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Old 30 September 2009, 04:00 PM
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Getting a set from the group-buy. What settings / ride height do people use? I'm running 18" wheels so want a hard setting so I can lower to fill the arches without rubbing on the inner lip on the rears (fronts seem ok on current suspension - the tired rear shock have too much movement in them - hence the change). Any help greatly apprieciated
Old 30 September 2009, 04:21 PM
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I bolted mine on straight from the box, but it was too low.

Raise the height by approx 10mm (IMO)
Old 01 October 2009, 09:05 AM
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Cheers Gary. What hardness setting did you use? I've heard people refer to the adjustments as 'x amount of clicks from soft'.
Old 01 October 2009, 04:50 PM
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Apex reckon you need at least 8 clicks from soft to get enough damping, I was running 6/5 on mine and it was very soft but not controlled enough Now I'm at 12 on the front 10 on the rear and it's fine
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I have mine on 16 clicks front, 15 clicks rear (i think - it might actually be the other way round)
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Generally you want to run harder (sometimes significantly harder) rates at the front than the rear.

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10/10
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Bump.

There are loads of people in the groupbuy and it would be interesting to see what settings they will be using!!
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I am running 15 front 14 rear on my otherwise standard hawkeye wrx, it's great when roads allow but it is quite hard for daily use so i might soften it a bit.
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Just changed to 15 front and 10 rear, which actually (and strangely) seems easier to use daily than 10/5- I read here that someone went for slightly harder settings and it smoothed things out.

Even on 0 these are a lot harder all round- but all in worth it.
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