ed_423

sup guys...so my friend who adjusts my coilover tells me that if i lower the rear, my front will raise a bit, and if i lower my front, my rear will raise a bit. is that true?

thinking about lowering my rear another 1/2", but don't want the front to get any higher (in fact, might lower another 1/4" up front, but more on that later)

thanks guys

ttk5

I have no idea if this is true. But heres a random trick I use any time I adjust my coil height. Use chalk to draw a straight line down all the components that turn. That way you can accurately count how many rotations you do on each coilover so that you get an even drop. I hope that made sense

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

Ed, are you on a see-saw?

then ask your friend if he's on a see-saw.
maybe a better question to ask him; is he on drugs?

ed_423

cool man! i'll keep that in mind!

iSeeYouTwo

That's definitely not true, lol. What he might have been trying to say is that if you lower the rear, the front will LOOK higher? and vise versa. That's the only logical explanation for his answer.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

Well, all 4 sides are independent of each other.
meaning you could lower and raise each side. making the car look uneven, if you wanted to.

I think his logic was similar to screwing down something on opposite ends.
if you tighten something down on one end, the other end will not line up.

but certainly not true for coilovers since each corner is independent.

TSXKid2010

Ed only one way to find out...trial and error!

Prototype

I think you meant to say 4 corners. Almost, but not quite. Think swaybars. There is some dependance left to right and right to left because of the swaybars, but it's hardly noticeable unless you are like me, measurements need to be dead balls perfect!

Ed, in regards to what your friend said, its just as what iSeeYouTwo said, it's an illusion of the adjustment front to rear and rear to front.

ttk5, I have a similar way to keep track of my adjustments for any car I work on with coilovers. Take a punch and make an indent on the main adjustment collar and count the rotations you turn clockwise and/or counter clockwise. I also measure the spring unloaded and loaded and measure the height from the lowest adjustable point on the coilover to the locking collar. I keep a record of all my adjustments per car in a notebook somewhere in the garage. I'm pretty OCD and ADD and all the above hahahaha