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also, my advice is unless you really know what you are doing with suspension set-up (and have plenty of time and money) is get the RA instead of the RS. exactly the same shock just minus remote canisters and bump and rebound is adjusted together. my ohlins for example have 600 combinations of bump/damper valving PER SHOCK... so imagine how long it takes to get the optimum set-up. with the RAs you have 16 levels per shock and can set them up in 1 day. for ones with 600 settings a year of trackdays may be enough, then again it may not...

having said that remote canisters do have a coolness factor to them. :)

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also, my advice is unless you really know what you are doing with suspension set-up (and have plenty of time and money) is get the RA instead of the RS. exactly the same shock just minus remote canisters and bump and rebound is adjusted together. my ohlins for example have 600 combinations of bump/damper valving PER SHOCK... so imagine how long it takes to get the optimum set-up. with the RAs you have 16 levels per shock and can set them up in 1 day. for ones with 600 settings a year of trackdays may be enough, then again it may not...

having said that remote canisters do have a coolness factor to them. :)

thanks beer baron ;) some interesting information, unfortunately i've already bought them, the look of the remote canisters was just too cool to pass up.

do you know if the edfc works with the RS model? i check the tein website and it doesnt say.

So the RS are similar to your ohlins which have 600setting? (but the rs are only 16x16 = 256setting) i guess for general setup you start in the middle on both the bump and rebound and go from there? is there something like a shock dyno which i can put my coilovers on to find the best point to use them?

cheers michael

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I don't know how similar they are to ohlins. 256 settings is still a lot when you consider that's 256 per shock and obviously front/rear balance takes some trial and error. and yes you can get them put on a shock dyno and get a good starting point. probably looking at around $500 to get some basic testing done and some good starting point. edfc does work with RS but apparently only on some models. pretty sure it does list compatibility with RS and which car models on the tein site. i know I looked it up for my RAs. if it does worth with RS you will need 2 full sets (2 controllers, 8 motors) and make sure you get the new model. some nice improvements over the old one.

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I don't know how similar they are to ohlins. 256 settings is still a lot when you consider that's 256 per shock and obviously front/rear balance takes some trial and error. and yes you can get them put on a shock dyno and get a good starting point. probably looking at around $500 to get some basic testing done and some good starting point. edfc does work with RS but apparently only on some models. pretty sure it does list compatibility with RS and which car models on the tein site. i know I looked it up for my RAs. if it does worth with RS you will need 2 full sets (2 controllers, 8 motors) and make sure you get the new model. some nice improvements over the old one.

thanks for that beer baron :D

Because tein doesnt list the Type RS, for the ecr33 its abit hard to find information... but they have it listed for the gtr and it does say something like it does fit but needs to cut the lining on the bonnet or something so it doesnt rub!

i look into gett the edfc kit but 2x = $1000 :thumbsup:

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yeah once they are set-up you wont really need it anyway. put the $1000 towards: $500 shock dyno time, $500 set-up laps.

i think that is the best idea i found someone in perth with a shock dyno $80/hr, so i see how that goes, should be interesting.... the tein werent my 1st choice but i find it very hard to find good coilovers for the ecr33, i was really looking to get Ohlins but i could only find them for the gtr :thumbsup: Really really want the nismo r-tune coilover but again couldnt find anything for the ecr33 (i dont think they make them for the gtst anyways :'()

hopfully with the information i get from the shock dyno i should only need a few tuning days to find a balance setup for my current skill level

edit: do you know of any website/book etc on tuning suspension (mainly focusing on the rebound and damper)

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