If you did the preload procedure again, I bet the front would go down a little bit.

John

 

whenever checking ride height, park it on a completely level surface. I notice my car with espelirs sits differently at different angles, even on a very very slight grade. Guess its the nature of springs.

 

Here are mine settled.

 

John, I just spoke with my mechanic and he told me that you can only do preloading on true coilovers and not just springs swap.

aCab, thanks. I'll try to look again on a flat grade.

Mr.Himself13, great pix. Mine seems to look higher than yours. I am running stock wheels if that matters.

Here are some latest pix:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?act=m...mage&img=643943
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?act=m...mage&img=643942
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?act=m...mage&img=643941
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?act=m...mage&img=643940

 

Not true, most likely the terminology is being confused. He is most likely thinking about setting the spring preload on a coilover. We are talking about loosening the control arm bolts to be sure that the rubber bushing is clocked correctly. If they are twisted and not clocked correctly they can actually hold the car up at a higher level.

John

 

Maybe we're using the wrong wording but it's the concept that matters.

 

If that's the case, then I'm not sure.

I would hate to have it done again.

What's the cons for not preloading?

 

do you have to preload the springs?

 

Preloading is compressing the springs in a coilover setup before installing it. This effectively increases the spring rate of the coilover since it is under load.

What the guys on this thread are mentioning is loading the suspension. Think of it like this, if your car is up on jack stands (or a lift), the suspension is in full droop. When you put it back on the ground, the suspension components are compressed (springs, shocks, bushings, etc).

If you tighten the suspension bolts without loading the suspension first, all your components will be tighted when they are in full droop (not how your car normally sits on the ground). When your car gets back on the ground, your suspension components will be in a high tension state and will cause increased stress on your suspension.

 

Thanks for the great info, GPWAP2 and Rdizzle. I'll talk to my mechanic again tomorrow when I go see him.

Also, I started another thread in the Southern Ontario section.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=717249

There are some info as well for those interested.