ive heard that readjusting the fronts isnt too bad but doing the rears is a pain. be easier to take em to a shop to adjust. but yes, you can do that for you 18's
Hahaha, well if that's what you have to tell yourself.
Well I've never adjusted them myself, I think NotYet can give you a good answer to that one as he just lowered his car. But I don't think it's too difficult, I mean he did it, so that just shows it's idiot proof.
I don't think KW makes sways, Hotchkis are def the way to go for those.
no he didnt. He took it to the shop BOTH times, for the first and second lowering. I remember him saying he didnt tell his wife he took it in to get lowered again.
Well I beat you ALL to the answer... I was just to arrogant to reply to such a silly question.
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Originally Posted by skeletonizer
OK smarty pants! Let's just say I want a set for my SRT. Is this something that I can easily change my ride height with for winter when the 18" Blizzaks go on?
I just raised the nose on my car tonight (I have the V2's) and it took about 15 minutes. Pretty cool & typical for coilovers w/adjustable height spring perches.
However, the back requires you to essentially remove the spring again to adjust the perch, because it is deep inside a pocket in the car's "frame" (you can't access the spanner nut). The rears aren't coilovers at all, in fact the term coilovers is misleading. The fronts are coilovers, just like the stock suspension, but the rears use a separate shock and spring like the stock setup.
Well I beat you ALL to the answer... I was just to arrogant to reply to such a silly question.
I just raised the nose on my car tonight (I have the V2's) and it took about 15 minutes. Pretty cool & typical for coilovers w/adjustable height spring perches.
However, the back requires you to essentially remove the spring again to adjust the perch, because it is deep inside a pocket in the car's "frame" (you can't access the spanner nut). The rears aren't coilovers at all, in fact the term coilovers is misleading. The fronts are coilovers, just like the stock suspension, but the rears use a separate shock and spring like the stock setup.
Was my question itself silly, or was it the way I asked it?
Can I do it myself? I don't have a problem spending part of a day to do it. Will it require a realignment after the ride height is changed?
Yes, you can raise the height for winter driving.
Can you do it yourself is a different question. If you can install them yourself, you can raise/lower yourself. Essentially to raise/lower the back, you must drop the rear cradle for access to the top of the coilover. My shop was only able to lower them a schmidgen w/o dropping the rear for further adjustment.
You'd be smart to re-align after every height adjustment. Lots of alignment shops offer lifetime adjustments for the equivalent price of 2 or 3 alignments.
The kw v2's will ride better. Adjusting the dampening, you can go from nice and soft to very stiff and sporty. The v1's will have one pre-adjusted dampening setting which will be between sporty and soft. As long as you like the set dampening, go with the v1's. Suspension Techniques also makes some coilovers equivalent to the version one's, ie no dampening adjustment.
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