Hey guys, I got a question for you all! I have been considering these shocks but I've been wondering how the hell do you change the dampening for the rear? Do you have to take the whole spring and shock out to change that? Sounds like a pain in the *** to me. I've read that some sedan owners are actually able to do so when folding down their rear back seats. I'm not sure how many of you guys with coupes are adjusting the dampening. My main reason for asking is if there is no real way around this except for the fact that you have to remove the wheel and shock to adjust then **** that, im going for a tein coilovers with EDFC. I would ideally like to cut cost down by getting the tokicos with 350z h-techs but the rear dampening part bothers me.

cheers - steve

 

lol.... search, pimpin' singer.

 

Wheels have to come off; two top shock bolts removed and shock top pulled down to access adjuster;then reverse procedure. It's about a 40 -60 minute affair in total.

There are extenders available for the rear to access around the child seat anchor on rear deck. Heard mixed reviews on them.

 

i did the rear extensions myself and it's not hard at all...
https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...pec+extensions

 

I use the rear extensions, they work and are very easy to use. I'm not really sure why someone wouldn't want to use them.

 

how stiff do you have your tokicos set at usually?

 

Mind set at 3.75 turn from hard at all 4 corners. I try 4 and 3.5 turns. 4 is a bit too soft for me and 3.5 is a little stiff... 3.75 turn seems work good for me. I also have the extender and no problem with it.

 

I heard with the extension you can't judge where to start and stop so if you tried to start from full hard you can't tell where your staring point is

 

yah see based on all this id just rather not get tokicos and springs because its a pain in the *** to adjust dampening if i need to. i need something that does it all, tein coilvers with edfc will work out better! thanks everyone for ur help! thats all i really needed to know!

 

I don't have the extenders but that doesn't make sense. The adjust tool has the marking and as long as you can see it you just simply count the turns.

 

the rear extensions do stop, why wouldn't it? It's connected straight to the shock...after awhile, when I loose count of how many turns i have mine set at, I'll just turn it clockwise until it doesn't turn anymore, which is stiffest, and go counter clockwise from there.
come on lazies...IT'S NOT HARD. For all the people with tokicos and have the rear extensions, it probably takes less than 3 minutes if you really wanted to even try to do it that fast. It's no EDFC, but tokico's are only about 500 bucks.

 

can someone take a pic of how they actually adjust their tokicos with the rear extensions. i would personally like to see this! somehow im not convinced yet to get the tokicos! where do these extensions go and do you have to cut anything. the way i see it is you cant see a damn thing unless you remove the whel and take the strut and spring off! so with extensions where are you doing the adjusting from.

 

There has been numerous threads on this over on my350z even in here if I can find them. They say the ones from james at creative are crap and even my homeboy has these and say he can't feel where it starts and stop.

 

yah which is why ive considered full on coilovers man! like tein with EDFC because its a biatch to tune it.

 

With full on coilovers you have to remember though that even more variables are introduced. Things such as ride height and spring preload and corner weights. Coilovers will only ride optimally if they are tuned to a certain range within the sweet spot so to speak. So even if you get something with electronic adjustment for damping, be sure to have the coilovers installed and tuned by someone who knows how to tune properly. Basically, what I'm saying is you jsut can't slap on some coilovers and expect magic.