Ok, I'm really confused here. From my previous experiences with coilovers, the whole idea behind them is to be able to adjust ride height when you want to without much difficulty. I had someone install my Flex's who supposedly use to work for them and he said that once they are installed the only way to adjust the ride height is to take them out of the car and do it; because if you do it while they are installed you will damage the strut rod. What gives???
I thought the whole idea was to be able to adjust the height when i want to?!
Anyway, does anyone have any thoughts or comments on the topic? I really want to lower the car about .5-1in. more. It really seems like overkill to do all the work again just to go a few millimeters.

 

I used to have these about a year ago. They have two collars for adjustment, one for preload, one for height. The height adjustment is the bottom part of the coilover. In order to adjust that, you would have to take the coilover out. You can adjust ride height using the upper (preload collar) but you would lose some shock travel.

 

Im not so sure that youll damage the inner rod by rotating the body of the damper while its on the car. I adjust mine like that, and have been for two years now. IMO, you dont need to take them off the car to adjust height.

 

the Tein instructions say specifically, NOT to rotate the shaft on the shock body. I'm sure you can, and you may or may not cause any damage, but you are taking a risk.

to adjust the lower collars the correct way, you really only need to undo the lower mount, you don't need to remove the whole damper/spring assembly. the front collers will turn if you loosen up the lower fork mounting bolt, but to adjust the rears correctly, you have to undo the LCA mount.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike-y &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the Tein instructions say specifically, NOT to rotate the shaft on the shock body. I'm sure you can, and you may or may not cause any damage, but you are taking a risk.

to adjust the lower collars the correct way, you really only need to undo the lower mount, you don't need to remove the whole damper/spring assembly. the front collers will turn if you loosen up the lower fork mounting bolt, but to adjust the rears correctly, you have to undo the LCA mount.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I dont remember my instructions saying that. They did however, say that you arent to use an impact to tighten or loosen the top nut, as spinning the shaft too quickly may result in damage. Id have to dig them out to get an exact quote. At any rate, like you listed, you can rotate the fronts in the fork, but the rears would require taking loose at least one pivot point and the sway mount.

 

Rotating the shock body while its on the car wlil not damage the piston/rod assembly, unless somehow you have leaked all the oil out of the damper and its just the piston seal rubbing dry against the shock body wall. In which case you've got bigger problems. At least thats how its worked in every shock of this design that I've ever seen.
And afaik Tein's Flex system adds a feature to adjust damping, not height...

 

all i got to say is that they are not worth the cash money i paid out for them, i had them for a year already and i hate them. tein is definitely just another name.

 

sounds like you would have been happier with airbags...

 

i had these aswell. what i did when i wanted to go lower was to loosen the perches, then remove the rear lca so it swings loose. no removal of the entire coilover for me.

and if you hate tein for this.. well you wont be happy with anyother similiar coilovers either.