I'll be in town for the Thanksgiving weekend, 22Nov-25Nov, and will be bringing my car back to base. Now after seeing some of the "speed bumps" on base it's pretty obvious I'll need to raise my car's coilovers, but I've never done it, so was wondering if someone had a morning/afternoon/evening to spare to help me out that would be awesome!

 

San Antonio?

 

Yea I'll be in San Antonio!

 

Anyone?

 

I would help but Ill be working through those days unless we do it at my work...

 

I don't mind, I just don't have a jack, or jack stands at my house anymore

 

I'm actually north of Austin so probably not much help unless you want to try out the new 85 mph tollway. Really all you'll need is a jack (even your Honda one is fine), a measuring tape and possibly a coilover adjustment tool. A floor jack and stands would be better. When you lift each corner of the car you can twist the adjustment perch upwards to raise the spring and the ride height. Some perches have a set screw you may need to loosen before turning. If you move them all up in roughly equal amounts it will stay reasonably balanced. You can double check the result by using the measuring tape before and after the adjustments. The car will settle a little bit lower so it isn't a bad idea to run it around the block between adjustments before final measurement. Stock ride height puts the upper arc of the wheel arches at about 26.5" but most coilover kits have lowering springs so the upper limit will probably only yield 24"-25" max. If you are really slammed to start, a big adjustment should be followed by a new wheel alignment. These are just the basic steps and I'm sure you can find more detailed DIY instructions if you search this site.

 

Thanks for the tips, wish you where closer to help! I should be able to do it myself, but for my first time it would be nice to have someone double check my work. Lol Plus I really wanna do it with jack stands that way I can get em all equal on the first time hopefully.