Tein SS height adjustment problems

[s4029768]

I have problems with my coil over heights. The drivers side keep sagging by about few mil after driving for a while. I left fulcrum yesterday, when I checked the height at the shop it was all good. Once I got home the drivers side had gone down slightly.

Has any one had a similar problem? fulcrum also charged $80.00 for the height adjustment :(. Is there a place in brisbane I can do it for cheaper or does any one in this forum do height adjustments?

Any help would be great.

[Crapdaz]

goodluck trying to make them perfect.

and to be honest the stock height assembly is a bit off anyhow to fight the camber on the road hence why one side is higher than other.

[aaronng]

The stock car is lower by 10mm on the front driver's side anyway. So if it not a big difference, just live with it.

[Crapdaz]

As aaron has said live with it.

As long as your wheel alignment is done to the height your at you should be fine.

[Merlin086]

If your coilovers are new, they are easy to adjust with the 2 spanners supplied.

Just remove your wheel, loosen the locknut and adjust up or down as required after first deciding how much to adjust.

If they are not new then the threads get full of crap, so they might need a scrub with a wire brush first, maybe some WD40. You can also use one spanner as a lever to loosen the other by using a large screwdriver to lever one spanner off the other...hmm that sounds confusing.

I adjusted mine when new and they all settled varying amounts. Readjusted 6 months later after settling.
Where are you measuring the height from, the top of the wheel arch with the car parked on a level surface?

I went to the dealers and measured 3 or 4 euros there, to ensure a similar balance to stock, and initially had a 45mm drop, but too much scraping so raised to 35mm drop when I adjusted, so much less scraping now.

[s4029768]

If your coilovers are new, they are easy to adjust with the 2 spanners supplied.

Just remove your wheel, loosen the locknut and adjust up or down as required after first deciding how much to adjust.

If they are not new then the threads get full of crap, so they might need a scrub with a wire brush first, maybe some WD40. You can also use one spanner as a lever to loosen the other by using a large screwdriver to lever one spanner off the other...hmm that sounds confusing.

I adjusted mine when new and they all settled varying amounts. Readjusted 6 months later after settling.
Where are you measuring the height from, the top of the wheel arch with the car parked on a level surface?

I went to the dealers and measured 3 or 4 euros there, to ensure a similar balance to stock, and initially had a 45mm drop, but too much scraping so raised to 35mm drop when I adjusted, so much less scraping now.

thanks guys for the help. I guess I'll just live with it it doesn't affect the car what so ever so is all good. Hey Merlin what was your final centre of wheel to wheel arch length?

[Merlin086]

thanks guys for the help. I guess I'll just live with it it doesn't affect the car what so ever so is all good. Hey Merlin what was your final centre of wheel to wheel arch length?

I measured from ground to top of wheel arch.

From memory it was around 670mm, I'll check it in the morning. Wrote it down somewhere.......:confused:

[EuroAccord13]

I measured from ground to top of wheel arch.

From memory it was around 670mm, I'll check it in the morning. Wrote it down somewhere.......:confused:

Measuring from ground up to wheel arch is not as accurate measuring from a static point such as the top of the hub cap as the height of the tyre varies with pressure and even with the same pressure, no two tyre inflate the same. That's my opinion anyway.

[Crapdaz]

^^^^^ agreed,