motion Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Hi,I got k-sport coilovers with spring rate 5,3 front and rear, i dont think it is perfekt so i want to buy softer springs for the rear. ...what spring rates got tein, meisterR..... Edited February 21, 2015 by motion Quote
Mad Mike EP82 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Depends what your car is used for? Quote
motion Posted February 22, 2015 Author Posted February 22, 2015 I drive 4000km a year so it is not important to be comfortable, i am going 3-4 times a year for trackdays, for me it works good but a little bit bouncy in corners, don't know where it comes from. Same spring rate front and rear appears strange to me.@mickey4410: what coilovers?yours in kg/1mm front 18,1rear 11,3isn't it a little bit too hard?I got front and rear 5,3 kg / 1mm*confused* Quote
Mad Mike EP82 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Where did u get 18kg from? 440lbs is 8kg?? Quote
mikey4410 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 mine are very comfortable and not to hard at all. I have the master mono flexs, the tip ones tein did at the time.perfect for me on my daily and as I say not to hard at all. Quote
AdamB Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 If you find the ride bouncy changing the springs isn't going to help, That's a damper issue. Either their leaking or the rebound valving isn't stiff enough. Quote
motion Posted February 22, 2015 Author Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Where did u get 18kg from? 440lbs is 8kg??400 lbs = 181 kgbut you are rightI think Mickey's values are for 1 inch,the spring rate in mm=front 7,1rear 4,4@AdamB: thank you i will check this but don't you think the rear springs should be softer than in the front? Edited February 22, 2015 by motion Quote
AdamB Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 The front end requires stiff springs purely because of having to carry the weight of the drive train and partially of the driver. If it had soft springs the car will be touching tarmac. The problem is with running a stiff front spring is that it increases understeer, the only way to counteract this is to run a rear spring which is approx twice as stiff as the front to get somewhere near neutral handling. It really does depend on many factors, a chassis will handle better with a softer spring, but it depends on ride height, ground clearance etc. Quote
motion Posted February 24, 2015 Author Posted February 24, 2015 Ok thank you i will look what the problem is. Quote
motion Posted February 25, 2015 Author Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) doublepost Edited February 25, 2015 by motion Quote
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