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ss vs flex

Postby JSE » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:38 pm

tein flex vs superstreet.

what are the differences apart from pillow ball mounts?
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Postby 16bit » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:42 pm

on flex you can adjust height without changing spring pre load i think.
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Postby irwin83r » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:27 pm

16bit wrote:on flex you can adjust height without changing spring pre load i think.


yah. you can also adjust spring pre load
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Postby bruce » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:40 pm

I'm not interested much in suspension (unless we're talking airbags!), but hasn't this been hammered to absolute death?
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Postby irwin83r » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:42 pm

theres only... about g.. 20 or so threads on flex/ss...
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Postby blackster » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:14 am

JDM SS springs 6/5 kg
JDM Flex springs 7/6 kg

The flex dampners are stiffer then the SS. The SS will let you drop the car down to 12.5 inches (NB), the flex can go lower because of the adjustable lower perch.
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Postby green_comet » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:24 am

Also SS are a mono tube design, where as the Flex are a dual tube strut design. I think this is why the Flex are illegal on the road, I dont know about the mono flex though.
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Postby Kvision » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:34 am

since when was the SS monotube?
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Postby green_comet » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:53 am

Ahh crap my bad... :? :mrgreen:
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Postby wun911 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:53 pm

I think the momotube design is suposed to be better, helps disipate heat or something...
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Postby Juffa » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:45 pm

blackster wrote:JDM SS springs 6/5 kg
JDM Flex springs 7/6 kg

The flex dampners are stiffer then the SS. The SS will let you drop the car down to 12.5 inches (NB), the flex can go lower because of the adjustable lower perch.


Yes, the flex can go lower. But unless you have the extra rear travel that the pillow mounts or NB mounts provide you will spend most of the time riding on the bump stops......which I can tell you is not very comfortable.

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