bloosted Cruise Control 1,383 Member For: 18y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 27/03/09 11:31 PM Share Posted 27/03/09 11:31 PM as the title says had them fitted today and happy with the range of height adjustment,yet to take it for a spin in the hills but with the dampening set at 8 from softest the ride is a touch harder than standardand the first effort was just a bit low hoist was a low as it would go and could still turn the wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo.vixen Hey guys, Tab is here... Oh i feel sick Lifetime Members 8,459 Member For: 16y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: sunshine coast Posted 27/03/09 11:39 PM Share Posted 27/03/09 11:39 PM looks good, what did they set you back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01txr Member 861 Member For: 17y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: QLD Posted 28/03/09 03:11 AM Share Posted 28/03/09 03:11 AM I had the previous set fitted, no damper adjustment manually, built in damping control.Within 12mths front right leaking, left has just started to rattle. car has never drivenstraight since wanting to follow road contours eg grooves in road from heavy vichicles.this maybe due to there crap setting up suspension though.Hope they work well for you and your dealer knows how to set it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erko Donating Members 1,079 Member For: 20y 11m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 28/03/09 05:27 AM Share Posted 28/03/09 05:27 AM what do pedders charge for these things? do you know the spring rates / specs on the dampers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloosted Cruise Control 1,383 Member For: 18y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/03/09 06:46 AM Author Share Posted 28/03/09 06:46 AM (edited) I had the previous set fitted, no damper adjustment manually, built in damping control.Within 12mths front right leaking, left has just started to rattle. car has never drivenstraight since wanting to follow road contours eg grooves in road from heavy vichicles.this maybe due to there crap setting up suspension though.Hope they work well for you and your dealer knows how to set it up.after driving car with Teins these have more adjustability, when you lower the teins I beleive it compresses the springs these don't and your creeping issues sound more like wheel alignment to me......and I will set the dampening height myself thanks to suit MY driving Oh and thanks to Bruce Heinrich performance for taking all my money oops I mean supplying and fitting these even came to the wheel aligners to oversee their work and at a better price than pedders Edited 28/03/09 06:46 AM by bloosted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloosted Cruise Control 1,383 Member For: 18y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/03/09 06:47 AM Author Share Posted 28/03/09 06:47 AM about 1900 supply only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyno Junkie Member 254 Member For: 17y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Ascot, Western Australia Posted 28/03/09 07:00 AM Share Posted 28/03/09 07:00 AM after driving car with Teins these have more adjustability, when you lower the teins I beleive it compresses the springs these don't and your creeping issues sound more like wheel alignment to me......and I will set the dampening height myself thanks to suit MY driving quote]We've got Teins on our Monaro, height adjustment is by winding spring platform up or down. There is no compression of springs on ours and I assume the Ford setup is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloosted Cruise Control 1,383 Member For: 18y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/03/09 07:06 AM Author Share Posted 28/03/09 07:06 AM We've got Teins on our Monaro, height adjustment is by winding spring platform up or down. There is no compression of springs on ours and I assume the Ford setup is the same.that's what the bloke with the teins told me...so your prob right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erko Donating Members 1,079 Member For: 20y 11m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 29/03/09 03:39 AM Share Posted 29/03/09 03:39 AM the teins compress the springs to lower? what a laugh......dyno junky is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 3m 25d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 29/03/09 04:04 AM Share Posted 29/03/09 04:04 AM Without knowing the guy, I think the suspension guy was trying to explain, that with the teins, when you lower them you will be loosing suspension travel in the strut unit as you are effectively lowering the spring mount to get a shorter strut assembly, with the pedders you are actually raising the lower mounting point to shorten the strut and ride height, so you do not loos any suspension travel from the strut assembly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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