Since I've been having to adjust my coilovers so much, somewhere along the line the preloads got messed up. One wheel has plenty of droop while one barely has any. I had to lower the side with no droop more to compensate with the wheel with droop. Is this okay? I really hate trying to adjust these things because usually I'm going back and forth seeing if they're equal and its a pain.

 

What coilovers are you using?

Standard decent coilovers will have 3 adjustment collars. 2 are situated at the bottom of the spring, and one more below and separate from the other 2. The 2 at the bottom of the spring are for preload. Jack the car up so 2 wheels are off the ground, either the front set, or the rear set, or all 4 if you want. Get the weight off the strut, and if you have swaybars, getting both wheels connected to the swaybar off the ground will be required. With the weight off the strut, loosen the preload collars until they make only slight pressure on the spring to keep the spring from being loose. That's 0 preload. Lock them in by tightening one collar on the other (opposite of how you loosend them..). Then set the height of the car by rotating the entire spring seat into the base and use the lower collar to lock the base to keep it from rotating.

It's trial and error, you will be going back and forth. Try to make sure you adjust only the height collar and not increase preload unintentionally. Calculate the change needed while the car is on the ground, and make a measured change while the car is in the air. Recheck. Rinse, lather, repeat

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I have the yonaka coilovers. The problem is, the preload is stuck on one of them so it's way stiffer than the other, which means I have to lower it more to compensate with the droopiness of the other coil.