And....

 

i dunno the fact it has purple springs seems to sell itself well unless you dont like purple springs anyways the jic suspencion is stiffer than stock on its weakest setting and this is were i leave mine for daily driving, still rides some what smooth but also stiffer than stock so its not perfection but makes up in extreme handling i just wonder what 15 clicks stiffer would drive like ..Mmmm track testing this weekend maybe? =)

 

i have the evo vii flex's... those guys at tein told me they would be exactly the same... they lied! i mean it fits fine but now i find out they did do some fine tuning for the viii's... just 1 question though if they did some tweaking ... how come as someone stated the part #'z for the vii and viii is the same?? someone out there is wrong =P

 

Not sure what you are talking about - part numbers are different

The Evo VII part # is DSR5261SS1

The Evo VIII part # for the US market is DSR846USS1

 

If you get the stock JIC spring rates you get purple springs:


If you order custom spring rates you get black springs.

 

Can you adjust the JICs from the top? The dampening anyway. Also how is the height adjusted?

 

Tein USA lists the VII and VIII under the same part #
MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO VIII
CT9A 03+ FLEX DSR84-6USS1
$1680.00 9/504
SL090-01200 8/448
SV080-01225 +2.0
112 ~ -2.0
-112 +2.0
112 ~ -2.0
-112 P/U -53
-2.1 -24
-0.9 -23
-0.9 ~ -73
-2.9 20
0.8 ~ -68
-2.7 EDK01-12140 Incl Evolution VII

The part #s in Japan are same VII and VIII also but not same as the US #s ??? Maybe they are different!! The DSR52-61SS1 is for the VII and VIII in Japan.

 

Teins it is! Being able to adjust ride height without screwing up the travel is a hot button for me, as well as not having to get out of the car to adjust the damping!! Where's my checkbook!

 

Dampening adjustments solely depend on if the shocks/struts are inverted (upside-down). For instance my rear FLT-A2 shocks aren't inverted so the damening adjustment is on the top. My front FLT-A2 struts are inverted so the dampening adjustment is on the very bottom of the strut, have to jack up the car to get to it.

Ride height is adjustable with two of the three rings. There's a locking ring and one ring above it. First you untighten the locking ring and move it up or down to allow movement of the top ring which adjusts ride height. When you get the ride height to were you want it just turn the locking ring towards it until is tight.

The very bottom ring adjusts shock height. You don't play with that one if you don't know what your doing.

 

FLTA2's are also dual height adjustable...so you can lower the car without sacrificing shock travel. A higher end unit than the flex, but a bit stiffe ride as well on an evo.

Adam

 

Don't the Teins also have two height adjusters also

 

im pissed off at the guys at tein... they said nothing would b diff....

 

Correct value..the Flex are also dual height adjustable as well. it is teh least expensive kit on the market that is, but its in a whole other league than an FLTA2....both are good units though, all depends on what you are after.

Per Tein's US website, part number for the Evo VIII is DSR84-6USS1, spring rates are 508 lbs front, 448 lbs rear.

The Japanese part number for the VII and VIII is not the same either - theJDM spec VII part number is DSR52-71SS2 (spring rates of , the one for the JDM spec VIII is DSR52-61SS1. Spring rates for the JDM units are the same front and rear, and the front spring rate is also the same as the US spec unit. Older pricesheets from Tein had the VII and VIII as the same part number....Tein's website though is always the most updated in my experience, and if you go there, there is no VII shown for the Flex at all.


ChillinEvolved - not sure what to tell you there...perhaps the person you spoke with did not know? In all honesty though, the difference is quite minimal in terms of real world performance.....don't sweat it. The US spec model has a slightly sitffer rate in the back (which you can buy if you want), and slightly revised valving...like I said, a minimal change.

Adam

 

So, the JIC's are much better than the Flex's? I'm not asking for "opinions" here, just a more solid "they perform better" type of reply. I was talking to Dan at Vivid and he seems to think that the EDFC unit he had fort the Flex's would fit on the FLTA2's, with some modification to the nut of course. That would actually be kinda cool to have damping control in car on a superior coilover.

 

A guy on the Eclipse boards (http://www.eclipseforums.org) has JIC FLT-A2's with a Tein EDFC unit to electronically adjust dampening. I'll ask him for a how to..