Coilover heights?

The people who have fitted coilovers.

What height did you set them?

How did you measure it?

Do you have pictures?


Thanks
Nathan

thats down about 100-110 difficult to say coz the springs were chopped when i bought it lol.  got about 10mm of thread left on the front and about 5mm on the back.  if i go any lower at the back i'll be digging the front of the beam into sleeping policemen lol. and the front wishbone hangers catch on EVERYTHING! thats part of the fun though! i love scrapey noises!

i measure the remaining thread from the bottom spring plate to the end of the thread. then do the same on the opposite side and adjust till they are level.

leveling them back to front is a bit trial and error tbf. you need to roughly set them, pop it on it's wheels and go for a quick spin to level it out. then see how it sits!  a lot of people park it on level ground and use a spirit level on the door step to see how level the car is!

Thats way too low for me, theres lots and lots of sleeping policemen where I am.

yup  it'd be comfortable up about 20mm.

if you want practicality then about 90mm should do. i usually work to coilovers being around a 120mm drop max so if you measure 30mm from the bottom of the thread you should be loosely 90mm.

it's just trial and error.

Being this low just takes forward planning, if you know the speed bumps are vicious you adjust how you go over them.  I do tend to re-do my underbody stonechip fortnightly though lol, and mine is a small block so the sump is a bit shallower.

Jon.

I very immature comment but it has so be said…………………"if you aint scrubbin' you aint dubbin'" lol

LOL very true.

140mm?  

mk1 heads are runnouned for one thing, going all the way.

Well, thats what i did.

aha

If you dont when you put them on, i bet youl do it eventually….

Short wheel base too so their gutteeeeddd.

get your pics up.

animal, that has now inspired me to wind them all the way down!  so looking at yours i'm actually 120mm over a standard 5door then…

schweeet!

may not be able to visit the gf if I do though!!! I'll never get down her drive lmao

Jon.

Not my car its a mates. Alot more to getting that low than winding your car coils right down. Will post a pic of mine later

yeah it looks like he's tubbed the arches out and moved a fair bit around.

would be interesting to see how he's done it lol

Jon.

My cab sits nice and low and it's far from being at the bottom of the coils! think there is about 50mm left all round and there is still some ride comfort.

Crowson_punk said

yeah it looks like he's tubbed the arches out and moved a fair bit around.

would be interesting to see how he's done it lol

Jon.

arches have just had the return edge flatened on the front. its more about the work you have to do underneath so that it will move. it is lower than that now!!