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I'm just about to put down the hard earned on the Tein SS, and I am thinking about getting the EDFC kit as well...

Are they easy to install ?? I'm guessing its just like setting up a stereo and wiring up the stepping motors to the top of the shock.

I'm thinking it would be much easier to tune the shock settings with the controller rather than having to manually change it (especially the rears)

I should be able to get away with spending $2000 on the SS and EDFC

Anyone got the EDFC kit ?? Good/Bad/Ugly ??

When the tech from Tein was here testing the cars for Fulcrum, I asked him how easy it was to fit the EDFC. From what I understood, all you do is screw the stepping motors on and then do the grub screw up, connect the cables up to the main unit, add power and off you go.

The rears are not that hard to addjust once you take the plastic covers out, although some skin is always removed when adjusting the left side, until you get used to which way to twist arm to get it back out.

Babalouie has had them installed, send him a PM perhaps?

I got the EDFC. It's easy to install, you just remove the stock adjuster knob, then they just screw into the top of the shock (there is a long shaft from the steper motor which goes deep into the shock) with a squirt of threadlocker and the rest of the wiring is straightfwd (if you can wire up a stereo you can do this). I reckon you can get it working in half an hour, the rest of the installation time is spent on tidying up the wiring, etc. It self-calibrates too.

The US intructions can be d/l's from here:
http://www.tein.com/ti/inst/edfcu.pdf

I guess I've gotten used to mine and take it for granted that I can harden or soften it as I like, it does work very well, goes from full hard to full-soft in 2-3secs, you can adjust front & rear separately and there are 3 presets which you can program in.

It's quite nice to be able to play with it when say, you're chasing STM on the Putty Rd, he's going way too fast (as usual) and your Nasho settings are too stiff, or if you drive onto a road, find that it's bumpy then you can go full soft. I have no regrets about buying it, but then again your personal value for money barometer might be different to mine

Excellent - thanks Babalouie

Shouldn't be any problem installing it - just gotta find a suitable place to put the controller

Brett_MX5 wrote:Excellent - thanks Babalouie

Shouldn't be any problem installing it - just gotta find a suitable place to put the controller

The best spot would be on the top of the steering column. The readout is a bit blurry if you try to view it from an angle. Mine is screwed into the side of the centre console on the passenger's side, and the readout is kinda hard to make out most of the time.

The problem is there is a fairly chunky loom coming out the back, so it's hard to make the installation discreet unless say you are mounting it in the DIN hole under the stereo.

Whats the physical dimensions of the head unit Babalouie?

DCMau wrote:Whats the physical dimensions of the head unit Babalouie?

25mm tall, 90mm wide, and 100mm long, although there are lots of thick wires coming out the back so you'd probably need a hole 140mm deep to put it in.

I have one, i just haven't put it in yet

It's JUST too big for the area next to the ciggy lighter without cutting the plastic tray up.

JUST too long to fit in the middle cup holder on the NB8B center console.

JUST too long to fit that bit above the fuse box.

I don't want it on the steering column because that screams "slash the roof and steal me".

Okibi wrote:I don't want it on the steering column because that screams "slash the roof and steal me".

You could mount it using that bracket supplied with the kit, and if you park up somewhere dodge, pop the unit out of the bracket, unclip the harness and tuck it out of the way and stash the unit out of sight. That's what I do...

25mm tall, 90mm wide, and 100mm long

Its not the most easily fitted item. The only real place would be below the heater controls, which means cutting the console, or above it if you have a pocket there.