I think if i try to raise the car ill just compressing the springs, shock piston I think limits the height adjustment??Ralph, can't you adjust those coilovers to raise your car high enough? I have the opposite problem with the Vic coilovers on my X, can't get the car low enough without wiping out my suspension travel.
Ride is okay, car is just way too lowIf you run out of adjustment travel, you can always buy shorter or longer springs. It also gives you the opportunity to soften or firm up your ride.
I think if i try to raise the car ill just compressing the springs, shock piston I think limits the height adjustment??
Doh! Thanks, I’ll give that a try. Sorry new to coil overs.No, no, no.....the bottom spring perch on your coilovers is on a threaded tube on the shock body. That allows you to change the ride height. Raising that perch on the threads will raise the ride height. The shock piston only limits the travel at the extremes.
Questions I only have one tool to turn spring perch nuts. Do i need two? Picture below for reference
Carl, how do you get in there with the car on the ground?Mine only came with one, I'm able to unlock the two rings by just turning one. Loosen the one away from the spring as spring tension will tend to hold the other ring. Once loose you only need the one tool to rotate the ring against the spring to the height you want and then just run up the other ring by hand and tighten them together again.
Asking my wife weight is the equivalent of an invitation to divorce. I prefer to do some guesses!You will also be surprised to learn that most folks don't know what their usual co pilot weighs!
It sounds like you are kind of answering your own question here, as just adjusting the adjustable perches to what "looks" right is not going to handle correctly if the corner weights are a mess, so if you are looking for stock struts with fixed perches and euro springs, sounds like that is your only choice. If it were my car, I would join a local autocross club or SCCA affiliate and borrow their corner weight scales for a weekend and get it close enough for street use. I am sure someone will buy your adjustable struts, if you decide to just replace them with stock pieces, actually I would be interested in them if you end up selling them as my white Scorpion is on fixed struts but what look to be Euro springs as the wheels are much closer to the body than on my completely stock white car.Thanks Chris but buying corner scales and learning about suspension dynamics is more than I want to learn. Just not my thing. Maybe if I was an avid racer but I’m just trying to get down the road.