Oct 4, 2005 - 8:21 PM
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Hi all
I just received my package today and was wondering whether there should be 4 top hats for the springs. 2 front and 2 back - cause i only found 2 -- those who have purchased and installed this - the part i'm questioning is shiny gold spring top hat or called spring seat within the manual -- for stand alone coilovers - its refered to as the spring top hat -- those that have installed this - did you receive 4 gold spring seat / top hat that goes on top of the spring |
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Oct 13, 2005 - 1:32 PM
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Yeah they're fully height adjustable, and the top of the gas shocks have little metal knobs that you turn clockwise to firm up the dampening and couterclockwise to soften things up a little.
Right now since weathers bad I have them set about two clicks softer than the standard setting (10 clicks counterclockwise from the most firm setting.)and ride quality is pretty forgiving considering how low it is and how bad roads are in Jersey. They tell you to only use settings 1-16 otherwise you may damage the struts, so I'm assuming that this means only 16 clicks up from the softest. This would leave you with 3-4 more settings stiffer from the standard settings, and about 10 or so softer settings which is great if you're concerned with daily driving comfort. As for the ride height, on mine its set about an inch up from the bottom of the threads on the strut and its really low. However you have about 3-4 inches of thread above my settings to raise it up if you want. Art, the Kumho ASX's that I have are great...I got them on sale at Tirerack for something like $63 per tire which is a total steal for what you get. Now that my suspension is up to par I've realized how good the tires actually are....they handle the recent wet weather very well and were good in snow last season. They seemed to be very responsive and grippy in dry weather too so I recommend them highly. -Corey -------------------- 3rd gen ST205 3SGTE - Alive and boosting. |
celicarus Tein SuperStreet Damper Oct 4, 2005 - 8:21 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner Hmm, funny you mention this.
I just got my set of... Oct 4, 2005 - 11:23 PM
jgreening I would appreciate if you guys will review these f... Oct 4, 2005 - 11:26 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner Oh absolutely. I cant wait until I get a day to p... Oct 4, 2005 - 11:39 PM
purplegt4 only comes with 2...
plus there's a manual th... Oct 5, 2005 - 12:21 AM
Silver94CelicaOwner Yea I read the manual the minute I got home from p... Oct 5, 2005 - 12:35 AM
purplegt4 OMG yea they are necessary!!!!... Oct 5, 2005 - 12:48 AM
Silver94CelicaOwner EDIT- oops, double post by me. You were posting t... Oct 5, 2005 - 1:21 AM
purplegt4 RE: Tein SuperStreet Damper Oct 5, 2005 - 1:34 AM
celicarus -- ok now after carefully looking at the diagram a... Oct 5, 2005 - 3:51 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner Yea man, thats wierd that I did the exact same thi... Oct 5, 2005 - 11:15 PM
CelicaZR Could you please do a how to article and like jgre... Oct 5, 2005 - 11:52 PM
purplegt4 mmm......how-to? is there really need for one? it... Oct 6, 2005 - 1:43 AM
Silver94CelicaOwner Well regardless of difficulty, I'm probably go... Oct 6, 2005 - 11:19 AM
celicarus I installed the set today, but forgot to put the c... Oct 6, 2005 - 7:45 PM
purplegt4 hell yea have fun Oct 7, 2005 - 8:37 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner Mine should be going in sometime today, Jeff shoul... Oct 8, 2005 - 1:40 AM
celicarus yep that collar before the nut made the difference... Oct 8, 2005 - 11:54 AM
lagos good to know you like them .. how do they feel goi... Oct 8, 2005 - 11:59 AM
celicarus no more problems with bumps, except that the rear ... Oct 8, 2005 - 12:34 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner Dude these things kick serious ass.
Took several ... Oct 8, 2005 - 10:30 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner And now for pics-
Sorry no full car shot, my ... Oct 9, 2005 - 11:09 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner Sorry, I just need to say again how much these thi... Oct 10, 2005 - 8:52 PM
defgeph Look awesome dude, I'm going to have to buy my... Oct 10, 2005 - 8:55 PM
jgreening I am really curious about how these things do over... Oct 10, 2005 - 9:01 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner So far I have to say that they take bumps very wel... Oct 10, 2005 - 9:09 PM
jgreening QUOTE(Silver94CelicaOwner @ Oct 10, 2005 - 9:... Oct 10, 2005 - 9:13 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner My old setup was stock springs and shocks, so the ... Oct 10, 2005 - 9:21 PM
afroman i have a close friend that has these on his turbo ... Oct 10, 2005 - 9:25 PM
celicarus Hey Silver
your not the only one that cares man -... Oct 10, 2005 - 9:58 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner Good to hear man, I was wondering how your install... Oct 10, 2005 - 10:07 PM
lagos awesome to hear some feedback on these. ive wanted... Oct 11, 2005 - 12:41 PM
jgreening QUOTE(lagos @ Oct 11, 2005 - 12:41 PM)awesome... Oct 13, 2005 - 11:41 AM
lagos unless i over looked something... its a full coilo... Oct 13, 2005 - 11:56 AM
playr158 oh and since you guys are reviewing them......if t... Oct 13, 2005 - 2:34 PM
CelicaZR I'm just curious, how low can you set the heig... Oct 13, 2005 - 11:07 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner You could set it lower than you would ever need to... Oct 13, 2005 - 11:45 PM
CelicaZR Cool thanks Silver Oct 13, 2005 - 11:47 PM
celicarus when one gets an alignment done, is the shop mecha... Oct 18, 2005 - 9:07 PM
Silver94CelicaOwner That should be fixed in an alignment as far as I k... Oct 20, 2005 - 8:32 AM
playr158 your alignment is wat makes your wheels stay strai... Oct 20, 2005 - 12:03 PM
celicarus thanks for your replies - i will have it looked at... Oct 20, 2005 - 12:52 PM
nik hey you know how the 7th gens have a pillow mount ... Nov 30, 2005 - 6:22 PM
playr158 are you asking if we can use the exact same part f... Dec 1, 2005 - 1:06 AM
nik yep i want to know if any has actess to 7gen to ta... Dec 1, 2005 - 10:16 AM![]() ![]() |
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