Ceejay29 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hi Fellow Zedders, Carried out a much needed ride height adjustment over the weekend and now hate the way it drives; for the record the car was lifted by an inch or so (slightly more OSR as it was a tad lower visually). Standard protocol really; used the spanners to adjust the shocker at the rear (coilover) and left the spring as it is and damping. Now for some reason the OSR is firmer than the NSR....much firmer So much so that it is either going to bounce me off of the road mid corner or break something.....probably my back! So what have I done wrong? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny cobra Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Take some tension off the spring ... JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceejay29 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Take some tension off the spring ... JC My thought exactly. So for clarity; if the shock is at its longest would that mean that the spring is elongated. If so I would have thought it would be soft as it isn't as compressed? Edited April 14, 2015 by Ceejay29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceejay29 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Right I know what I have done wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p34nut Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Be careful with messing around with the actual springs as that is the preload and they are set by the factory as a standard pretty much, that side of things is generally quite in depth and not something I would get involved with myself. Ride hight, not a problem. An easy thing to do but always measure or mark and count complete or half turns Damping stiffness, most coilovers have this adjustment on the top of the shock itself, again use a mark and count complete or half turns. If none of the above seem to be doing you any great justice I have to say dropping into a decent tuning garage rather than your local to have a fast road setup applied with wheel alignment (while your there) is always well worth the money I don't mean to preach, I merely talk from personal mistake and a lesson learnt from it, I hope something there helps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Right I know what I have done wrong The suspense is killing me 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceejay29 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 So I adjusted the shocker alone, treating it as a true coilover, when in hindsight I should have adjusted the spring? Consequently theOSR is a lot firmer as this was adjusted more to compensate the adverse ride height. Thankfully I used a vernier gauge and can revert back. Why cant the rear be a true coilover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 So I adjusted the shocker alone, treating it as a true coilover, when in hindsight I should have adjusted the spring? Consequently theOSR is a lot firmer as this was adjusted more to compensate the adverse ride height. Thankfully I used a vernier gauge and can revert back. Why cant the rear be a true coilover. I t can be, you just have to buy true coilovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceejay29 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Presumably the top mount would have to be reinforced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Presumably the top mount would have to be reinforced? So they say, but several members are running them with no additional work without issue. I can't think of anyone who has reinforced them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeisterR Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Presumably the top mount would have to be reinforced? There are a few on here that run our MeisterR true coilovers without reinforcement. We haven't heard of any issues to date. Edwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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