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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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i am planning on changing my suspension to ground controls and i have a friend that has them say his setting for each coilover are different, but his car is even all around. my question is when i do install the coilovers, and i change the settings to get my car to the desired height, will it be normal to have the coilover settings different on all 4 corners of the car? thanks
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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 08:45 PM
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all 4 shouldnt be different all the way around, you can have either the front L/R the same or rear L/R at a same height. comparing front to rear can be differerent.
i have pics if you want them. email me
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 04:36 AM
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It's possible that his height settings will all be a little different if he's corner-weighted the car. If it's just the dampening settings, then the front two are usually the same and the rear two are usually the same.
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 08:54 AM
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Default Re: quick coilover question (DunReit)

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He is right. Corner weighting would put them at slightly different levels without much or any visual difference.
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 10:08 AM
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cool, thanks. so, is it normal for my friend to have his settings like this: his rear left spring is slightly shorter than his rear right?
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 12:01 PM
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One spring is shorter on one side than the other? Or do you mean the spring perch setting is higher?
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 04:40 PM
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woops, sorry about that. yeah i meant the perch. thanks
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 04:52 PM
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Hondas do not have equal weight distribution L/R or F/R, so under static load, each spring should compress a little bit differently than another.
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 04:56 PM
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I dont know about your friend, but the ONLY time I had 4 different settings was when me and my friend installed the GC on my car. I immediately got an alignment a couple days after, and had all 4 settings leveled off.
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