Megan Racing coilovers...update after 10 days, post 24 - Page 9

goodtimes · 03-17-2006

how low are you take a pic

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nema84 · 03-18-2006

I'm @ work right now... I'm about two finger gap in the back and just a little lower in the front, I cant barely fit two fingers in the front. I hope htat helps.

TeLLy · 03-18-2006

I set my preload at just under an inch and was able to get it right down to no gap in the rear and barely half a finger up front.

goodtimes · 03-18-2006

yeah you should be able to go lower than that b/c i have i finger gap in the back with 16's

nema84 · 03-19-2006

So maybe I will try to loosen the preload a little more to get it down a bit lower... I figured I had to do it that way. Am I making sense though? Instead of messing with the very bottom collar to adjust height (not getting me anywhere anyway) I should just bring the actual spring down a little more. Let me know if I'm on the right track. Sorry for the questions guys, I just want to get this right. You guys would know better than anyone else. Thanks a lot in advance \m/

goodtimes · 03-20-2006

i dont know if this Q been asked befor but what is the perpose of seting prelode on the spring.

nema84 · 03-20-2006

The harder the preload= shorter, stiffer spring... the softer the preload would be the opposite, plus a more comfortable ride... I quess harder preload would be for mor track use that street use idk... H-T.com has a write up or two on it...

TeLLy · 03-20-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by nema84

So maybe I will try to loosen the preload a little more to get it down a bit lower... I figured I had to do it that way. Am I making sense though? Instead of messing with the very bottom collar to adjust height (not getting me anywhere anyway) I should just bring the actual spring down a little more. Let me know if I'm on the right track. Sorry for the questions guys, I just want to get this right. You guys would know better than anyone else. Thanks a lot in advance \m/

Well how much preload did you set (ie how much did you compress the springs by on the coilovers)? I had a lot of trouble turning the perch past 1" so I loosened up. Preload is something you set once then leave it, so find the optimal setting for you (a lot of people do 3/4" to 1" on these coilovers) then adjust the height with the lowest perch. I wish I could take a pic but my coilovers are covered in all sorts of gunk right now. My lowest and middle perches are separated by just over an inch all the way around if I recall, so I have some more room to drop (enough to scrape the x brace constantly on summer tires) but an extreme drop will have those perches very close together.

nema84 · 03-20-2006

I actually haven't even touched the preload since i bought the coils... All I did was install and drive. When I first installed them, MR cust service told me not to touch the preload because they are set the same all around. My guess on the preload is that it is just barely tightened... the spring is at its actual length.

Zzyzx · 03-20-2006

You guys do know that your not actually adjusting "pre load" but rather simply altering the dampers stroke range right?

goodtimes · 03-20-2006

????? would you care to inlighten us please.

Zzyzx · 03-20-2006

I assume you are using the term "preload" to describe loading (compressing) the spring in an attempt to increase that springs rate. right?

If so, then remove that thought from your mind, as it doesnt apply to automotive suspensions.

here's why. The only way you are going to be able to compress a spring on a car is to increase the load that spring is carying. remember, springs are rated in LBS/In (lbs required to compress the spring 1"). So unless you are some how increasing the load that spring is holding, then you are not compressing it any more or any less. THen theres the whole part of Liniar springs used on the majority of "coilovers"... I.e. springs that dont alter their rate as they compress....

Alternatly, you are actually altering the dampers stroke range (how close the shocks "plunger" is to the top or bottom of the strut housing). Set it too close to the bottom, by loweing it, then you risk bottoming out the strut its self when the suspension compresses, set it to high and you risk topping the shock out when the suspension extends.

nema84 · 03-20-2006

I guess I'm just going to end up with a gap in the rears... MR customer service says they won't go lower in the back. My tires are 205/45/16, that is probably the difference between two fingers and one finger gap. Thank you very much for the help guys... I'm going to go cry now lol.

goodtimes · 03-26-2006

well i have a bit of a problem, its coming from my right front coilover is a noise when i turn the steering wheel to the right or the the left it kinda sounds like a door hinge opening and close, it like tick tick tick tick when i turn but it does not do it for lock to lock, and it does not do it when its up in the air.

i dont know what it is i was thinking of a shot of wd40 a the pillowball mont
and see if that does anything...

HELP!!!!

nvm found the problem. It had nothing to do with the coilovers lol, one of the bolts was loose. i guess after the guy did the aligment he forgot to tighten the camber bolt back up so that was loose for like 3 weeks..

i cant trust people anymore GOD

dopes6070 · 03-26-2006

told ya so... THE MEGANS KICK ASS