Has anybody here figured out how to make buddy club n+'s perform well? I'm not sure if i'm too low but my car handles like complete crap. When going around a long turn, the car will feel like something wants to give when I hit a bump or dip in the road. It feels like I have gelatin blocks for suspension is so sketchy. These are the best pictures I have right now but I will get a better one tomorrow.



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It is pretty low. Your car shouldn't feel like that though. *Sounds* like the preload wasn't set properly, either in the spring itself or in the suspension when they were installed (or both). With the coilovers off the car, you should have tightened the top-most locking collar hand-tight up against the bottom of the spring, then went one or two more full rotations with the spanner wrench to set a low preload on the spring. Then when installing them onto the car, with all bolts still loose (bottom strut bolt, top two strut tower nuts, and the two control arm bolts) you should place a jack under the lower ball joint and jack up the hub to normal ride height then tighten down all the bolts/nuts. This pre-loads all the bushings/etc. Alternatively, I leave all bolts/nuts loose, then place a jack stand under each ball joint and lower the car down onto those stands fully, then tighten all bolts/nuts.

I assume you've turned up the damping by twisting the knobs at the strut tower clockwise? Do the damping knobs make any difference in the feel of the suspension? If not, then something may be busted internally on the dampers.

 

^good advice.

Also they might be blown, check for any wetness around the dampers.

 

Whats your alignment look like?

 

Sorry guys been busy at work. Coolguy, I did all that, as far as alignment specs, ill post them as soon as I get home. I did notice from toe wear on the tires though...