Im getting the tokico Illumina adjustable gas shock
I want to adjust my ride height do I still need a coil over? or just a regular spring?
since the shocks itself are adjustable

 

the struts dont adjust height they adjust firmness, so if u want to be able to adjust ur height get coilovers.

 

Illumina's only adjust damping.

 

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HA HA sorry had to correct your spelling


Modified by APEX CRX at 1:51 PM 4/12/2004

 

that's dampening if you will
stan

 

um no. dampen (v.) means WET. damp (v., not adj.) means suppress. so its "damping". the misuse of the word dampening has caused it to be understood as meaning 'suppress', but its as wrong as 'potatoe'.


oh and, just get any one of the numerous spring kits that match your ride height and spring needs. read my faq for reasons why.

 

I stand corrected

 

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Damn, Nice avatar Vee!

 

get some coilovers.... its better to have a combination of aftermarket struts and springs instead of just one or the other....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">um no. dampen (v.) means WET. damp (v., not adj.) means suppress. so its "damping". the misuse of the word dampening has caused it to be understood as meaning 'suppress', but its as wrong as 'potatoe'.


oh and, just get any one of the numerous spring kits that match your ride height and spring needs. read my faq for reasons why.</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOLOLOLOL!!! What's even funnier is that someone actually believed you! LMFAO.

Dampening is the correct word, you actually have the two meanings backwards. Please consult a dictionary if you think I'm wrong...

 

just got those shocks with sprint springs lowered at 2". man i love them. totaly an improvement from driving around with blown shocks..

 

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LOLOLOLOL!!! What's even funnier is that someone actually believed you! LMFAO.

Dampening is the correct word, you actually have the two meanings backwards. Please consult a dictionary if you think I'm wrong...

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Ok, I'm gonna let you off the hook.. The dictionary shows both terms being used in basically the same ways.

 

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Damn, Nice avatar Vee! </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha I had to compete with yours !!! but is your avatar of your "girl" too?

 

you are wrong.

http://www.google.com/search?h...ampen
http://www.google.com/search?h...amper
http://www.google.com/search?h...mping
http://www.google.com/search?h...ening

 

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Bastards, Haha

 

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haha I had to compete with yours !!! but is your avatar of your "girl" too? </TD></TR></TABLE>

My EX to be exact. Dont worry though, my new girl's gonna make for some even better avatars

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you are wrong.

http://www.google.com/search?h...ampen
http://www.google.com/search?h...amper
http://www.google.com/search?h...mping
http://www.google.com/search?h...ening
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No your dictionary is.

tr.v. damped, damp·ing, damps

To make damp or moist; moisten.
To extinguish (a fire, for example) by cutting off air.
To restrain or check; discourage.
Music. To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.

damping

Damp \Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Damped; p. pr. & vb. n. Damping.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See Damp, n.] 1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
Physics. To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system)


v. damp·ened, damp·en·ing, damp·ens
v. tr.
To make damp.
To deaden, restrain, or depress
To soundproof.

dampening

Dampen \Damp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dampened; p. pr. & vb. n. Dampening.] 1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

They can be used both ways according to Dictionary.com.

 

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My EX to be exact. Dont worry though, my new girl's gonna make for some even better avatars </TD></TR></TABLE>


damn, playa !!!!

 

btw, this is all academic for me, i dont mean to make it into a pissing match.

yes, like i said, because ppl like you who think potato CAN be spelled with an E, dampen is accepted as the physical meaning to reduce oscillations as well. however any engineering book will call what we say a shock absorber as "damper", not "dampener". look at the actual roots of the words and its use and some of the definitions ive given you. youll find "dampen" is labelled as the misused expression of "damp".

 

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damn, playa !!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, I dont want to pimp her out too soon, ya know?

By the way, props on yours, any more pics, playa?

 

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Yeah, I dont want to pimp her out too soon, ya know?

By the way, props on yours, any more pics, playa?

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ha ha, not any that I can post

 

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ha ha, not any that I can post </TD></TR></TABLE>

Understood. Figured I'd try anyways

 

No pissing match at all, purely academic for me as well.

I'd never heard of the word damping being used to describe a shock absorber, so I assumed you had the two mixed up.

What is confusing is that the dictionary shows pratically the same definitions for both. It's only when you break them down to the root words, like you said, that the meanings become clearly defined.

Just goes to show just how much the English language sucks!

 

ha ha, I might sneak some to you one of these days if you send me some of yours !!! J/K the girl in the my avatar is my "girl" Tera !!!




Modified by APEX CRX at 3:25 PM 4/12/2004

 

well a shock absorber is traditionally called a dashpot anyway, but you wont ever hear that in america outside an engineering vibrations class.

to your defense, it does seem the american-heritage dictionary screws it up by using the word dampen unappropriately. but that just goes to show how dynamic the english language really can be and a dictionary is only a reflection of the "commonly understood and used" lexicon. but i dont see any engineering books define damp, damping, damper wrong.