if u want to lower you car more when installing these shocks do you have to put a certain setting before u install the shock or you can do it after the shocks are installed? thanks.

 

On the Koni Sports with height adjustable spring perches, you must choose the height at which you want to ride prior to installing the springs.

That's unless you have REALLY REALLY short springs that exerts NO force on either the spring cap/ the spring perch, only then will you be able to adjust the height.

 

what springs are you using? I am running sportlines... on the middle perch in the back and bottom perch in the front. the *** end sits a little higher than front when parked, but when driving the downforce pulls the *** down even with the front. looks damn good.

 

what? springs, force, short.. what?

The Koni external spring perch C-Clip WILL directly change where the spring sits,
so it WILL directly change the ride height of the vehicle.

 

What I mean is this...

When the spring is longer than the distance between the spring perch and upper cap, then it will be under load once the cap is on right?

That will make it virtually impossible for you to move the spring perch down and even less likely upward. This is while the suspension is still on the car (jacked up). Because you have the force of the spring pushing down against the perch.

Now if your springs are short enough (I don't know which springs are short enough, BUT THEORETICALLY) to have free play when the car isn't under load. Then yes, you can certainly adjust the height (spring perches) while the suspension is still on the car.

I think that was his question.

 

Actually, depending on how short your springs are, the rear springs might be under load when bolted up in the car, but if the shock expands to its full length it will not be under load. On my car if the rear is jacked up, the spring is still under load, but if I were to unbolt the LCA from the trailing arm, the shock/spring would expand more, and there would not be any more load on the spring. This is H&R Sports, even more so on race springs. So you could actually move the perch that way.