i just install gc coil overs and the car is way too low for me. theres no gap between the tires and the fender at all. but i cant turn the gc puche because the spring is already pushing against the top hat and the purch so theres tenchion so theres no way i can turn the purch to raise the car. what am i doing wrong???

 

mine you have to turn down to raise the car and up to lower it

 

Have you thought about raising the car up to reduce the tension on the perches?

 

when you lower your car back down itll put tension back on the spring

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gsrboi80 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">mine you have to turn down to raise the car and up to lower it</TD></TR></TABLE>
que?

 

thats that problem
i cant raise the car because their is tension between the pearch and the top hat. to raise the car you have to turn the pearch up which will put more tension. but i cant turn the pearch up because of the tension. so what do i do cuz i really want to raise my car

 

Jack your car up.

 

Do you have shortened shocks or raised top hats? Otherwise, it should be as simple as jacking the car up, and adjusting the perch.

 

place a floor jack under the car. jack it up so you relese the tension on the coil overs. then adjust the perches......

 

jack car up, take wheel off, adjust

 

floor jacks

 

unless im missing something here....
just do what everyone else says....
jack the car up with a floor jack to relieve the tension

 

sometimes its hard to move the perches up cuz of the spring is starting to cmopress
what i did was use a full coilover wrnch

Tein one works

 

how did u put them on btw? should be somewhere along the lines of that

 

am i the only one wondering what kind of coilovers that guy has where you "turn them down to raise it?"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LSvtec03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">am i the only one wondering what kind of coilovers that guy has where you "turn them down to raise it?" </TD></TR></TABLE>

He was laying on his back and got confused probably...

 

the car is jacked up!!!!!
what dont you guys understand???
the spring is touching both the pearch and the top hat when the car is jacked up. therefore there is tension and you can not turn the pearch up.
please i need heap!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by riceball777 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the car is jacked up!!!!!
what dont you guys understand???
the spring is touching both the pearch and the top hat when the car is jacked up. therefore there is tension and you can not turn the pearch up.
please i need heap!!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

That sounds unusual but, nothing a spring compressor can't fix.

Is it possible that your control arms are messed up and don't have any play when you jack up the car for some reason?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by riceball777 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the car is jacked up!!!!!
what dont you guys understand???
the spring is touching both the pearch and the top hat when the car is jacked up. therefore there is tension and you can not turn the pearch up.
please i need heap!!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>
read my post

 

maybe you installed the springs wrong...like you put the shorter ones on the wrong side(front or rear, whichever it is) and they sit too low and you cant raise it because the perch is already too high....