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Old 11-06-07, 10:23 PM
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Default Question for you Tein CS owners that have lowered the suspension all the way

Okay, So recently i lowered my car all the way with the Teins but I had a question. This is my first set of full coilovers so bear with me, While the car was on the lift, i lowered the rings all the way down and in doing so, the coil springs ended up having no load and i would be able to move the springs up and down loosely. Is this suppose to happen or do i need to do something else?

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Old 11-06-07, 11:24 PM
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With my Teins all the way down there was still preload on the spring. That is weird.
Old 11-07-07, 03:25 AM
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maybe it wasn't installed correctly
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that is wierd
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Did you tighten the rings?
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Yes, And also, this is only on ther rear, the fronts do not do this.
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I never took all the preload of of the rear. That would slam the back. Even with the front sagged out all the way there is still like 4 or 5 threads left in the rear to get it even from front to back.
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