99T/A_Marine

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Great video dude. Really helpful and I'll be using it when I do this.

libertyforall1776

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Now we just need a video for pulling off that stock shock stuff for Bilsteins! (spring perch, dust-boot and bumpstop) What a bunch of BS!!!

SSmokin99

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Wow, thanks for the vid! I really appreciate that you took the time to do this and I have the same spings/shocks as you.

TheBlueKnight

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You're very welcome, I'm glad it helped. Are you planning to hit The Sacramento Raceway up this summer? I'm hoping to make a trip up with some drag radials as my last trip I pulled a 13.2 @ 114mph with a crappy 2.3 60ft. With my stock good year eagle F1's I just spin all through first and half way through second.

floodofnoise

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TheBlueKnight

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Check back later, looks like the streetfire.net site is down right now.

peterlawl84

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Thanks for the vid, I just got done with the swap this wkend and this was very helpful

kevin99hoss

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good job on the vid its been helpful, i have my rear done and im waiting on the new shock mounts for the front to finish up my install

TheBlueKnight

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Glad the video helped. It makes a huge diff. to see it on the video before you tackle it.

LS14EVR

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Just did my install. Man I love these springs! This is how this should have rolled off the assembly line!

Blwn_by_Twins

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Video doesn't work.

TheBlueKnight

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Just checked and it's fine.

stroked383HSR

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subbed....for future reference.

dmanotas

TruBloodTransAm

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Any advice on adjustment settings?

TheBlueKnight

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A good base setting to start with is the rears at full soft (which is still a tad to stiff for me for daily driving), and 3 to 4 sweeps from full soft in the front. Then just play with it from there. Im gonna bet you'll try a half turn stiffer with the rear one's and not like it and revert back to full soft. For the fronts I believe I'm at 4 sweeps from full soft and I liked it there. I may play around with the front this summer.

Mark2002

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I'd say run all 4 full soft to get a baseline. Then concentrate on either the fronts or the rears independently to really appreciate what effect an adjustment has.

Just a data point to show that shock adjustment is quite subjective...

I drove mine out of the box for months at full soft both front and rear. Wasn't real impressed (more correctly, I wasn't as impressed as I expected to be with all the hype. Especially with the rears. Felt like the axle was flopping around) Then I finally decided to go to the other extreme... I adjusted full firm on the rears, and 9 sweeps firm on the fronts (at the time I thought it was full firm). Night and day difference and like it MUCH better! As of now I don't plan to adjust the rears further. I'll plan to go the full 12 sweeps on the front just to see what it's like though.

Point is, the ride is so much different from one extreme to the other don't settle on a ride you don't like until you've tried a different setting. Don't be affraid to play around with them. Find what you like.

Mark.
Running Strano springs with Koni yellows on my daily driver '02 Z28 that sees occassional Road Course events
Front: Rod-ended lower A-Arms, stock upper A-Arms
Rear: Rod-ended LCAs, Watts Link, stock rear end

OffspringZ28

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Sam, TBK,

Can you guys explain the difference to me in a nutshell the difference between the 4/3 and the 4/4. Thanks.

TheBlueKnight

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With the 4/3's the rear shocks have to be taken off the car to be adjusted. The 4/4's can be adjusted with the turn of a **** while still installed on the car.

Sam Strano

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I don't mind talking to folks about it on the phone. But I've had to kind of stop with too many details on the forums... That ends up working against me when folks take what I tell them and use it to buy stuff from someone that can't answer their questions.

BlueKnight is right, at least in part. There is one other big detail that differs with the adjustment... basically you have fewer options on the settings.