BTW, after lowering the car with the initial settings of the spring perches at 6 turns up from the bottom at all corners, I had to move the perches up because the car was kind of low (little bit less that one finger gap). However, it was pretty hard to move the perches upward because of the pressure from the shock/spring. Is there an easy way to move the perches upward?

 

For the rears, do the same thing w/ the jack. For the fronts, I just took out the control arm bolts, but I'm sure there's an easier way.

 

For the rears, I've tried exactly what you've said, but there not that much room to operate from behind the wheel. I guess I didn't jack the car up high enough and I only jack the car up from one side. It was late and was tired and lazy to put the car up on four jack stands so I just jack the car from the side one at a time.

It would have been nice if GC provided you with some tool to turn the perches. What made it more difficult was that the collar also turns at time being that it's not physically attached to the shock.

All I know is that moving the perches upward is a real pain; however, moving it down is easy. Therefore, I would suggest to newbies like myself with coil-overs, start with the perches initially set high and then work your way down to the desired drop.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by FF2Skip
For the rears, do the same thing w/ the jack.

 

Apply lithium grease to the perch to allow the spring to turn on it with less friction. Also spray silicone on the threads. Your alignment shop will thank you.

 

Wish I've known this before the install. I'll have to do this when I need to make another adjustment or the wheels are off for whatever reason.

BTW, the silicone will help by allowing you to easily spin the perch but wouldn't it also make it difficult to keep the perch locked? Would it be more likely to move while driving or over time?

What's lithium grease? I assume you can get it at your local auto parts store?

This is so cool! Learning something new everyday.

Great site and people.

 

Why would my alignment guy be thankful? He doesn't touch my shocks/springs. Just had another one done this AM to Gendron's recommendation.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe if you were getting your car corner balanced as well?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by chrisho
It would have been nice if GC provided you with some tool to turn the perches.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by iCEE

 

Should I drive the car a while, like a couple of days or a week, to let the springs settle before I take the car for an alignment?

I hear West End is THE place to get it done, but it's pretty busy. How much do they charge? Any recommendations for the San Fernando Valley, Burbank or Glendale?