TIEN SS Settings

Hello guys,

I have TEIN SS coilovers. Right now I have them set at 8 in front and 10 in rear. What I wanted to know is what you guys set them for street, highway, and drag.

Hello guys,

I have TEIN SS coilovers. Right now I have them set at 8 in front and 10 in rear. What I wanted to know is what you guys set them for street, highway, and drag.

For one, anyone that uses Teins for drag is wasting their moneyfor the most part...

But to answer your question, I have Tein SS myself, though I have 2kg stiffer springs on mine since I auto-X with my car. So my spring rates are 10kg front (559lbs.) and 6kg rear (336lbs.) I keep my fronts at 8 clicks from stiffest, and my rears at 4 clicks from stiffest. But don't go by what works for others, do what suits YOUR own ride and handling preferance. I can assure you when I say what works for one doesn't usually for another. I have my car set up for closer to equal balance than a Civic is normally like. Meaning I don't have much understeer, and i can get my rear end to slide out quite easily, this is pretty essential for auto-X, and can be handy on the streets.

In the coming weeks, I'm going to be taking my rear shocks to Tein so they can revalvethem to accept up to 10kg springs. So I'll have 10kg rears and 8kg fronts.

What I want is to have my civic set up to really handle street corners and on the highway really well while still having a comfortable ride. Would I want to have it stiffer in the front or in the rear?

What I want is to have my civic set up to really handle street corners and on the highway really well while still having a comfortable ride. Would I want to have it stiffer in the front or in the rear?

It all depends on what you want to do. Drag you want a stiff as heck rear so the car doesn't "squat" much upon launch. This set up might be too extreme for the street as the stiffer the rear, the more likely snap oversteer is to happen, which is when you take a street corner fairly quick and the rear end slides out from under you. Unless you know when it's going to happen or know when to expect it, it'll catch you off guard and very likely make you crash or at best spinout in the middle of the street.

Having owned my Teins for about 2 and a half years now, the shock dampening adjustment doesn't NOTHING for the street, and little if anything for canyon driving. You have to auto-X or be on a road course type track to notice and differance with it, I speak from experience here. If you don't plan to track in that manner, really getting the SS is a waste of money, but the adjustment is good to have should you happen to want to hit up any road racing or auto-X events. Good handling also depends A LOT on your tires, and also what pressures you're running them at. Even a 3psi air pressure change can have more affect than the shock dampening control in a lot of cases. But since you have the adjustment, play around with it and see what works best for what you desire from them.