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And their is still some room I believe. When your ready hit up the guys at ACM although not local to you but they have done several installs and Sal has them on his car. I'm sure they can get ya a smoking deal.
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I think your car and the ride height both look fantastic. No need to change your ride-height IMO.
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how do they look with 18s on? Are these recommendations based on wheel size or just performance regarding any setup.....I would think with a smaller wheel, it would be slight changed no?
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10-31-2013, 05:06 PM | #28 |
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May be! But I use 19 rims! And in the instructions for installing the Ohlins does not have written what wheels use for their settings.
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The instructions for the recommended setup are 20mm lower than stock
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Unfortunately, most people don't care about that here. They want a fancy brand suspension setup and the slammed look. RESPECT.
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When you lower with ohlins the overall travel remains the same. |
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That only applies to the front and not the rear. And you may have other parts making contact from excessive lowering. Plus geometry is still lost.
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You're not supposed to shorten the shock in the rear if you lower the car? I haven't on mine but I only lowered it a turn or so.
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11-06-2013, 09:29 PM | #39 |
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Anyone? I actually called Ohlins USA and asked them about shortening the rear shock when lowering. Their answer was, "the rear shock length is not adjustable" when clearly it is..
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The manual clearly refers to a length adjuster on the rear shock. Now if you only adjust the length of the rear shock, without doing anything to the spring preload adjuster, you won't be altering ride height at all. Unlike in the front. I am no suspension expert...
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The rear system is not a true coilover. Therefore if you shorten the length of the spring to create more drop you may have to shorten the length of the shock to maintain a small about of preload on the spring so that it says in the perch/collars when the rear wheel is complete unsprung. If you raise up the rear of car (both sides) and the springs are completely loose they may become unseated. There should be enough tension/preload on the springs so that it says put. As mentioned, because the rear system is not a c/o it will not impact the ride height at all. Its very easy to do and you don't even have to remove the shock to adjust the length. Seems like common sense to me.
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So what you're saying is, if i wanted to say raise the rear height from the recommended settings, if I did it by just trying to lengthen the length of the shock, it would not affect ride height at all because it's not a coilover (like the front is). To truly adjust the rear height, I would have to adjust the spring preload adjuster (recommended is 37mm, let's say I change to 42mm or +5mm), and then adjust the length of the shock about +5mm as well to have the desired final rear ride height adjustment effect (+5mm). I'm assuming this would maintain approx the same spring preload as recommended settings? Or would I even need to adjust the length of the shock in this case? Could I adjust the spring perch to 42mm or +5mm and leave the shock as is which would seem to create more spring preload? Or is it wiser to always adjust both the spring perch and the shock length in tandem to maintain the same spring preload? Thanks for helping us newbs.
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As it pertains to the rear. Altering the length spring affects the ride height. Altering the length of the shock affects the range of motion when the shock is fully extended. Because of the geometry of the suspension components i.e. 5mm on the spring my not translate to 5mm on the shock. I wouldn't deviate lot from the recommended settings. I just went down a tad. I used the suggested setting in rear at first and I could feel the pre-load on the spring by tugging and twisting on it. When I lowered the ride height I lowered the shock to the same preload "Feel" that it had with the suggested settings. Not rocket science
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