i want to lower the perch on my bilsteins and am having trouble figuring it out...

do i hit the perch down with a hammer and then take off the clip? also what tool would i use to remove that clip?

thanks

 

You hit the perch up, this will expose the clip. THen you can move it down, it can be done with a small screw driver or a tool thats designed for circlips.

 

Slide the perch towards the top of the shock to expose circlip. Don't see why any hitting would be involved. I use needlenose pliers to move the circlip from one groove to another.

It looks like you need to compress the spring a little more to get at the cirlcip.

 

well the reason i asked is because i hit it with a hammer and it wouldnt budge at all...i really dont feel like tearing it all apart...

thanks for the help...

 

Do all Bilstein shocks have the adjustable perches?

 

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thanks for the help... </TD></TR></TABLE>

soak it in WD40 or PB Blaster, wait few hours then using equal force try to push it up/ on it. you should be able to free it.

 

damn it I had these and you could lower them?? wtf

 

they look just like koni yellows

what car you putting those things on man?

 

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what car you putting those things on man?</TD></TR></TABLE>


Well it is the Miata forum...I would guess his "Tyte" car.

 

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Only on some applications. I think the ITR and NSX Sport's have multiple perch grooves per shock. My Prelude application Sport's only had one.

 

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Well it is the Miata forum...I would guess his "Tyte" car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

well i guess i dont know him dousche... and he doesnt have a hype R which is why i was asking!

 

im putting them on my 95 civic si...lol, didnt lower em at all...i didnt think it would cause of the weight difference...

i got all the perches down, however im dealing with more headaches...one of the lug nuts broke thanks to some ******* at pep boys over tightening that ****...

 

sweet set up? itr springs, if so they will make that thing look like a 4x4 due to the weight differences

 

not stock springs my old set up

 

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eibach pro kits. i didnt want to be slammed, id figure it would give me about an inch drop. maybe it lowered overnight lol...

 

i got my bilsteins used, so i had to hammer the perch to make it move. didn't take that much effort though

 

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