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xagna · 06-06-2005, 09:05 AM

I installed two front pairs of the megan coilovers.
I installed these with ride height set at the factory so I have to change the ride height. I'm just driving waiting for springs to settle down. To rear ones settled down already but front ones seems to need more time even after 70 miles on them.

How do I change the ride height of these coilovers? There are two brackets right under spring and one bracket on the base of the strut. I would like to know the process of turning the two bracket holding the spring. Do I need spring compressor for this?

What other things do I have to do to mature the coilover spring install?

raen419 · 06-06-2005, 09:23 AM

no, you don't need a spring compressor.
you need spanner wrenches and your own 2 hands.
and you installed 2 front pairs of MR's? wtf? two fronts wouldn't bolt up to the rear uprights.

to adjust ride height, loosen the lower locking perch at the shock bracket, then twist the shock body (spring and all) to lower/raise the ride height.

"mature the coilover spring install"
huh?
you need to reword your post or something.

search man, search!

xagna · 06-06-2005, 10:41 AM

[QUOTE=raen419]no, you don't need a spring compressor.
you need spanner wrenches and your own 2 hands.
and you installed 2 front pairs of MR's? wtf? two fronts wouldn't bolt up to the rear uprights.
QUOTE]

Thanks or the reply.
I installed all four over the span of one week due to time shortage.

Can I do the steps you told me with the c/o on the car or should I get them off?

Nostradamus · 06-06-2005, 10:48 AM

on the car!!!

SochBAT · 06-06-2005, 11:52 AM

another thing you should do is takepictures, and dance your ass off.

Var · 06-06-2005, 12:00 PM

jack up car. take wheels off. get spanner wrenches and twist collar counterclockwise. If there are two collars, then the lower one should go down by hand, then the upper one should turn with the wrench and the spring will turn with it. Count the threads showing from the bottom. Repeat on all 4 corners. Get an alignment. Read more

btw..obviously tighten the lower collar against the upper one..you should have two spanner wrenches that you turn opposite from eachother to tighten/loosen the collars.

JaeTea · 06-07-2005, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by xagna

How do I change the ride height of these coilovers? There are two brackets right under spring and one bracket on the base of the strut. I would like to know the process of turning the two bracket holding the spring. Do I need spring compressor for this?

My god.

*NemeGuero* · 06-07-2005, 02:19 PM

didn't they come with instructions or did you throw those aside?

North240 · 06-07-2005, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by xagna

What other things do I have to do to mature the coilover spring install?

Drive the everloving piss out of your car!!!

Not to sound like a dick but you installed these on your car and your struggling on how to lower them? Just sounds odd, i'm sure if you installed them you can figure it out in like 5 minutes. Drive happy!

gfisch · 06-07-2005, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by westboroughpimp

Count the threads showing from the bottom.

Thatd be a pain in the ass and probably easy to miss a thread or two.
Easier to stick the end of a caliper in from the bottom and measure the distance to the bottom of the shock body.
Or, even a stick with a line on it for that matter would work.

sncs14 · 06-07-2005, 08:09 PM

use a measuring tape. it isn't that complicated

nrg · 06-08-2005, 03:16 AM

xanga, FYI; springs don't "settle down"

maybe it's your bump stop wearing down.

xagna · 06-08-2005, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by NemeGuero

didn't they come with instructions or did you throw those aside?

Warranty card. And diagram of the coil over's structure on a color printed A4 paper with a bunch of commercial messages...

xagna · 06-08-2005, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nrg

xanga, FYI; springs don't "settle down"

maybe it's your bump stop wearing down.

NRG,
What is bump stop? What happen when the bump stop wears down?

xagna · 06-08-2005, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by North240

Drive the everloving piss out of your car!!!

Not to sound like a dick but you installed these on your car and your struggling on how to lower them? Just sounds odd, i'm sure if you installed them you can figure it out in like 5 minutes. Drive happy!

I'm trying to raise them.

06-06-2005, 09:05 AM	#1
xagna Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: ny Posts: 194 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	things to do after coilover install. I installed two front pairs of the megan coilovers. I installed these with ride height set at the factory so I have to change the ride height. I'm just driving waiting for springs to settle down. To rear ones settled down already but front ones seems to need more time even after 70 miles on them. How do I change the ride height of these coilovers? There are two brackets right under spring and one bracket on the base of the strut. I would like to know the process of turning the two bracket holding the spring. Do I need spring compressor for this? What other things do I have to do to mature the coilover spring install?

06-06-2005, 10:48 AM	#4
Nostradamus Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: poolhall ma Posts: 355 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	on the car!!! __________________

06-06-2005, 12:00 PM	#6
Var Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 43 Posts: 5,032 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Var Feedback Score: 0 reviews	jack up car. take wheels off. get spanner wrenches and twist collar counterclockwise. If there are two collars, then the lower one should go down by hand, then the upper one should turn with the wrench and the spring will turn with it. Count the threads showing from the bottom. Repeat on all 4 corners. Get an alignment. Read more btw..obviously tighten the lower collar against the upper one..you should have two spanner wrenches that you turn opposite from eachother to tighten/loosen the collars. __________________ Hi

06-08-2005, 03:16 AM	#12
nrg Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CA Age: 40 Posts: 1,571 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	xanga, FYI; springs don't "settle down" maybe it's your bump stop wearing down. __________________ driftingisgay.com

06-06-2005, 09:23 AM	#2
raen419 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Jasper, AL Age: 42 Posts: 253 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	no, you don't need a spring compressor. you need spanner wrenches and your own 2 hands. and you installed 2 front pairs of MR's? wtf? two fronts wouldn't bolt up to the rear uprights. to adjust ride height, loosen the lower locking perch at the shock bracket, then twist the shock body (spring and all) to lower/raise the ride height. "mature the coilover spring install" huh? you need to reword your post or something. search man, search!

06-06-2005, 10:41 AM	#3
xagna Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: ny Posts: 194 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	[QUOTE=raen419]no, you don't need a spring compressor. you need spanner wrenches and your own 2 hands. and you installed 2 front pairs of MR's? wtf? two fronts wouldn't bolt up to the rear uprights. QUOTE] Thanks or the reply. I installed all four over the span of one week due to time shortage. Can I do the steps you told me with the c/o on the car or should I get them off?

06-06-2005, 11:52 AM	#5
SochBAT Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Abilene, TX Age: 39 Posts: 6,428 Trader Rating: (9) Rides Gallery: SochBAT Feedback Score: 9 reviews	another thing you should do is takepictures, and dance your ass off.

06-07-2005, 02:19 PM	#8
NemeGuero No more nissan. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: RAIN, Washington. Age: 40 Posts: 8,132 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: NemeGuero Feedback Score: 10 reviews	didn't they come with instructions or did you throw those aside?

06-07-2005, 08:09 PM	#11
sncs14 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Las Vegas Age: 42 Posts: 1,003 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: sncs14 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	use a measuring tape. it isn't that complicated