I just bought the Tein SS coilover package.....The spring rates are 448F and 224R.


I can buy a set of additional springs to upgrade the rear spring rate....what should I stiffen it up to??

Tein "says" the shocks can handle up to 4gf/mm above what the shock came with. That means I could run a 448 in the rear and have matched spring rates....is this a better handling set up? work well on the street?

or should I go with what it came with? 336 in the rear??


move the front springs to the back and buy stiffer front springs???


Modified by lOOkatme at 4:35 AM 4/9/2004

 

Go with a copy of the HA spring rates which are around 640 up front and 440ish in the rear. Put the ones up front on the back and get some 640s up front. I loved the real stiff feeling the HA's gave me.

 

I just checked on the TienFLEX spring rates.

559F 339R

trying to go for a balanced set up. hmmm

 

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OMG what a horrible set-up you must have massive understeer stiffen up the rear and loosen up the front.

 

thats what every Tein SS suspension package comes with. I couldn't swap out the spring rates since their policy doesn't allow that. but it does allow people to buy a set of replacement springs for 100 bucks.

how does 448F and 448R fair?

 

448 448 is a pretty good set-up I have 450 front and 425 rear and with a progress rear bar you'll have no problem with understeer that's if you've taken out the AC, and relocated the battery.