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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 10:10 PM
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Default Tein Flex spring pre-load setting?

For the adjustable coilovers (i.e. Tein Flex) how much pre load is being applied on everyone's set up?

What's a good rule of thumb on spring pre load, if any?
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 04:59 AM
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What are you talking about? Where to put the lower perch? The Tein instructions tell you where to put it. I don't know of anything else that is adjustable on them other than the dampening of the shocks.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 06:23 PM
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On the Tein Flex coilover, there are three things to adjust: 1) spring pre-load, 2) damping, 3) height adjustment.

I'm wondering how much spring pre-load to apply (where the spring perch is located wrt shock length) in general or as a rule of thumb besides what Tein suggests.

1) Is there an ideal range (location) for performance?
2) How much pre-load are you applying?
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 06:31 PM
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minimal - you want to use the lower bracket to adjust height not preload
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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 10:56 PM
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2nd what KingTut said. The Tein manual tells you exactly where to put the perch and total damper length.
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