i got megan racing 32 way adjustable shocks and coil overs.. and i tried lowering my car even more today but no luck... dont know how to lower it.. there is a BIg red coil, and small red one right underneath it, and another Big red coil all the way att he bottom.. how do u adjust it? i tried spinning the big red one but it would just spin the whole sleeve... do i need a smaller coil over tool for the smaller one because it wont fit.. sorry no pics yet but need help?!




Modified by JesDM at 1:17 PM 7/1/2006

 

the lower section that mounts to the control arm lowers the car the other one just adjusts spring rate. if that helps at all

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by evsproject94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the lower section that mounts to the control arm lowers the car the other one just adjusts spring rate. if that helps at all</TD></TR></TABLE>

ic.. so u spin it clockwise to lower the car.. and i accidently fucked with the top piece... and spined it /w the whole sleeve...

 

Do you just go by comfort for the spring rate then?

 

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lower the coils down, you need the tool that comes with it, it looks like a hook

 

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dude ive had skunk 2's, ebay ones, ground controls, and none of them are like the megan racing ones. i just read on my other thread "loosen the bottom most collar first.
Then tighten the top two collars against each other as tight as you can get them (hope you still have the spanner wrenches!). Tighten them so that when you turn one, the other turns with it. The entire shock body itself should turn along with the collars.

Turning clockwise will lower the car. Turning counterclockwise will raise the car. Use the lower collar (middle one of the 3) to turn counter-clockwise (to raise the car) and use the upper collar to turn clockwise (lower the car).

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and thats what i did . thanks for WRONG advice. the COILS dont move, the whole shock collar moves. i post this to make sure i didnt fu ck up.
spoon dc4 u need to get a life other then to keep commenting on quetsiont i ask on HT. u got nothing else better to do. when u comment at least leave an advise or knowledge bout it.

 

My bad dude I meant the collars, no need to get pissy. It might be kinda confusing at first, cause when my friend did his Tein setup, he has a hard time moving the collars around and getting his car to a height he wanted. The lower the collars are the lower your car will be, the higher up they the higher the car will be. I'm pretty sure the smaller collar is suppose to be support for the big one. You tighten them towards each other. I'm just trying to help, so that's just my experience with coilovers.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by grtek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My bad dude I meant the collars, no need to get pissy. It might be kinda confusing at first, cause when my friend did his Tein setup, he has a hard time moving the collars around and getting his car to a height he wanted. The lower the collars are the lower your car will be, the higher up they the higher the car will be. I'm pretty sure the smaller collar is suppose to be support for the big one. You tighten them towards each other. I'm just trying to help, so that's just my experience with coilovers.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, the collar moved all the way it could, i put back on wheel and it wasnt any diff. rolled car back and forth and sat on fender, didnt see any difference..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JesDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">spoon dc4 u need to get a life other then to keep commenting on quetsiont i ask on HT. u got nothing else better to do. when u comment at least leave an advise or knowledge bout it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i would give you advice if you did something other than say "ic" in reply to peoples advice, and then go and say you were going to do it anyways.... if you know so much dont post stupid threads asking idiotic questions. also you go around saying you work in a shop. if you really worked in a shop i would hope you would have a little more knowledge and/ or common sense about car related things. and also go around saying to have owned 4 cars that have been turbo and NA. it would seem to me like all your cars are "bought" not "built."

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JesDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">.. this is my FOURTH integra, ive gone through USDM fronts to JDM fronts, NA to Turbocharged, i work at a car shop, where we do oil changes to tires to tranny engine rebuilds etc etc.. so dont assume i know so little about cars.. ur assuming this b/c i ask about a little bumper sag.. iono how u can deduce that from just this one post..</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JesDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">na not yet, been really busy .

i work at big o tires</TD></TR></TABLE>

...and since when do they do tranny, engine rebuilds etc etc at big o...

 

can't we all just get along?? hhaha

just to clarify with everyone about the coilovers... yes the bottom sleeve portion that mounts to the control arm is for ride height.. the top locking rings is adjustable so you can set preload.. that's done by setting your car on wheel scales and adjusting the preload so it balances out the four corners of the car.. there's more to it, but i don't feel like typing anymore..haha

 

Those coilovers actually look kind of nice.

 

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i would give you advice if you did something other than say "ic" in reply to peoples advice, and then go and say you were going to do it anyways.... if you know so much dont post stupid threads asking idiotic questions. also you go around saying you work in a shop. if you really worked in a shop i would hope you would have a little more knowledge and/ or common sense about car related things. and also go around saying to have owned 4 cars that have been turbo and NA. it would seem to me like all your cars are "bought" not "built."

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...and since when do they do tranny, engine rebuilds etc etc at big o... </TD></TR></TABLE>

... lol i have owned four cars, first one, bone stock RS , sold it 2nd car 98LS put coil overs, rims, lip kit, deck, ie . sold it. 3rd car, 1994 integra, jdm fronted it, coil overs, suspension, gsr tranny installatoin, paint job, deck, front seats, rear seats, all the little ****, sold it, now 4th car baught it , removed lip kits, rims, put on oem, fixed all little ****, and right now my motor got rod knock and plannin on taking it apart at my work and going to machine shop to get crank micropolished , block honed and hottanked, new bearings, balanced, resize rods, get wristpins, arp main stud bolts, rod bolts, etc etc.. and i WORK here at big o tires. we do tranny rebuilds, engine swaps, anything that deals with cars we do... come to big o tires in scripps and u'll see since when we've done this.. lol.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JesDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... lol i have owned four cars, first one, bone stock RS , sold it 2nd car 98LS put coil overs, rims, lip kit, deck, ie . sold it. 3rd car, 1994 integra, jdm fronted it, coil overs, suspension, gsr tranny installatoin, paint job, deck, front seats, rear seats, all the little ****, sold it, now 4th car baught it , removed lip kits, rims, put on oem, fixed all little ****, and right now my motor got rod knock and plannin on taking it apart at my work and going to machine shop to get crank micropolished , block honed and hottanked, new bearings, balanced, resize rods, get wristpins, arp main stud bolts, rod bolts, etc etc.. and i WORK here at big o tires. we do tranny rebuilds, engine swaps, anything that deals with cars we do... come to big o tires in scripps and u'll see since when we've done this.. lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

so which of this work did YOU do.....

 

hmmm, anyone with THESE coil overs have any experience. HELP?!

 

I love newbs

You need a coilover wrench. It would be easiest if they were installed on the car so you have a mounted spot to wrench them lower. It's rather hard to just wrench them freely like you are trying to do.

 

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You need a coilover wrench. It would be easiest if they were installed on the car so you have a mounted spot to wrench them lower. It's rather hard to just wrench them freely like you are trying to do.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol im not a fckin newb idiot. and it dsnt just work with coil over wrenches. ive owned skunk 2's and ebay and other nameless ***** b4 and these are diff. these are installed on my car, that pic is a sample pic. these collars arnt ordinary ones. if u have MEGAN racing ones then Talk if u dont THEN please dont give comments about "just use wrenches and spin thm down.. NO **** thats how it works but if it was so simple why would i be posting it up on here for advice...

 

thats weird can you get a pic of your actual coilover?

 

Why don't you just wait till the morning and call Megan and ask them. Common sense will help you!

 

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i did, already tried calling them, and they are closed so calling them tomrow. but left an email to them already.. just wondering if anyoen on HT knows about it ALREADY so i can get this job done today..

 

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lol im not a fckin newb idiot. and it dsnt just work with coil over wrenches. ive owned skunk 2's and ebay and other nameless ***** b4 and these are diff. these are installed on my car, that pic is a sample pic. these collars arnt ordinary ones. if u have MEGAN racing ones then Talk if u dont THEN please dont give comments about "just use wrenches and spin thm down.. NO **** thats how it works but if it was so simple why would i be posting it up on here for advice...</TD></TR></TABLE>

the are called spanner wrenches. not coilover wrenches. and your coilovers are not unique. they lower just like omnis and many other brands. and i guess because you have having so much difficulty with this i will help.



all you have to do is loosen the part circled in red. depending on how low you want your car is how far you twist it up. then you rotate the collar, in the blue square, so that it goes up as high as you want, thus making the coil over shorter in length and making your car lower.

edit. make sure you tighten everything back up too.

 

sorry that i cant help but they look pretty nice how much they go for ? and also let us kno how they ride

 

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all you have to do is loosen the part circled in red. depending on how low you want your car is how far you twist it up. then you rotate the collar, in the blue square, so that it goes up as high as you want, thus making the coil over shorter in length and making your car lower.

edit. make sure you tighten everything back up too.</TD></TR></TABLE>

wtf..u cant do this while its installed on the car...

 

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wtf..u cant do this while its installed on the car... </TD></TR></TABLE>

are you stupid.... all you have to do is drop the lcas in the rear and take off the wishbone in front.

if you dont want to do that you can try to rotate the top portion of the coilover but its harder to turn. but it also works fine. im just making suggestions dude. and im trying to make it easy for him to understand. if you have a better way to do please let him know so he can do this.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SpoonDC4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you stupid.... all you have to do is drop the lcas in the rear and take off the wishbone in front.

if you dont want to do that you can try to rotate the top portion of the coilover but its harder to turn. but it also works fine. im just making suggestions dude. and im trying to make it easy for him to understand. if you have a better way to do please let him know so he can do this.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ic.. thanks for the info.. finally understand it kind of...