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Old 16 June 2021, 11:09 AM
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Default Ride height Tein coilovers

I'm going to get a garage to fit my flex z coilovers and at first I was going to say drop it 40mm
but I think looking at how my car sits on the stock springs this may be to much.

currently running 18inch wheels with 235/40/18 tyres.

From the centre of the alloy to the arch is 36cm and the tyre gaps are as follows:
front wheel gap 6cm
rear 2cm from tyre to arch lip.

please can you share your views on how much I should lower the front Vs the rear. I'm now thinking 40 on the front and 25 on the rear.
I love how this white car sits and it'll be great if I can get close to it.

Finally, I want to wind off the tein threads to get some grease in them before install but they are solid. Is this normal when they are off the car?

Finally finally. Why are there different qdjustment numbers for USA vs the rest of the world?








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this was my hawk on teins flex z. im sure it was set at 30mm all round (or maybe 25mm i cannot remember) deffo not more than 30mm though.

simon @ chevron supplied and fitted them along with various other suspension components to compliment them. car was fitted with 18" wheels i think 8.75 wide, 225/40/18 AD08R'S
never had any rubbing and car handled superbly. simon did recommend 235 wide tyres but i had already bought the 225 wide ones.






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Looks good 👍 were you able to adjust the threads while they were off the car?
mine are solid and I'd like to get some grease under the threads before they get set up and installed.

Got these though.

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Originally Posted by RobsyUK
Looks good 👍 were you able to adjust the threads while they were off the car?
mine are solid and I'd like to get some grease under the threads before they get set up and installed.

Got these though.
mine were new and were never taken off the car, i dd have them checked over after 2 years of use and they were fine. previous BC coilovers rusted solid after 6 months.
as far as a budget coilover goes i think tein are about the best
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Very nice hawk that shrek 👍👍
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Originally Posted by johno01
Very nice hawk that shrek 👍👍
thanks buddy,I do miss it. Its been gone a year now.
it was so clean and always got compliments wherever it went. Sounded awesome aswell
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Originally Posted by the shreksta
thanks buddy,I do miss it. Its been gone a year now.
it was so clean and always got compliments wherever it went. Sounded awesome aswell
Im not surprised mate it looks fantastic...even if you considered getting another your going to be paying a fortune for an average Subaru the way prices are going.
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Not sure if you can help guys just seen this I have got tien flex z coilovers and want to fit them on my 2011 sti sallon but require the Instruction manual for 2008-2014 can you point me in right direction a copy etc
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Originally Posted by stevie turbo
Not sure if you can help guys just seen this I have got tien flex z coilovers and want to fit them on my 2011 sti sallon but require the Instruction manual for 2008-2014 can you point me in right direction a copy etc
I am still to fit mine but happy to have a look at the instructions and take photos for you.
Have you contacted tein on fb as they are very helpful.
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Originally Posted by RobsyUK
I am still to fit mine but happy to have a look at the instructions and take photos for you.
Have you contacted tein on fb as they are very helpful.
no more farmers roads with them fitted than
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