i got tein basic coilover kit on my eg hatch.
it sits kind of low but want to go lower. If i go lower the spring is loose what can i do to fix this. i heard its bad bc it can bounce etc.
and im wondering if can ground control extended top hats or ebay ones fit for my eg. front and backs.
if i go lower will it blow
i need help for my setup.

 

bump.

 

The lower you go the higher spring rate you'll need.

Edit.
Waitaminute. The spring is loose?

 

The spring being loose then the suspension is at full droop is normal. Don't worry about it. Mine were "loose" when I installed mine and they've driven fine every day for 6 months now.

 

Didn't I answer these questions in the other thread you started?

 

so if i go with a higher spring rate or if i use helper springs will i be safe if i slam on the basics, ive heard of them blowing with just the springs it has.

 

Helper springs won't help you.

You NEED higher spring rates.

 

Higher rates will also blow the tein basics. You need to get koni/GC or AMR if you want a quality slammed car that will last. Anything else you can expect them to blow. Tokico Illumina wouldn't be bad either. Pair them with some stiff Ground Controls and you'll be fine.

 

Good stuff

 

Are Illumina's a lot better than blues? Or is the only difference adjustable dampering?

 

Yes, they are a much better shock.

blues are a OE replacment shock, they really are not meant to be have aftermarket springs/be lowered/ or handle the increased spring rates that goes along with thme.

 

what full coilovers are good or setup that can b slammed or tucked good sizes, and ive heard that stiffer ones are better. are Function N Form, Skunk 2 coilover kits good, how about omni power
? how does these ride

 

What is this obsession with "full coilovers"?

The 3 you mentioned suck. They will ride like ****, slammed they will ride even worse.

 

People are obsessed with "full coilovers" because they prefer to be able to just remove the old suspension as a whole and drop the new right in without any more effort. In other words people are just plain lazy.
Then there's this school of thought that anything less, springs and shocks only, is somehow incomplete and requires too much effort to finagle-meaning too much thought to put together. Again, lazy.
Then there are the people that just want to sport something that looks cool without benefit of any research. They don't know anything about spring rates, damping or anything else that goes into choosing a quality setup. Warranties, company reputation and history don't seem to factor into it. The just want to rock the shiniest, most colorful thing they see their "boys" rocking. Peer pressure.
Lastly you have cheap *** individuals that don't want to spend any money whatsoever and buy the cheapest "full coilover" they can get their hands on. Hence the reason why F&F is doing so well amongst the teeny bopper crowd. "It's a full coilover and it's cheap!"

 

Most "full coilover" systems are HARDER to adjust the ride height. You cant just climb under and lower the adjuster down. You have to un bolt the lower mount, and then you can adjust the height.

Company's make it seem like full coilovers are the only way to go. And there's no such thing as a ****ing "full coilover"! A coilover is a god damn coilover. just becasue it comes with a shock/damper/strut or whatever you want to call, it dosn't make it any better then say Koni/gc, or skunk2/GC and a quality shock. Half of the "full coilovers" have the shittiest shocks you can buy.
People **** me off.

 

Actually, you don't

 

how do you do it then?


Unless the whole shock will turn while bolted in the car. In that case, I have been doing it wrong for a while.

 

You answered your own question. To elaborate, the spring has 2 rings, 1 to set and the 2nd to lock. The 3rd ring is the lock for the bottom portion. loosen the 3rd ring, and crank the 1st ring to spin the whole shock to the left, or the 2nd ring to spin the shock to the right.

 

I can't belive I hadn't figured that out. I always thought you had to loosen the lower mounts.

 

ey wHAts up i have an ej1 and ii put generic springs all over the front its 2.5 and the back 2.50 or something like that but the thing is i put new shocks in the back the brand is tokico and the ones in the from are kyb and the weird part is that the back stays really high and i dont know what i did wrong because i put everything how it was supposed to be if you have a solution let me know please thank you!!

 

Simple. Crappy springs coupled with poor shock choice. How is it sitting high if they're sitting on coilovers? Adjust the height.

What you have just done is called a thread jack and considered poor forum etiquette. Your post has nothing to do with the original topic.

 

damn if yu think that then dont answer to this post you ricer.

 

This isn't even your post.
You post about cheap Ebay springs in a COILOVER thread and you don't think this is a thread jack? And then, just as noobs with hurt feeling do, they resort to name calling.

What do your generic springs and mismatched shocks have to do with "Tein Basic coilovers" for an EG? Nothing.