hi, i am having a hard time raising my car with my coilovers. i have megan racing track coilovers. i was thinking of trying to put some wd40 on them. would this be a good idea and would it work?

 

hhahaha...naw man..u just need to hit the gym to get some arm strength..lol..

n e way...WD-40 will help a great deal if the coilovers have been at a set height for a long period of time...

 

actually i had someone else help me out. and he still coulden't get the coils to go up.

 

u need shit load of WD 40, let it really sink in. Then a wire brush that you can brush the threaded part of the coil over to try and remove some gunk that is stopping em from moving.

Now do you have the supplied 'c spanners' for your coilovers? if so, place them on the coilover nut and hit it with a hammer. If you dont have the c spanners, you can use a flathead screw driver, but be careful the metal on the coilover nut thingos can be soft like my old tein's and if you hit it hard enough you can snap a piece off. just use plenty of wd 40, wire brush it up and tap it.

 

You are jacking your car up, right? It would help a lot if the perch is not preloaded by the car's corner weight. I know it sounds stupid but some people can access the shocks by turning the wheel.

Did you try turning them down first (like you are dropping the car)? It may be easier to "break" them loose that way and then go the other way.


Bassem

 

i will need to get my hands on a wire brush. maybe i'll just try and let some wd-40 soak and see how it goes from their.

 

I would try a penatrating solution before wd40... look into PB blaster.

 

Are your springs compressed? Relieve some pressure off the springs and try it again.

 

well they were once about stock height, so i know they can go higher if that's what you mean?

 

what he means is, is there weight on the springs? are the wheels on the ground or off.