wassup peoples...i posted this in Tech and didnt get any responses for the past couple of days, so i decided to try this out in our forum.

i have some koni yellow shocks on my 90 crx si, and i heard that you can adjust the perch setting to make the car sit higher or lower? ive had these shocks for about 5 months now and i just figured that out. now how do i change the perch setting? just take off the shock, move the perch, and will it lock there in place? right now its on the middle perch i believe, out of 5 perch settings. which way makes the car sit higher, which way makes the car sit lower? set the perch down lower for the car to sit higher? its way too low right now for winter driving, and i wanted to raise it up at least an inch or so. does it really make the car sit higher/lower noticeably?

thanks

 

you need to pull out the c-clip and then put it in the <u>higher</u> "slot" to raise the car.

you will only raise the car up as much as the distance you move up the clip. so if the clips are spaced out by 1/4" and you move it up 2 spots, you will only raise your car by 1.2". does that make sense?

i've heard that people move the clips higher but the car doesn't raise up that much higher...

 

yup, like breaka said, the clips are just snap rings that sit on a groove machined in the strut. Moving them makes the perch sit higher, which makes the spring sit higher, which makes the car sit higher. While it is a seemingly small distance, I think it took me from too low to much safer ride height moving from the middle to the top.

 

whats the easiest way to remove the rings?...push em out with two screw drivers?...when i did my teg i was to lazy to move em so i just left them in the middle...the car sits exactly where i want it....but when i get em for my crx i might want the car to ride a bit higher

 

you might be able to use a pair of snap ring pliers to expand the ring and move it up. i know when i messed with mine, i just used a screwdriver, but i scratched the pain on my shock. two screwdrivers might be a better idea.

 

Vice grips.

Two of them.

That'll work. OR, vice grips and a screw driver and work your way around the ring like you would when you repaired a flat tyre on your bicycle.

 

yeah, you just use a screwdriver. I don't care about paint, my koni's are 5 years old, they look beat up.

 

here is a pic of the lower cup

 

nice n' rusty! Where do u live to get rust like that? Cause mine has none.

 

haha, it sais ON thats Ontario Canada, that one looks like its in good shape for sayign its in Ontario, mines in the garage, ppl here can't drive or something and the Province loves poring the salt down on the roads, sucks ***

 

ahh yes... good ol' rust