coilovers moving freely while car is on lift???
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coilovers moving freely while car is on lift???
ok so i purchased my car with coilovers in it on stock struts (bumpy as ****) so i bought some tokico blues ( have yet to put them in )
now when i lifted the car up on a jack to put my rims on i noticed that the rear coilover springs and i guess its call a copler? ( the big screw looking thing that adjusts the height ) where moving freely and i can just move them up and down with my hand its not in tight like the fronts are
i was wondering if this is what its supposed to be like and if not is it cause i have the stock struts in there still ? they look like some pos coils probaly ebay ... any help would be greatly appreciated ive never done coils mostly just springs
PLEASE HELP!
now when i lifted the car up on a jack to put my rims on i noticed that the rear coilover springs and i guess its call a copler? ( the big screw looking thing that adjusts the height ) where moving freely and i can just move them up and down with my hand its not in tight like the fronts are
i was wondering if this is what its supposed to be like and if not is it cause i have the stock struts in there still ? they look like some pos coils probaly ebay ... any help would be greatly appreciated ive never done coils mostly just springs
PLEASE HELP!
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Re: coilovers moving freely while car is on lift???
most of the time, they do that; tho i'm not sure it's the best option.
basically, your springs are too short when uncompressed for the application. looked at another way, your shocks are too long at full extension.
to properly fix the problem, you need an easily compressed secondary spring that will take up the difference between the spring length and the extended shock length, or you need a shock that doesn't droop as much when unloaded.
alternatively, you could raise the perches and the car, or you could find longer springs with more wraps and the same overall rate.
the quick and dirty fix would be a tether that keeps the shock from extending beyond the unloaded point on the springs.
basically, your springs are too short when uncompressed for the application. looked at another way, your shocks are too long at full extension.
to properly fix the problem, you need an easily compressed secondary spring that will take up the difference between the spring length and the extended shock length, or you need a shock that doesn't droop as much when unloaded.
alternatively, you could raise the perches and the car, or you could find longer springs with more wraps and the same overall rate.
the quick and dirty fix would be a tether that keeps the shock from extending beyond the unloaded point on the springs.
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Re: coilovers moving freely while car is on lift???
The coilover sleeves should have 2 perches that lock together, or a single perch with a locking bolt like Ground Controls. They should not spin freely even when the suspension is unloaded. If they do you need to tighten them up.
Also nearly all adjustable coilover setups will have springs that can move freely when the suspension is unloaded. This is not a big deal at all as the only time the suspension comes unloaded is when the car is raised off the ground (or when doing Dukes of Hazzard sweet jumps lol).
Also keep in mind that those Tokico HP blue shocks are just about as much crap as the original OEM shocks when using them with coilovers.
Also nearly all adjustable coilover setups will have springs that can move freely when the suspension is unloaded. This is not a big deal at all as the only time the suspension comes unloaded is when the car is raised off the ground (or when doing Dukes of Hazzard sweet jumps lol).
Also keep in mind that those Tokico HP blue shocks are just about as much crap as the original OEM shocks when using them with coilovers.
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