With that much space from the perch to the bottom of the thread, it provides roughly a 2" drop. Are there any negatives to going higher? I've raised my coilovers in the back since I put on my stockies and I'm probably going to raise all four corners some more soon...
Also, has anyone had excessive creaking from their Tein basics. It's driving me nuts!
Strange that you want to go up. I want to go down. There's too much gap with the recommended settings, IMHO. How much gap do you have? I've got aboutu 2 fingers between the tires and the bottom of the wheel opening.
I've been assuming the Basic and SS are the same (except for the shocks, obviously), but maybe that's not right.
By the way, no noises at all from mine, front and back.
Maybe I was reading incorrectly, but I believe the manual shows the 1.4-1.6" gap between the bottom locking perch and the bottom of the thread. At that setting I had less than a finger gap. It provided around the same gap in the front as my Neuspeed Race springs.
Last edited by CleanBlackSi02; 10-11-2003 at 04:38 PM.
Well, check out these pictures and see if this makes sense to you. The first is of my car, just so you can get an idea of how much drop I have. The second and third pictures show the front and rear coilovers, and how much thread is left at the bottom. It's not much, but I still have almost 2 fingers space.
Something to think about: I have slightly shorter tires than stock. Also, camber will affect how much tire gap you have. My camber is -1 degree in the front and the rear is about -0.6.
Here's my car:
Last edited by bobdobbs; 10-12-2003 at 02:19 PM.
Here's the left rear coilover:
Here's the left front coilover:
Wow, that's weird! My coilover has 13 grooves between the bottom and the perch in the back and it still looks lower than that. I'll have to take some pics...
Thirteen? That's three or four times as much as I have. Please, post some pics.
Yeah, I want to see pics as well. My Tein Basics make crunching noises in the rear at times, but that has mostly gone away. I have the height set to 1.6 inches and going to 2.0 inches soon...it rides to low now IMO. However, that may all change once I get my new 15s (205/50/15)...currently riding on 17s (215/45/17). We shall see...I'll post some pics of it sooner or later.
I wanna see what you guys are calling "too low". Beg, borrow, or steal a digital camera and get them pics up. :D
Rear coilover
Rear drop
Front coilover
Front drop
Side shot
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