5mm out

[drewr]

Hey all,

I've just spent most of the afternoon in my garage trying to even up my coilovers and lower them; while i was successfull, one side sits at about 595mm from bottom of rim to bottom or arch, while the other side sits at about 590mm bottom of rim to bottom of arch.

Is this much of an issue? Can someone tell me how to fix this, it seems all 4 coilovers are set the same, yet its still doing that. Perhaps it will correct it when i take it for a wheel aligmnent?

-Drew.

[Ben J]

I have to have one of my front coilovers like 15-20mm lower then the other for it to sit evenly, im not sure why.

I don't think its much of a problem (atleast i hope...) would be interesting to know why though

[drewr]

Yeah. Hm, i can't see 5mm being an issue, personally.

[rayray086]

I personally thinkit's not really much of an issue. When you sit in the car, the height will change again.

[Stuwey]

The heights are not nearly as much of an issue as the actual weight on each corner of the car.

Incorrect weights ie; not even, will dramatically change the way the car handles as the weight shifts across the vehicle.

Corner-weight it.

[Mr_Bob]

corner weights are definately the right way to setup coilovers.

as a compromise, you can ensure that the "drop" is equal at all corners, as this should give you a simliar corner weight to the stock setup.
improvements might be possible if you corner-weight it.

in particular, be careful of hub-arch measurements when you are comparing fronts to rears, often the standard hub-arch measurements are not equal.
in my forester there was 15mm difference, which i retained when i set my coilover heights.