just installed some new coilovers on the front of my car but i would like to go lower. there is a sort of cap that sits at the top of the spring and holds it in place, is this necessary? the old springs didn’t have this cap and just sat inside a sort of rubber cushion at the top of the shock assembly. it is worth about a cm so i was wondering if i could just leave it out without damaging anything. one more thing, the new springs seem kind of loose (vertically) and i didnt need to compress them at all to get them on there, is this normal? I am running with Koni yellows and yes i am going to do the rears as soon as i get a chance, but for now i just have to drive the shitbox (my other car) grrrr…
OH yes, you need that cap. Otherwise where does the spring seat when you lower the car back on the ground? I’m assuming that because you are running yellows, you ran out of adjustment due to the location of the threaded collar. You can move the collar down by removing or lowering the clip that the collar sits on. The collar can actually rest on the body of the shock. The other option is to buy shorter springs.
yea i have these two flat black urethane type of caps that go on the rear ones, but not the frotn, i’m guessing u use the stock one on the front
Re: coilover cap
Originally posted by mooshie
just installed some new coilovers on the front of my car but i would like to go lower. there is a sort of cap that sits at the top of the spring and holds it in place, is this necessary? the old springs didn’t have this cap and just sat inside a sort of rubber cushion at the top of the shock assembly. it is worth about a cm so i was wondering if i could just leave it out without damaging anything. one more thing, the new springs seem kind of loose (vertically) and i didnt need to compress them at all to get them on there, is this normal? I am running with Koni yellows and yes i am going to do the rears as soon as i get a chance, but for now i just have to drive the shitbox (my other car) grrrr…
you don’t need those top hats. people say they are there to help the spring seat better if it gets unloaded…blah blah, i think its BS. Too many good coilover kits (the 2 best…i.e. Ground Control and Skunk2) don’t even come with those parts. Just use the stock black top piece…well you have to use it no matter what.
yes, the extra play is normal. didn’t you notice that the springs on your coilovers are about half the size of your stock springs??? thus the gap. don’t worry about it, when the suspension is loaded there will be no more gap.
Well i took the cap off, the spring sits in a rubber bit in the cap that bolts to the chassis. everything seems to be working fine thanks for the replies