Author Topic: about to fit coilovers leveling???  (Read 1380 times)

Offline dubpirate

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about to fit coilovers leveling???
« on: 19 October 2011, 20:27 »
right i bought a jom kit for 180 guys cheep cheep whatever :laugh:

i want is on its lowest setting

so can i just have the c spanner rings off the thread front and back

and if i did it like this would it sit level??

cheers dan

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Re: about to fit coilovers leveling???
« Reply #1 on: 19 October 2011, 20:29 »
right i bought a jom kit for 180 guys cheep cheep whatever :laugh:

i want is on its lowest setting

so can i just have the c spanner rings off the thread front and back

and if i did it like this would it sit level??

cheers dan

It would sit level in terms of n/s being the same height as o/s but the rear may end up lower than the front :undecided:

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Re: about to fit coilovers leveling???
« Reply #2 on: 19 October 2011, 20:33 »
as above the diferance between front and back would be alot i recon. my car sits level all round but my fronts are near bottom of thread but i got quite abit of thread left on the rears before it gets to bottom.
i take it you are running 15" wheels?

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Re: about to fit coilovers leveling???
« Reply #3 on: 19 October 2011, 20:52 »
No need to remove the rings, let it settle 1st then lower it some more.

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Re: about to fit coilovers leveling???
« Reply #4 on: 19 October 2011, 20:54 »
13 steels atm but bidding on sum bmw e30 bbs 15s

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Re: about to fit coilovers leveling???
« Reply #5 on: 19 October 2011, 22:48 »
i think wayne will be about to tell you you'll need arch work to fit those!
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Re: about to fit coilovers leveling???
« Reply #6 on: 19 October 2011, 23:57 »
i think wayne will be about to tell you you'll need arch work to fit those!

Depends on offset most Bmw wheels are low offset so will / may need arch mods.

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Re: about to fit coilovers leveling???
« Reply #7 on: 20 October 2011, 08:59 »
Always best to set them, then drive it around, especially roundabouts to see if there are any scrubbing issues then reset.
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