Tein install

Clean Room. Upper mounts and lower brackets are coated with rich TEIN green powder paint. This powder paint has high coating film strength, is highly durable yet is low-pollution due to non-use of harmful solvent. Patent No. On shell case, TEIN's self-developed one-of-a-kind " ZT Coating " is applied, for tougher protection against chipping, often caused by bounced pebbles, and rust.

With zero claim rate, against adhesion, out of ,dampers sold, we are confident that people living in snowfall area or near seashores would even be very satisfied. ZT Coating. For strut suspensions, sufficiently-thick ribbed plate is used for knuckle bracket to maintain high rigidity.

Flange shape edge of the bracket provides larger contact area with the bracket lock, which is fastened with the conical washer inserted in between, to effectively prevent loosening of the bracket lock most commonly occurs on front strut suspensions.

Brackets for brake hoses and ABS sensor harnesses etc are exclusively designed for each vehicle model for hassle-free installation. Highly-Rigid Knuckle Bracket. Shell case is made of high-strength steel STKM13C and solidly-constructed for firm handling and stable ride. High-Strength Shell Case.

FLEX Z has adopted the new wrought aluminum spring seats and low-friction hard-resin thrust washers. These effectively reduces the friction with springs, caused during ride height adjustment, and makes it easier to adjust the ride height with pre-load on the springs. Shell cases are treated with " ZT Coating ", a superlow-friction fluorine resin coating, which is tightly baked onto the surface in-house.

This special coating provides superior protection against rust and high lubricity, for keeping a smooth adjustment for a long period. The lower portion of the rear struts connect to the axle assemble after threading through the upper link.

The strut will now slide out. On each factory strut you will need to remove the upper mount for reuse with the Tein coilovers. First, use spring compressors to slowly compress the factory springs until the strut mount rotates freely at the top of the strut.

For instance, place a spring compressor at each side of a spring and alternate compressing sides in order to keep the spring straight. Using an adjustable wrench and a 14mm wrench, hold the strut piston with the adjustable wrench and remove the central locking nut. The strut mount will now slide off. Finally, slowly decompress the spring, making sure that the spring remains straight while decompressing.

The spring compressors placed on the front shock. It is important to alternate sides while tightening. Hold the notched top of the strut with the adjustable wrench and then loosen the central locking nut to remove the strut mount.

To complete the assembly of the Tein coilovers on the front, simply place the factory strut mounts onto the top of the coilovers. Tighten the central locking nut to ft-lbs using the adjustable wrench and 14mm wrench. Slide the mount into the strut tower and reinstall the 3 nuts to ft-lbs. Now swivel the knuckle spindle upwards and reinstall the 2 lower bolts to the knuckle spindle.

Tighten them to ft-lbs. Finally, reconnect the brake lines using the previously removed clip. The best way I have found to do this is to take a box cutter and create 2 — 2 inch notches directly across from each other on each seat, in the lower edge of the rubber. Then, place the modified seat on the mount and install the mount onto the coilover, ensuring that the inner portion of the rubber seats sit inside the new springs.

Now connect the mount to the new coilover with the central nut bolted to ft-lbs. Use the same process used on the front coilovers. With the mount bolted on, install the coilover by snaking it up and through the upper link.

Please note, not a lot of threadlock is needed nor does it need to cover all the threads. Area shown of where to apply the threadlocker to piston rod. This is the most important part and is sometimes easier with some help.

Now turn the EDFC motor 3 full rotations. At this point the EDFC motor should have started to thread onto the piston rod. Next, with your small flat head screwdriver, turn the top shaft of the EDFC motor 2 full turns clockwise shown below. The EDFC motor just needs to be hand tightened, not a lot of force is needed.

Lastly turn the screw driver in both directions to ensure that the EDFC shaft can rotate freely. Once the EDFC controller is turned on, it will self adjust.