Coilovers Dampening Settings

[GQM45s]

I still trying to adjust my dampening settings on my Megan Street LP Coilovers, anyone know of a good setting to get it back to near stock ride? Also to mention mine has 32 settings.

[Ilya]

I have BC's, but I ride on the softest settings all around and it seems to be mostly like stock.

[thm8d]

I have a m35 sport and I set it at 22 all around. It rides just slightly stiffer than stock

[GQM45s]

I have BC's, but I ride on the softest settings all around and it seems to be mostly like stock.

is your ride not bouncy on the softest setting?

[svard75]

I dealt with this a while ago with my D2's. As you guys already know our streets are riddled with pot hole patches and wavy pavement from rigs. It was so bad when it was lowered on anything above 20. If I went under 20 my car would bottom out. I raised my car to factory height and set the settings to lowest and found it to be excellent for a while. After some time it's almost as if the shocks become more compliant over time and they really began being too soft especially around corners. I am currently back to 20 on all 4 corners and it's not too bad but I'm thinking of going up to 25. At the same time I believe my sway bar end links are on the way out as well because there are noises. I'll be under the car this Friday diagnosing the noise issue and changing the settings to 25.

Here are my quick descriptions of each setting

36 - Brain rattling, bucking bronco and excessive bouncing in my seat. Made me LOL too many times. Amazing around corners (Like on rails).
30 - Slightly less Brain rattling, still bucks and slightly less bouncing. Still amazing around corners.
26 - Seems to be the best setting for rough roads. Absorbs some of the rattling, still bucks but that's just the car over our rough roads and less bounce. Corners seem to be more compliant and similar to stock.
20 - Great setting on a straight line especially if your roads are bad. Much more absorbing. Still some bucking but less annoying. Cornering at higher speeds is slightly scary (Again this may be due to my end links).
15- Nice and comfy. Great for geezers and me. Unfortunately I found the ride to be fairly wobbly and around the corners it was worst than stock.
0 - Very comfy. Feels like a 76 caddy. Forget the corners unless you're doing 10MPH (Lot's of body roll). I did enjoy this setting, however on certain roads where the car would buck it wouldn't stop bucking until it happened at least 5 times after the uneven road section.

The pain in the rear is adjusting the rears. Given you have the M45 I would have gone with the TEIN super street coilovers with the electronic adjusting system. It's 4 stepping motors attached to the top of the shocks and a controller where you set your shock settings on the fly. Very cool stuff.

[GQM45s]

thanks for the info bro, let me know what you find out about the noise, i been noticing some shock knock? in the rear

[svard75]

Hey GQ I spent a good part of Friday under the car. I removed the coilovers and re-adjusted the springs and rate up to 30 again. I also lowered it just a touch. I removed all four sway bar end links and verified the stock OEM end links are still in perfect condition. After re-installing the sway bar end links and shocks I no longer hear any noises. I have reason to believe it may have been the end links that were loose. During my original install I may have failed to torque the nuts down to spec and over time the vibration caused the nuts to work loose?

IDK.

[GQM45s]

thanks for the update, i'll have to make time to get to my friends shop and check it out. I drop the fronts to 20 and they starting feeling alot better. I need to drop the settings in the rear but i need to use a lift.

[06M4.5]

f 27/ r 25

the lower you go the stiffer you need to be

[mexillis]

The tein coilovers with the adjustable dampening from inside the car would be the best co's to have esp if you remove the springs and putin bags . I was planning to go that route until I saw the price of the coilovers.

[GQM45s]

So far testing the dampening settings on the fronts to 20 is fairly nice on the megans, still have not had a chance to adjust the rears yet, but will update soon when i get a chance