yes im one of the dumb people that has the the ebay coilovers....im just seein how my car looks and sorta feels low till i get the ground controls with koni yellows in like a month....but the question here is...on the sleeves....i have 2 longs ones and 2 short ones....which one goes on the front and which go on the back....i have the long on the front....but i want to make sure im not wrong....thanks for your guys help...i tried searching this info but couldnt find anything...

 

read the lables. The heavier spring rate on the front. Or sometime they have lable "F"= front and "R"=rear.

 

wish it were that easy....there was no labels......

 

long in front

 

ok so i finished installing these....i put the longs in the front and the shorter ones in the back...they are all 4 set at the same hieght pretty much and the rear is lower then the back.....could it be that the shorter ones go on the front?????

 

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The rear is most likely lower because of the cup on the shock that it sits inside,
adjust the front lower, or the back higher so you have a more even stance.

is it the Perch, or the Spring that's actually longer, which you put on the front?

 

its the sleeve which the perch spins on......the front sleeve is what is longer on the front...and it is shorter on the back...but im not sure if it should be opposite....i kinda figure it would cause if i put the long sleeve in the rear that would allow me to raise the car higher in the back and then with the shorter one in the front will allow for it to have that raking style...i dont know if you know what i meant....by having it this way

 

That's weird, I've never seen them different lengths. If it's just the sleeve then I don't see why it'd really matter though. Just adjust them to equal height and it shouldn't affect anything.

 

yea i thought it was weird too that it was 2 different hieghts....i thought maybe it was like that so that if i had the long ones in the back and the short one in the front if i raise the perch all the way up it will still keep the car raked....cause the difference between the 2 sleeves is like 3 inches......but i been driving it around and wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to bouncy *** to expect....i think its pretty gay...i use to make fun of peoples car like that and here i am the same...im a hypocrit i know...so i might just go back to stock before i blow my shocks.....and just get the GC with konis....

 

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Any stiff spring on stock shocks will be bouncy, you get more recoil from your tire then.

 

my coilovers had shorter thicker springs in the front and longer thinner springs for the rear!