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Old 03-07-2009, 09:02 PM
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And where does it say what adjusts the height and the firm and the softness of the front shocks?

Is lowered height means firm? Which means at the slot says: negative= lower=firm?; positive= softer =raise?

I would call Sam but its 2105 hrs now, so its a little late. Those rusted nuts owns me throughout the day.
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And where does it say what adjusts the height and the firm and the softness of the front shocks?

Is lowered height means firm? Which means at the slot says: negative= lower=firm?; positive= softer =raise?

I would call Sam but its 2105 hrs now, so its a little late. Those rusted nuts owns me throughout the day.
Wait a second here. There is no way to adjust the height of the front shocks with the adjustment window. Do you know what the adjusment window is for? Its for adjusting the rebound effect for the shocks. Are you trying to say that you can adjust how low and high the car sits with the adjustment window? The only way to adjust how the car sits height wise is the lower spring perch setting on the shocks. The higher the firmness of the shocks( the + symbol), the slower the shock rebounds. The higher the softness(the - symbol), the faster the shock rebounds.
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The only way to adjust how the car sits height wise is the lower spring perch setting on the shocks.
This is what I meant to ask.
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I googled it, and found out where is the ring for lower perch.
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i though going the opposite of where the arrow is going to would make change the settings softer and going the direction of the arrow is firmer?

btw this is for the rears so maybe the fronts are different.
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The fronts have the window, so if this it the rear shocks your are taking about there should be a valver on top that you can turn to make them harder or softer.
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Only the 4th gen rears have the valve at the top of the shock for on car adjustment. The 3rd Gens need to be adjusted before install.
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- means softer rebound
+ means firmer rebound

i set my rears at full soft, and fronts i think 4 sweeps from full soft
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"i set my rears at full soft, and fronts i think 4 sweeps from full soft"

Same here.
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Fronts at 2 sweeps from full hard, and rears at 1 click from full soft.



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