Max Preload setting on coilovers on the street - bad?

[ncmx5]

Does it damage the coilover system if I run stiffest setting on the street?

[kriZy]

+1 would also like to know

[Vvvtec]

Australian roads are shit, unlike the smooth track surfaces coilovers are designed for. Are you actually planning on running them on max stiffness for daily driving? Your teeth will probably fall out of your head after a while.

[JohnnyWalked]

agree with Vvvtec dont go max stiffness, normal roads arent suited to them and most likely your body too!

[kriZy]

Question still not answered.

[Vvvtec]

Silly question.

[89lude]

it will increase wear and tear.

[dougie_504]

I think they'll be fine for the most part, provided they're good quality coilovers. Any spring/shock will eventually wear no matter what stiffness it's on. Will just wear that little bit faster but if you drive well, avoid all those potholes etc it'll be alright.

If it makes you feel better my friend is running front 22kg rear 20kg on their max stiffness damper setting for his daily.

[Vvvtec]

Youll probably become cop bait while your at it too, bouncing all over the road lol =P

[ncmx5]

Silly question.

Why is it a silly question?

[Vvvtec]

Just my own opinion man, I dont mean anything bad by it.

[ncmx5]

Cool opinion. Why don't you elaborate on that opinion.

[Vvvtec]

I used common sense to form it. I'm sorry for wasting your time.

[Bludger]

Why do you want to preload the spring to the max setting?

[ncmx5]

I don't want to, but because my car is too lowered and my offset is slightly too low (sits flush with the fenders) and I don't have the time to raise it up a bit yet, I keep bottoming out around corners with bumps... so I've set them on hardest for the mean time and that has stopped it from wrecking the tyres and underliner. In terms of comfort, it's still fine for me, but I don't want the coils to blow or leak because I'm driving on rougher (public roads) more regularly with hardest preload.

[Bludger]

That's where the confusion is.

Pre-load refers to compressing the spring to beyond the rest position so there is constant load, the spring is constantly compressed.

What you're talking about is turning the damper to max stiffness, which i think is perfectly fine.

It's not a silly question.

If you were asking about the spring then its definitely silly

lol

[dsp26]

It will CONTRIBUTE to quicker wear on seals if you drive on a constantly shit road. Because it tightens an area inside where the shock fluid goes from one area to the next hence higher pressures. Coupled with a higher spring rate to push the shock back out from damped position after hitting a bump, if the shit road was able to actually make your shock dampen as opposed to your car stiffly bouncing... That repetion is bad.... If that all makes sense?

The only damage ive seen was NOT on a honda.... Where the sussy bolts onto the chassis the area had cracked. But this was a combination of spring/damp rate and ride height

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[dsp26]

Oh yeah bludgers right.. Its not pre-load

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