fitting coilovers

[m0rk]

you need to fit both.. c'mon - only takes 20 mins a side going slow.

you'l be twisting the beam - must have been hard to fit the rear shock...

 

[Rick-24]

well it was at night and it was cold and burnt my arm on da flood light

 

[m0rk]

tell me you're not driving the car at teh moment please...

 

[Rick-24]

damn i may look stupid....but yea u taking the piss lol, nah sat on the drive got me super slow works van

 

[m0rk]

have seen people do it before...! easiest to fit both rears at the same time - else you're not fighting the opposing shock

 

[Rick-24]

well i would of ... but didnt have time and it was dark and i'd had enough but will do the other side tho when i get chance .... b astard rain , so i assume the spring helper should crush flat when i put the other one on?

 

[m0rk]

yeah - at the moment the std shock is pushing the opposite side 'out'

 

[Rick-24]

Ok fitted the other rear coilover today and tryed to get it the ride height setup but i had the front to low couldnt reverse up my drive with out the bottom of the front bumper scrapin on the ground so i had to raise it up, also the rear rubbed on the top of the arch so i raised that as well... im not sure how low it is but its still lower than standard i think, i put new wheels on aswell so see what she looked like. took some pics i know abit **** need to do some more in the day.... just wonderin i take it u cant have the rear that low with 15mm spacers and 17's

 

[ibizacupra]

what size 17's? what offset? what tyre size?

 

[Rick-24]

205/40/17 offset et35 and i have to 15mm spacers, seems like its just catching the top of the wheel arch when i corner hard, oh and since ive put the other rear on and set the height the lttle spring helper isnt crushin like the fronts.... i take it isnt supposed to because theres not as much weight on the rear, well its crushed abit . think im gonna have to get smaller spacers or get the rear arch rolled

 

[fozzie]

Car look very nice mate!!
I'm thinking of getting some coilovers for my Ibiza mk3, i don't mean to sound thick but how do you go about changing the ride height of the car when you have coilovers fitted?? is it a hard job?

 

[Forbez]

Its pretty much a jack of the car and a twist of a nut! (simple terms)

 

[Olly20VT]

iv also got the same set of coilovers but i cant see how it sits up against the top mount coz its a angled bit of alloy and dosnt fit through the bearing but i havent got a spare rubber bit to check with out taking the car apart, dose any one have a pic of there jamax coilovers before they fitted them? or of the bearings and rubber bit?

 

[Rick-24]

hi mate, had my car at awesome gti yesterday for geo setup and they rasied it 10mm all round, all seems good now, and the top mount , i just put it on like how your saying the the blue top and the top mount just sits on it and bolts down, well that how mine is i assume thats right lol ... still catchin ever so slightly on the one side on the rear which is strange, but they guy at awesome said if its not rippin your tyre u can get away with it so ima leave see how it goes

 

[Rick-24]

oh and put the spring assister on the bottom as i found the rubbers catch on it if its at the top

 

[Olly20VT]

cheers rick, any one else pref with pic (off the car)

 

[roundy]

How would I know if my front tops mounts are shot?

 

[Rick-24]

Hey olly did u get coilovers fitted then?... if so how u finding them?

 

[Olly20VT]

na not yet, they were ment to go on on the 3rd of next month but now someone has crashed in to my car so its going away to be fixed then i'll get them put on.