Lowering Car

[scrappy 10+ year member]

hmm, i think the perches on the koni's are to change damping, they're not intended as coilovers

Thats correct the lower the setting the softer the dampening. Do it right buy new springs and shocks

 

[bigwheel15 10+ year member]

all you need is a couple friends, one to stand on each corner, each with a torch, heat up the springs until it sits the way the want and then be done with it

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif ummm...no

 

[woody89 10+ year member]

165,000:crap: Never had a problem out of it, ran strong all these years and still going.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

Thats correct the lower the setting the softer the dampening. Do it right buy new springs and shocks

so when the perch gets moved down a notch, the rides height will remain the same?

 

[scrappy 10+ year member]

so when the perch gets moved down a notch, the rides height will remain the same?

Thats correct the shock will have nothing to do with the ride height, just the smoothness of the ride. The spring is what effects ride height. I have kyb adjustable shocks the only thing that lowers my car is the coilovers not the settings of the shock. Here is a link to the koni site for more infrmation http://www.koni-na.com/products.cfm

 

[woody89 10+ year member]

Thanks for the feedback, appericate it.

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

165,000:crap: Never had a problem out of it, ran strong all these years and still going.

yeah buy new springs and struts for the front and new shocks and springs for the rear, ur ride quality now has gotta be nasty. and while u have it apart replace ur ball joints, and check ur tie rod ends, and get an alignment after you do it

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

all you need is a couple friends, one to stand on each corner, each with a torch, heat up the springs until it sits the way the want and then be done with it

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[joebangaa 10+ year member]

or get the koni yellows and your can lower your car by adjusting the perches on the shock itself

you my friend, are absolutely retarded

get springs + shocks... forget about teins, look into progress... tokico illuminas or kyb agx's are good shocks. ksport coilovers are hard to beat though for the price, they're really not much more expensive than a spring/shock setup...

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

Go for coilovers... everything in one, and fully adjustable if you're not satisfied with the ride height. Camber kit (if you decide to use springs) and alignment are also nessesary.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

i had coilovers on my 87 gti, and it was a PITA to get the thing level....

Even counting turns, the only way to know for sure was with a 4-corner scale.

If you don't NEED to be able to adjust it, figure out the stance you want, and get a regular set of springs and shocks, and be done with it. The guy who rebuilt the car autocrossed, and needed tweakability depending on track, track conditions, tires, etc. etc. etc. etc.

Daily driving doesn't require tweakability. And even when you're LOW, you learn where you can go, and where you can't, and learn little tricks, like crossing speed bumps diagonally. I had to back into my bank parking lot in my 91. And it's great fun swearing up and down to a towing company that you need a flatbed for your car, but they still don't beleive you and send a normal truck, so you have to wait for them to go all the way back and dispatch a flatbed. And even then, you need to use 2x4's to get onto the truck depending on how low you go.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

i had coilovers on my 87 gti, and it was a PITA to get the thing level....
Even counting turns, the only way to know for sure was with a 4-corner scale.

If you don't NEED to be able to adjust it, figure out the stance you want, and get a regular set of springs and shocks, and be done with it.

Try measuring from the center of the rotor to the edge of the fender. It's pretty easy to level coilovers.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

If you don't care about the ride comfort just slap a set of springs on and be done.

 

[woody89 10+ year member]

Are ksport springs a bad idea? A few posts up someone reccomended some ksport coilovers, how about their springs?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KSPORT-LOWERING-SPRINGS-92-96-Camry-93-94-95-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ330007424836QQihZ014QQcategoryZ33582QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[joebangaa 10+ year member]

i had coilovers on my 87 gti, and it was a PITA to get the thing level....
Even counting turns, the only way to know for sure was with a 4-corner scale.

If you don't NEED to be able to adjust it, figure out the stance you want, and get a regular set of springs and shocks, and be done with it. The guy who rebuilt the car autocrossed, and needed tweakability depending on track, track conditions, tires, etc. etc. etc. etc.

Daily driving doesn't require tweakability. And even when you're LOW, you learn where you can go, and where you can't, and learn little tricks, like crossing speed bumps diagonally. I had to back into my bank parking lot in my 91. And it's great fun swearing up and down to a towing company that you need a flatbed for your car, but they still don't beleive you and send a normal truck, so you have to wait for them to go all the way back and dispatch a flatbed. And even then, you need to use 2x4's to get onto the truck depending on how low you go.

uh, that's why you make your adjustments before you put them on.. of course you'll need to have access to someone else's settings but if you just try adjusting them AFTER the car is on, you end up wasting a LOT of time taking the wheels off and putting them back on. i guess i was lucky when i got mine hehe, zero wasted time.

ksport is a new company, i haven't heard anything about their springs. they've sold many coilover sets, however, in the last two years and they seem to be decent for the price. to be honest, if you want springs, i would only recommend progress or eibach. those two brands are tried and tested for just about every application. i don't imagine the ksports being that much cheaper anyway. forget about tein, i used to be a tein fanboy too but was horribly disappointed at the performance of some of their springs..