Tein Flex?

[sr_sil80]

I have my fronts at 4 from the stiffest, and my rears at 2 from the stiffest, no real reason why it's at that, just thought i'd try it that way, and i wanted the rear a little stiffer.

My concern is when i push down on the car in the rear, it feels stock by the way it bounces, but the front is very stiff where it won't budge???

Are the flex set up much differently in the rear?

Does anyone else have this problem, or have any idea as to why it might be this way?

I'm lost, any input will help.

[DRIFTING_SIL_EIGHTY]

i had mine with 4 front 8 rear before. it moved a little from side to side but as far as pushing the rear. it was nowhere near stock. i have it now at full stiff all the way around and its a little stiffer. did you load the springs ??? is it bouncy when driving ??? if you need help with it and your in the gardena/torrance area lemme know.

[ZK]

It works fine. Did you preload the springs correctly?
the rear is softer than the front but that's how S13 suspensions are set up, the front doesn't have as much travel so it needs to be stiffer to prevent it from bottoming out.

[sr_sil80]

Thanks for the input.
How do you load/preload the springs???, I'm not really familiar w/ terms or all of the aspects of coilovers. I just put them on the car as I got them(new from the box). I didn't really adjust anything, just the dampening at 4 and 2 as mentioned.

As far as bouncy, it gets pretty bouncy when driving.

Drifting SilEighty, thanks for the offer of help, but I'll try to figure it out on my own cause I don't really drive the car since there's a lot I still need to do to it, but if it comes down to it and i can't figure it out, i'll let you know. THANKS!

[DRIFTING_SIL_EIGHTY]

preloading the springs to what i know is kinda like to compress it. did you follow the manual to specs ? i did (to what i know) and it was to bouncy for me. just get your wrenches out and turn the bottom seat (the part that the spring sits on) and wrench it to go up. this should create a load on your springs. i went up about half an inch just to test it out and its not as bouncy as it used to be. it will raise the car up though so if you want to lower the car back to the height you have now, just give the bottom of the shock some turns (going up again) till you have your desired ride height. anyways, hope this helps.