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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 01:33 AM
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 03:01 PM
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No, you cannot convert Tein Flex to a Monoflex setup. The reason is simple, Tein named the coilovers after the monotube damper that the Monoflex uses. The regular Flex setup does not use a monotube damper.

I didn't know that the Monoflex were true coilover in the rear
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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I didn't know that the Monoflex were true coilover in the rear
indeed, interesting. i went to the tein site, and the instructions say that it is still a spring on perch style, but this pic is interesting
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 02:38 AM
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 07:09 AM
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I believe the setup in the picture above is from a set that I saw on Ebay that someone from Japan put together out of some tuner shop over their. Price was somewhat attractive, but in the end their payment terms and question's about what they may have done in the conversion process, let alone concern's about that much overall spring stiffness on real North American roads made them just a curiosity to me.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 02:53 AM
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those are not tein monoflex
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 05:41 AM
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 05:51 AM
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Looks like a one off setup. You are on your own with this one.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 06:33 AM
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ok this is easier i guess ...by the look of the shocks ...are they mono flex or something else???
anyone has mono flex ???or can a vendor post a pic of mono flex for 350z ??
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 06:43 AM
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you already posted the info that you said you found out...why not just ask the person selling it what it is?

that is not a coilover setup tein makes for the Z

A mono flex looks just like a regular flex...seperate spring in the rear
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by fairladyz220
ok this is easier i guess ...by the look of the shocks ...are they mono flex or something else???
anyone has mono flex ???or can a vendor post a pic of mono flex for 350z ??

Dear Noob,

Please listen. No one knows what suspension that is! It is NOT monoflex. Monoflex is separated spring/shock in the rear. No can help you because that is not a mass produced suspension. No one knows what spring rates or has ever seen it. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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again....ask the person selling it...they, I am sure, will give you any info you want to know
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by fairladyz220
I aint noob but i aint pro either ...
I know stuff alrite .... i just havent seen any mono flex in person or pics ...so dont know if mono and normal flex looks the same ....... so mon flex and normal flex's shock looks all the same ?? like 100% same???
if so how can u tell if its mono or the normal one ...
if so ppl can claim their normal flex as mono ..maybe just take off the stickers lol........
i dont know lol...if they all look the same how can u tell???
i asked them and i got most info on those...one thing i just wanna make sure is the shocks are from mono flex not the normal ones...
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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This link is the installation guide for the 350Z MonoFlex coilovers... http://www.tein.com/ti/inst/gfp24u.pdf

The last page shows a diagram of what the rear setup looks like. It appears from this manual, what you *might* have is the monoflex setup with the rears converted to be true coilover. The front setup looks exactly like the diagram shows. Who knows what parts or spring-rate they used for the rear to do this conversion though...

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