What damper settings are you running for your daily driver?

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Mr240dude
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I recently got some coils for my car and wanted to hear what everyone is messing around with on their daily drivers. I live in the NY so the roads blow tremendously, however with that said I have mine set on 1 front and back. It rides good but I wanted to see if I can maybe increase stiffness on the rears or front. After playing around with it and putting them on max stiffness it felt too bouncy for some reason and felt like I was in the middle of an earthquake. I'm new to coilovers so I wanted some suggestions and such for adjusting. My car is currently dropped a little over 2.5" front driver side wheel rubs slightly on turns.


Any feedback appreciated :bigthumb:


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krash
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REally you just need to find the setting that works well with the springs you're using. Every coilover uses different valves and scales for dampening settings so someone else's "4" might be your "3" etc (unless you both have the same coilovers).

Mr240dude
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Yeah that's true. Generally though would you say the 3-4 range is suitable though? I know it differs from coil to coil but having the softest setting is probably not the idea set up?

Mr240dude
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Another thing I forgot to mention is, should the rears be lower than the fronts are typically all the same level? Thanks.

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I have no idea. You'll have to experiment and see which feels the best with your springs. Ride height doesn't matter as long as you're not bottoming out in suspension travel.


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