Someone have any advice on the rebound/dampening adjustment setting for the ra's? We have crappy roads here and I have the front at about a 3 finger gap and the rears at almost two finger. I am bouncing alot and it feels sloppy in the front. Suggestions. I have seen people say that these are just too hard for roads and just made for the track, but there has to be some happy middle. thanks
Tein RA's setup/Help!
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I have mine setup with the green guide that runs under the car. I have about 2 finger clearance with 17, 18 wheel combo. I'm running dali race/street sways with settings at full stiff (FR) Stock (Rear) with dampening at 8 clicks and 4. The streets here in Charleston are not the best either. I have some bouncing but nothing that upsets the car.ROWB_1 said:
HTH
ROWB_1 said:
Mine is the same way, I don't think the RA's have enough rebound damping for the street. Have yet to try them on the track though..
-mike
chudson1549 said:I have mine setup with the green guide that runs under the car. I have about 2 finger clearance with 17, 18 wheel combo. I'm running dali race/street sways with settings at full stiff (FR) Stock (Rear) with dampening at 8 clicks and 4. The streets here in Charleston are not the best either. I have some bouncing but nothing that upsets the car.
HTH
Damn... that car looks amazing!!
emdoller said:
Thanks
I had Tein RA on my car before. I had adjusted to many settings but none could remove the bouncing. The car perform great like spiderman on the road. After each ride I got headache, backache from too much bouncing in my car. At the end of the day I switched back to oem shocks. Tein is for performance not comfortability.
I have Tein RA's and love them for the street.
These are such beautiful pieces and they allow you to be much more precise in your wheel alignment in that you can set the car up with a correct ride height posture.
This is done by actually measuring and I hope you are not setting them up using your fingers at the wheel wells which at best is a very rough inaccurate way of referencing your setup.Reading your post I get the impression your Teins were bolted on and never set up correctly. The rear of the car should be a little higher than the front, not the opposite which you seem to describe. I once had my car set up like that(bought it that way) until Larry B was standing with me outside my shop, observed it, and pointed out that it should be on a slight "rake". He's right.
I would suggest you first adjust your ride height using the method found in the Service Manual which is on this web site found here, section 18-6:
http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Reference/1991_svcman/1991_svcman.htm
Then use these specs. copied here courtesy of the Dali Racing Site, adjust your ride height so you have approximately 16mm "rake" front from to rear with the front being about -30mm lower from the stock spec in the manual and the rear -46mm lower than stock spec.
Again I stress using the method outlined in the manual for measuring which i not with your fingers. :wink:
Once done complete your wheel alignment again as outlined in the manual.
Be advised that most cars cannot achieve spec. for rear camber if lowered too much but that is the trade off if you want to "go down". You get as close as you can and buy tires more often.
Once the alignment is done you can adjust your "dampening" as you wish but I keep mine the same all around and feel it would be unwise to set them otherwise. On the street, I don't track, I put them at 12-14 clicks from the hardest setting. That is done by turning them all the way clockwise and then turning the adjusters counter clockwise and count 12 clicks. I take my shoes off when I do this so I don't lose count. :biggrin:
My car feels like it is on rails and it is a harder ride than stock but wouldn't have it any other way. To me sports cars don't feel right when they have a mushy soft ride. The stock NSX feels OK but this feels MUCH better IMHO.
The Teins are a great setup and IMO to do any thing other than the above method is a waste of the fine devices they are.
These are such beautiful pieces and they allow you to be much more precise in your wheel alignment in that you can set the car up with a correct ride height posture.
This is done by actually measuring and I hope you are not setting them up using your fingers at the wheel wells which at best is a very rough inaccurate way of referencing your setup.Reading your post I get the impression your Teins were bolted on and never set up correctly. The rear of the car should be a little higher than the front, not the opposite which you seem to describe. I once had my car set up like that(bought it that way) until Larry B was standing with me outside my shop, observed it, and pointed out that it should be on a slight "rake". He's right.
I would suggest you first adjust your ride height using the method found in the Service Manual which is on this web site found here, section 18-6:
http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Reference/1991_svcman/1991_svcman.htm
Then use these specs. copied here courtesy of the Dali Racing Site, adjust your ride height so you have approximately 16mm "rake" front from to rear with the front being about -30mm lower from the stock spec in the manual and the rear -46mm lower than stock spec.
Again I stress using the method outlined in the manual for measuring which i not with your fingers. :wink:
Once done complete your wheel alignment again as outlined in the manual.
Be advised that most cars cannot achieve spec. for rear camber if lowered too much but that is the trade off if you want to "go down". You get as close as you can and buy tires more often.
Once the alignment is done you can adjust your "dampening" as you wish but I keep mine the same all around and feel it would be unwise to set them otherwise. On the street, I don't track, I put them at 12-14 clicks from the hardest setting. That is done by turning them all the way clockwise and then turning the adjusters counter clockwise and count 12 clicks. I take my shoes off when I do this so I don't lose count. :biggrin:
My car feels like it is on rails and it is a harder ride than stock but wouldn't have it any other way. To me sports cars don't feel right when they have a mushy soft ride. The stock NSX feels OK but this feels MUCH better IMHO.
The Teins are a great setup and IMO to do any thing other than the above method is a waste of the fine devices they are.
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Front (8) rear(4)ROWB_1 said:
BTW, I totally agree with PB. After the install they had my car way too low in the rear. I had them adjust the rake so it rear is up.
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