Tein Flex z's

Technical Area Steering & Suspension
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  1. My model of MX-5 is: NC2
  2. I’m based near: Scotland
  3. I’m looking for technical help or recommendations on: ride height

Evening all.

I have fitted Tein Flex Z’s on my 2011 NC Sport. Can someone please tell me how long they take to settle down. I have left everhthing as it came from Tein and the rear appears quite a bit lower than the front.

Wondering if they need more time to settle or whether i am going to have to adjust them.

Also does anyone run wheel spacers. Dropping it a bit has made the rear wheels look a bit lost in the arches.

Thanks
James

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They should settle pretty quickly. Out of the box I found mine too high I think and adjusted them, however never had issues with big differences from back to front. Most important is to make sure all suspension bolts are re-tightened with the weight of the car on them/on its wheels so that bushings don’t bind and hang up the suspensions movement.

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I found mine low at the rear after fitting.
I finally set the car at 340mm both ends but to achieve that needed three turns UP on the rear and 1 turn DOWN on the front.

215/45R17 tyres will help fill the arches when you next need tyres - it’s a popular size to move to.

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340/340 is where I ended up on my old NC2 with Flex Zs. I specified that required height to my mechanic who fitted them, so not sure how that compares vs the ‘out of box’ height.

Settled down to around 335 after a few weeks, so then had it re-tweaked and the alignment setup :+1:

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I gave mine three weeks to settle before final set up and alignment.
It was about 330 rear and 345 front before adjusting to the 340/340

Gave that a week - then got full alignment done

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Thank you for all the replies.

I will leave them a week or so before adjusting.

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Yep, I gave it 3 weeks and a good couple of hundred miles too - before setting final ride height and then getting the alignment setup :+1:

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Oh, and do you need any rear adjusters for the Teins @brashhighlander ? I have some new ones that I never got around to fitting, before I sold my NC2.

You can see them fitted on Dean’s here:

Steve

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Hi Steve

I would definitely be interested in them Please let drop me a private message to let me know how much you would like for them.

James

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They’re definitely worth having, saves leaving the plastics off or removing them every time you want to make an adjustment :+1:

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