when changing perch height on the shock, can it be done with the shock still in the car or does one have to take out the whole assembly to adjust it?

 

You gotta take out the whole assembly from the control arm and set the perch setting to where you want. Tedious but yeah...

 

I've never adjusted the perch via the c-clip...I imagine if you've got gumby arms you could perform the operation with the shock still installed and springs unloaded.

 

the spring would have to be compressed some way, which would be pretty difficult while the shock is still on the car.

 

I heard some guy managed to get a spring compressor on the spring
while it was still mounted to the car, and then lowered the circlip.

I would just take them off.

But if your asking because your thinking of buying them, I think the
general procedure would be to remove them first.

 

I do it all the time, up and down and round and round. No need to remove the assembly
Schu

 

What kind of compressor do you use? The ones that attach with the U bolts?

 

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You must have springs that lower the car so much that they aren't compressed at all when the car is raised up off the ground.

 

You are correct sir, I currently have neuspeed race. raise car, raise/lower purch, lower car

 

yeah, i'm with mschu!

runnin h&r race, and when car is raised springs become totally decompressed.
not hard to change purch at all.

shawn

 

It would be different w/ the sp3's the rod is shorter and the
spring (depending on what ones you have) is not decompressed.

I can see how that would be easy with the OTS yellows.

 

Yeap, I am G2 not G3

Schu