skim1040 said:
Yeah, that sounds right. I've heard alot of people say "it'll settle after a month or so". Personally I've never had springs "settle" to any noticable degree.
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Yeah, that sounds right. I've heard alot of people say "it'll settle after a month or so". Personally I've never had springs "settle" to any noticable degree.
Springs do settle. Shoot my coilovers kept on getting lower and lower for a few weeks.I dont my Kyb- Eibach combo though.
all springs will "settle" a bit, but it's not always the spring settling, it's really the suspension working the binding out...
drive it around some corners pretty good and it will settle a lot faster...
now, cheap springs don't settle, they sag and wear out...
drive it around some corners pretty good and it will settle a lot faster...
now, cheap springs don't settle, they sag and wear out...
A lot of times in a Mk3 it's a gumby owner/mechanic has had the suspension unbolted to swap in parts then bolted the arms up tight while in the air.....
Give it a few weeks and it tears the rubber bonded bushings and it "settles"
Give it a few weeks and it tears the rubber bonded bushings and it "settles"
well, all suspension has some "bind" in it after suspension action...
get someone to lift on a corner of the cr and gradually let it down, and messure the difference, then get em to sit on it and gradually get up and messure the difference...
get someone to lift on a corner of the cr and gradually let it down, and messure the difference, then get em to sit on it and gradually get up and messure the difference...
skim1040 said:
Sounds like alot of you need to go out and look at most of the cars on your street. MOST cars have more clearance in the front to reduce the chances of rubbing when the vehicle is turning. What you're seeing is just what you paid for: The stock stance, but lower all the way around.
Damn.... learn to read the damned box.
IJ. said:A lot of times in a Mk3 it's a gumby owner/mechanic has had the suspension unbolted to swap in parts then bolted the arms up tight while in the air.....
Give it a few weeks and it tears the rubber bonded bushings and it "settles"
So how to do it right then? I have a spring swao coming up:icon_razz
tein's will sag, despite their Anti-sag guarantee. 2 of my friends had 02 WRX's. one had the Tein S-techs, the other was Eibach. both cars started out at the same ride height and the car w/ the Tein's ended up going down another Inch or so.
the "best" way i can think of finishing off the suspension install is to reassemble everything loosely. then put a jack under the lower control arm and jack the car back up so all the weight is on that corner. then cinch the bolts down to spec. it wont compress as much as it would when its on the ground w/ the tire on, but its closer than full-droop.
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the "best" way i can think of finishing off the suspension install is to reassemble everything loosely. then put a jack under the lower control arm and jack the car back up so all the weight is on that corner. then cinch the bolts down to spec. it wont compress as much as it would when its on the ground w/ the tire on, but its closer than full-droop.
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sorry, I'm pretty big on following directions instead of making things "tight enough" and doing them the way that is convienent...
there is a reason they tell you to do it a certain way. one bad screwup on the suspension could cause a wreck...
there is a reason they tell you to do it a certain way. one bad screwup on the suspension could cause a wreck...