted by the bottom mounts.
The only other thing that might work is some different springs on the coilovers with a different rate.
Lower profile tires might take away the bounce, but that's going to make it more harsh.
Make sure you have pretension on the springs as well, the coilovers are designed to be adjusted by the bottom mounts.
The only other thing that might work is some different springs on the coilovers with a different rate.
06-07-2010, 04:45 AM
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I was looking for a "one stop shop", changing springs would be out of the question for me. If that's the issue then these suckers are up for sale, we'll see what tomorrow holds for me and I'll take it from there.
thanks though
thanks though
06-07-2010, 12:49 PM
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Dont refuse to believe anything ... there are more poorly designed springs/coilovers out there than good ones by a large margin. People swear by and run tein s-tech on the tC all the time, and there is not one design parameter on those that is right to handle well ... too low, WAY too soft, on the bump stops in any hard corner, etc 
Many companies design to what the typical tuner kid wants: slam it with soft springs so I dont have to deal with a harsher ride... Not saying that is for sure your issue, but it would not surprise me one bit in this market.
Many companies design to what the typical tuner kid wants: slam it with soft springs so I dont have to deal with a harsher ride... Not saying that is for sure your issue, but it would not surprise me one bit in this market.
06-07-2010, 12:49 PM
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Damn pete idk wtf is going on....lets try putting it all the way on the hard setting and see how it is...i was reading above and saying about riding on the sway bar....it could be...bc we had to jack up to attach the sway idk just throwing stuff out there
06-07-2010, 02:28 PM
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Dont refuse to believe anything ... there are more poorly designed springs/coilovers out there than good ones by a large margin. People swear by and run tein s-tech on the tC all the time, and there is not one design parameter on those that is right to handle well ... too low, WAY too soft, on the bump stops in any hard corner, etc Many companies design to what the typical tuner kid wants: slam it with soft springs so I dont have to deal with a harsher ride... Not saying that is for sure your issue, but it would not surprise me one bit in this market.
Many companies design to what the typical tuner kid wants: slam it with soft springs so I dont have to deal with a harsher ride... Not saying that is for sure your issue, but it would not surprise me one bit in this market.Petros, figure out a solution yet? Come on man, you're a PSU student now.
06-07-2010, 11:33 PM
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06-08-2010, 12:52 AM
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Wednesday afternoon, adjusting party to get this ____ in working order and finally slapping them wheels on.
I guess it takes a bit of patience, an attribute which I lack, on the highest level.
I guess it takes a bit of patience, an attribute which I lack, on the highest level.
