Hello HT, first I want to say, I don't need another recommendation to get another coilovers, at least not now NO MONEY, MARRIED. Help me with this problem I have, educate me. Thank you.

I have this Tein SS-P with EDFC, this past four years, and I really happy with that.

1. Last week I notice the driver side rear is lower by 1", I check if the spring seats turning lower than the other side, but it's not. Both the spring seat at the same position. Why it doing that, is it the strut or is it the spring ? I was thinking just raised that one should fix the problem, but then that gonna raised the preload as the car get higher. Should I raised that one side anyway ?

2. The oldman I take care said, since the lowering problem it's on driver side, it's probably because the car it's been driven with the weight more on that side, and so on. Then he told me that since my car is so stiff, I should raised the front driver side spring and it should help the problem. I did as he told, and it raise the rear a bit, and I keep raising it to the point it going back lowering the back. And somehow all that raising the driver front only raised the back and not the front it self, the front height stays the same. WEIRD :O. With all that the driver side rear still not as high as the passenger side. I leave it like that for now. I measure the front height from the molding line on the fender and the back on the same molding line by the tire on rear bumper. All been done it the flat surface garage. And bubble level

Here the question, whats really going on? the way I adjust the height before all this problem is just like the tein manual said. Which raised the car height = raised the spring preload. As it is now the both front spring seats doesn't sit at the same height position even the front of the car totally level and same height both side as the car stand on the wheels. Is it safe ? And before I try to lower the Front passenger side to see if the Rear driver gonna raised or not, if I do that, then each side rear and each side of the front not gonna have the same spring seats height.
The car never been into accident, I'm the second owner. and it's been fine, or maybe not till I notice it last week.
Is there any other way to adjust this ? Or is it really something wrong with my coilovers now? The
It's tiring adjust one side with tire on and off both front and back with just scissor jack. Just cannot afford jack now. Thank you

 

Maybe ur strut is bad? Is it leaking

 

No leak on struts. Thx

 

Help

 

anyone?

 

bump

 

So lemme understand this. You have adjustable coilovers so you can set the ride height at whatever you want it to be but refuse you to adjust them because of some preload nonsense that you don't even understand?

 

no, you misunderstand. it's not that I dont know how to adjust the height or refuse to adjust it because the preload thingy. But as it sits now all 4 corner have different spring seats height just to make the car look level. it make the rear of driver side very stiff now. my main concern is it safe driving like this? or is it how it gonna be with adjustable coilover? coz it wasn't doing it last 4 years, or maybe I just notice it now. what really cause this? and how to fix it, is it the strut or the springs broken? thank you

 

My brief research says these are linear springs so I don't know how lowering at one corner has made it stiffer, nor how you can even tell that it is.

 

I can tell it feel stiffer cause I ride on it every day, same route for 30miles one way. and i know it stiffer cause I ask my friend and my wife drive it at tell me their opinion, which they say it feel stiffer. what is linear spring? I didn't say I lowering it made stiffer. actually cause the rear driverside lower than the rear passenger side, so I raised the rear driver side, and that made it stiffer, cause I raised it and the front driver side too.

 

Nothing you're saying is making any sense.

 

It's easy, your spring is either jacked up, and or that damper has seen it's last days. In my opinion you need a new damper. I've got a pair of new springs that you may be able to use depending on the length. Just cover shipping if they will fit your setup. If your adjusting 1 side to where it's almost an inch off with new springs, then your damper is the issue. Also preload does not play a roll here, as you don't have preload adjustment as your primary source of height adjustment is the spring. Typically helper springs are used in setups like this.

Anyways, your collars should be pretty close to the same location both left, and right. If your having to adjust 1 side more than an inch or so then you have an issue somewhere. Either the damper or spring is going, and in most cases it is the damper.

Tein SS line of dampers are very hit and miss. I will admit they do ride pretty good on the street for mild lowering, but they don't tend to last long. Sure some have tons of miles on them, but there are plenty whom have gone through them quite quickly.

 

@grumblemac, if the problem were make sense, that mean I already fix it my self. I ask here in the forum cause it was doesn't make sense to me too.


@andy, yes the front driver side I raised bout 1/2 inch and the rear driver side almost 1 inch higher than the other side. and yes it have almost 200k miles since I bought them. I love the EDFC.
So what should I do mean while? until I find out which one really need replace? or till I can afford new set?

 

deal with it?

 

of course, which is ? make the car look level or make all four corner spring seats difference not as much more than 1inch than the opposite side while make the car look as level as possible? Yeah I'm dealing with it almost 3 week now, not feeling save driving it, but no choice.