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Originally Posted by drexappeal
Very nice! Question of curiosity, why'd you set the front stiffer than the rear?
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Originally Posted by BIGjohnny
To prevent the car from deeping down too much during turns and braking. However, I found the ride too damn stiff at dampling level 13 out of 16... both front and rear are at 8 now.
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Originally Posted by drexappeal
John, I've been too lazy to figure it out, but how the hell do you take out the rear lining to adjust the rear shocks. I tried pulling back the side lining the other day, but couldn't see how I could access the rear shock adjuster.
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Originally Posted by BIGjohnny
Yea, it's tedious taking that out. So i had the guy who installed my coil overs cut a perfect circle on the rear lining. It's two small opening, one on each side. I will post more pictures this weekend. Hope that helps.
Yeah, if you can take pics that'd be cool!
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Originally Posted by FrankW
bigjohnny, just wondering if you were around Diamond Bar area the other day? My dad said he saw your car and thought it was mine.
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looking at these pics again, you know what I HATE? how tuners make their products such a loud and obnoxious color (like Tein's green) that it's so obvious that there's something different there. people can see its dropped, so why do they have to see the coilovers? it's just when you bring it to the dealer it's like saying "look at me look at me I've got aftermarket stuff!"
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Originally Posted by nlpamg
looking at these pics again, you know what I HATE? how tuners make their products such a loud and obnoxious color (like Tein's green) that it's so obvious that there's something different there. people can see its dropped, so why do they have to see the coilovers? it's just when you bring it to the dealer it's like saying "look at me look at me I've got aftermarket stuff!"
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Originally Posted by drexappeal
Phil, they've gotta do it to seperate themselves from other companies and the obnoxious "color" selections are for show purposes.
but, I guess I could be wrong, I'd just like something I can have on and not have any of the dealers suspect or give me grief about not being oem and thus causing problems...
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Originally Posted by nlpamg
yeah, I realize that, but it's still pretty useless in cases like this b/c how many times are people going to look at an undercarriage at a show?
but, I guess I could be wrong, I'd just like something I can have on and not have any of the dealers suspect or give me grief about not being oem and thus causing problems...
but, I guess I could be wrong, I'd just like something I can have on and not have any of the dealers suspect or give me grief about not being oem and thus causing problems...
I know what you're saying though. It's a pain in the *** to deal with a dealership that gives you grief for it. Surprisingly enough, the dealership didn't mention anything to me about my TEIN's when I had the Super Streets in!...LOL.
