Installed some ohlins

zkhockey10 · 03-22-2023, 04:16 PM

I’ll be honest, I’m disappointed with the quality control but overall they ride crazy nice and I’ll be happy for awhile. Plus… my fitment is much better

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gO7oHANX6AY&feature=shares

tdott · 03-22-2023, 08:03 PM

What quality issue did you have?

Ohlin pieces are works of art.

BP709 · 03-23-2023, 08:53 AM

I’m also wondering the supposed quality issue is….I’m about to install mine and see no issue with them.

wyatth · 03-23-2023, 03:39 PM

End of his video touches on them. Some machining, some marred threads, and the adjusters apparently have 32 clicks instead of 1-20.

omgzirra_exe · 03-24-2023, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wyatth

End of his video touches on them. Some machining, some marred threads, and the adjusters apparently have 32 clicks instead of 1-20.

thanks for letting me know it was at the end of the video, I wasn't about to watch an entire hour of that shit to see if it was mentioned randomly half way lmao.

I should've expected that since he didn't want to mention it in the forum post..

with that said..

i guess if you didn't know full stiff was closed i can see confusion (new to coilovers).

I'm not sure how you are counting more than 20 clicks of adjustment or where that logic came in that you count from 12.. lol

cause when you put it at 0 you can't turn the adjuster anymore...

when i adjusted my bosses Ohlins, I just put it to 0 and turned the knob counter-clockwise to soften it till I reached my desired number front and rear.

Tommysalami · 03-24-2023, 12:07 PM

It'll click 30-something times but they say that only the first 20 down from full stiff do anything.

wyatth · 03-24-2023, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by omgzirra_exe

thanks for letting me know it was at the end of the video, I wasn't about to watch an entire hour of that shit to see if it was mentioned randomly half way lmao.

I should've expected that since he didn't want to mention it in the forum post..

I hunted through and fast forwarded to find it... Took one for the team here.

tdott · 03-24-2023, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by wyatth

I hunted through and fast forwarded to find it... Took one for the team here.

He doesn't deserve your view.

Typical clickbait youtuber looking for views, drops the link then runs away.

wyatth · 03-24-2023, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by tdott

He doesn't deserve your view.

Typical clickbait youtuber looking for views, drops the link then runs away.

He doesn't, but you all do! Better just 1 from me than 1 from each of us.

omgzirra_exe · 03-24-2023, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tdott

He doesn't deserve your view.

Typical clickbait youtuber looking for views, drops the link then runs away.

Wyatt is my hero

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Originally Posted by Tommysalami

It'll click 30-something times but they say that only the first 20 down from full stiff do anything.

thats rather interesting, not something i noticed since i adjusted correctly from 0 LOL

e92lauren · 03-27-2023, 01:33 PM

I attempted installing ohlins and it never worked out for me because of my EDC, if you have it that could be the issue

shimmy23 · 03-28-2023, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by e92lauren

I attempted installing ohlins and it never worked out for me because of my EDC, if you have it that could be the issue

elaborate on that? i have EDC and installed my ohlins with no issues. had the EDC codes out after installation

tdott · 03-28-2023, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by e92lauren

I attempted installing ohlins and it never worked out for me because of my EDC, if you have it that could be the issue

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Originally Posted by shimmy23

elaborate on that? i have EDC and installed my ohlins with no issues. had the EDC codes out after installation

He is probably referring to this issue:
https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1730403

It's a $30 fix for the rear shock spacer issue.
Just get non-edc mounts.

Trying to re-use EDC mounts is the only thing physically different on an EDC car, with cars this old, you should be replacing them anyways and the ones available are stiffer than the stock foam pieces.

derbo · 03-28-2023, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by omgzirra_exe

Wyatt is my hero

thats rather interesting, not something i noticed since i adjusted correctly from 0 LOL

Yeah, all Ohlins do this. This is why they recommend adjusting from full stiff (fully closed) cause it stops at 0.

tdott · 03-28-2023, 11:05 AM

Yup, if you remove the adjusters, you'll notice they infinity click with nothing attached.

omgzirra_exe · 03-28-2023, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by derbo

Yeah, all Ohlins do this. This is why they recommend adjusting from full stiff (fully closed) cause it stops at 0.

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Originally Posted by tdott

Yup, if you remove the adjusters, you'll notice they infinity click with nothing attached.

thats so dumb

derbo · 03-28-2023, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by omgzirra_exe

thats so dumb

The click, just looks like a pin that goes over the external indents of the knob. When you go full open, It can still keep spinning so the knob just keeps clicking over the already stopped knob. When you fully close, you are closing a jar, so it will stop when its fully tightened.

Makes perfect sense to me.

omgzirra_exe · 03-28-2023, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by derbo

The click, just looks like a pin that goes over the external indents of the knob. When you go full open, It can still keep spinning so the knob just keeps clicking over the already stopped knob. When you fully close, you are closing a jar, so it will stop when its fully tightened.

Makes perfect sense to me.

it makes sense on the closing part, i just don't get why they even left room for 12 more clicks pass 20 from 0. i'm glad i figured it out early and correctly.

Redd · 03-28-2023, 06:07 PM

The adjustment knob basically fits on top of an hex head grub screw inside the suspension shaft. Without the knob, you can actually use a small hex wrench to adjust damping by turning the grub screw (1 full turn = approx. 6 clicks). However, you can keep turning until the grub screw is completely removed from the shaft. So the adjuster knob actually prevents the grub screw from coming all the way out.

derbo · 03-29-2023, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by omgzirra_exe

it makes sense on the closing part, i just don't get why they even left room for 12 more clicks pass 20 from 0. i'm glad i figured it out early and correctly.

No idea but it makes sense why fully closed is the starting point.

I did a full counting sweep from both ends noticed it was over 20clicks before it infinitely spun. That quickly told me full stiff and counting down was the way to go since it was an actual reference point you could count on.

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Redd Brigadier General 3897 Rep 4,160 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW E92 M3 Dakar Edition Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Malaysia iTrader: (0)	The adjustment knob basically fits on top of an hex head grub screw inside the suspension shaft. Without the knob, you can actually use a small hex wrench to adjust damping by turning the grub screw (1 full turn = approx. 6 clicks). However, you can keep turning until the grub screw is completely removed from the shaft. So the adjuster knob actually prevents the grub screw from coming all the way out.
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