philz wrote:Do it once do it right.
Amen! It's silly doing something like upgrading springs, then upgrading shocks, only to find out you want to get coilovers. What a waste of time and money. Research everything correctly, assess everything impartially, and just do it right from the get go.
AZNTieN wrote:now my stupid question is with the tein ss installed am i able to adjust them up to stock height?
Yes. You can probably go higher if you wanted to. The Teins come set at I think the lowest legal height (refer to what Sasso said re distance between wheel centre and guard).
AZNTieN wrote:am i right to say
having them i'll beable to adjust
comfort levels - stiff or soft
Yes. When you adjust the coils, what you're doing is adjusting the fluid flow rate inside the shock. When you "stiffen" the shocks, you're actually restricting the amount of fluid that can move from one part to the other. When you "soften" them, you're allowing more fluid to flow.
AZNTieN wrote:i know the stock gear is pretty nasty on the back especially on those aweful roads we traveled on on Sunday so will I beable to adjust it so when I'm dailying that its a much softer ride?
Yes. That's what I do. Currently I've got my SS set to softest at the front, and one off the softest on the rear. That's what I use as my daily settings. In all honesty, for spirited runs, I haven't changed it off these settings. It's only when I go to the track that I bother to adjust it to full hard. However, the main reason for this is purely because accessing the rear coils is a bit more of a mission than the front coils (accessing the rears involves removing the fuel line panel and the boot trim). If I had easy access, or an EDFC, I'd probably adjust them a lot more frequently.
AZNTieN wrote:So If i have the setting on stiff = less body roll soft = more body roll?
Correct. That being said, the "more body roll" is completely a relative measure. I think even the softest setting is stiffer than the original shocks/springs. That being said, I don't remember what happened last week, let alone what the stock suspension felt like in December last year when I replaced them.
AZNTieN wrote:How much higher than stock height and how much lower than stock height can I go?
No idea how much higher you can go, but why would you want to?
As for how much lower, I had it pretty bloody low when I got them. So much so in fact that I raised it back to the Tein factory settings, which is the wheel to guard measurement that's been mentioned before.
In short, I would say "more than enough" in both cases.
