adjusting coilovers
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Re: adjusting coilovers (crazydyke)
If you don't have corner weighting scales (and most don't) the next best thing to do is get the car on level ground, make sure the car isn't loaded down with junk in the trunk/hatch and start adjusting using a measuring tape against wheel gaps. Get everything relatively even and you should be set.
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Re: adjusting coilovers (ek9800)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek9800 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the thing that i do to make sure they're all even is count how many threads there is from the bottom to where the adjuster thing is.</TD></TR></TABLE>
doesn't always work, my car is about even on all four sides and on one side it has so much more threads than the other.
doesn't always work, my car is about even on all four sides and on one side it has so much more threads than the other.
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Re: adjusting coilovers (EJ_FaNaTiK_22)
i put my front together and got them same height (according to coilovers) before i put them on and did the same with the rear but made the rear a little higher. they are within a mm of eachother.
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Re: adjusting coilovers (BauleyCivic)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BauleyCivic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Use your fingers to measure the gap between the top of the tire and the fenderwell 
1 finger gap ownz j00</TD></TR></TABLE>
haha...that's how i did mine, still need to adjust a bit but the method is the same
1 finger gap ownz j00</TD></TR></TABLE>haha...that's how i did mine, still need to adjust a bit but the method is the same
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Re: (ErikV)
My **** is uneven and the allen key bolts on my Ground Controls are frozen so I cant adjust them. Im gonna get rid of them and buy some good springs and shocks. I never adjust the damn things anyway lol.
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Re: adjusting coilovers (Lil Corb)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lil Corb »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
doesn't always work, my car is about even on all four sides and on one side it has so much more threads than the other.</TD></TR></TABLE>
What kind of coilovers do you have? This always works for me and my brother's cars. It must be shitty coilover i m thinking? They shouldn't sag that much from each other
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doesn't always work, my car is about even on all four sides and on one side it has so much more threads than the other.</TD></TR></TABLE>
What kind of coilovers do you have? This always works for me and my brother's cars. It must be shitty coilover i m thinking? They shouldn't sag that much from each other
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Re: (B30M87A)
i count how many fingers from the bottom of the thread till the perch lock (fingers horizontal) then match it to the paralell side (rear right w/ rear left etc) make sure to keep in mind that when bringing the car back down, sometimes the spring will not go into the cuplet up top like it should. Then when ur driving and u hit a bump on that side or something the spring pops into place and suddenly that sides 3/4 in lower...
could just be my **** but, i dont doubt it happens with others
could just be my **** but, i dont doubt it happens with others
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