how many threads from the bottom of the sleeves front and rear do you have your perches. post pics if you have them... i want to know where to set mine without the trial and error. any help would be appreciated. trying to figure out what the ride height will be. i'll have the parts i need to complete my kit in a week.. thanks in advance.

 

gee, and i thought you were complaining about all the obnoxious "threads" on this forum from clueless ppl ordering ground controls...

 

how many threads for 2.25 drop in front and 1.75 in rear? help me out. thnx

 

i dunno how many threads, but i can tell you when you try to set it up for a drop, your spring is going to be floating around in the shock assembly....completely unsprung. i still cannot figure out why gc (and prolly others) do this.

 

its really not a problem. secure it wit ha zip tie on either the top or bottom if you really want.

 

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maybe because you're car spends 99.99% of it's time on the wheels not jacked up, so as Tyson said "its really not a problem"

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LOL

 

After you adjust the height, take the car off the jack. Now see if the spring moves around freely lol.

 

well, thanks for the info.. the reason why i was asking how many threads .. is to save the hassle of raising and lowering it numerous times. i think i'm just being lazy to be completely honest with you. if i don't get any answers, i'll take pics of it when i'm at different settings and count the threads ..in the future maybe it will help others get the desired height first time up .. thanks again

 

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ah yes....

 

someday someone is gonna post on here about how they were driving too fast over a set of rr-tracks, and when they came down the spring is half cocked...launching themselves into a ditch....lol. i dunno how dangerous this is, but it just seems half-*** and can't believe that more peeps don't agree with me on this topic.

 

thats why you extend your top hats to compensate for the spring to top hat gap!!

 

still no answers? maybe i should ask dr. phil.

 

Okay, I'll bite. Whats the spring constant, the free length of the front/rear springs and the static weight on each corner. No way you can predetermine what the ride height will be unless you know those values.

Or you could simply put the collars on and extend up until the springs touch the top most upper perch. Lower car. Measure ride height. Subtract from that the height you want the car at, jack the car, reduce each corner's collar the amount you need that corner of the car lowered. Should take you about 1 hour unless you're a complete klutz.

I just installed new springs on the race car and set the new ride height in about 2 hours total. Now I have to corner weight it [ what coil overs are really meant for ] and adjust front/rear toe.

Remember that after adjusting the static height you'll need to set your toe. Reducing the height increases toe = inside edge tire wear.

Good luck

 

yeah i'm not going to be reducing ride height it's actually going to be riding higher than it is now. i'm basically riding on the nothing... i bought the car with stock shocks and ebay special coilovers that were set all the way down .. i've only had it a couple months and haven't been able financially to replace them until now. i understand exactly what you mean about "toe" . i already have evidence of that. it's not a race car, at all i just want a more-sporty-feeling daily driver.thanks for the help.