Okay so today i installed my koni yellow shocks with gc kit, And i noticed that only one side of the car is not even with the rest of the car. The two front are at the same height but the two rear are not. After carefully measuring the the rear Right (looking from the back of the car) sits higher than the left. Its kind of hard to explain so excuse me if im not saying this right: from the adjustable “plate”(the one you turn left or right to do the height adjustment sits at exactly 4 inches from the top to the bottom on both rear shocks. I measured it twice. but for some reason when i drop the car from the jack the rear right is noticeably higher. Did i do anything wrong?? * ALSO forgot to mention that on the rear right side my friend tighten the 2 bolts from the tophat FIRST as i was doing the bolts from the bottom.
since you have gc sleeves made specifically for koni shocks, on the tube, there’s 3 slots and it has a ring for the sleeves to sit on. did you double check to make sure both rings are on the same slots for both sides?
i believe when i bought mine, one ring was on top, and the other ring was in the middle. so i moved the one in the middle to the top so that both are on the same level. that could explain why. hope that helps!
[QUOTE=iogearz;2284280]hmm, since you didn’t mention this…
since you have gc sleeves made specifically for koni shocks, on the tube, there’s 3 slots and it has a ring for the sleeves to sit on. did you double check to make sure both rings are on the same slots for both sides?
i believe when i bought mine, one ring was on top, and the other ring was in the middle. so i moved the one in the middle to the top so that both are on the same level. that could explain why. hope that helps![/QUOTE]
Im not sure what you mean by the “rings” if your talking about the ring you turn left of right to adjust the height then yes they are both measured the same length on both sides left and right.
The Koni’s come with a small height adjustment on them without adding coilovers. There are grooves in the shock body, depending on which groove you put the circlip in will dictate the ride height. Here’s a pic I found quickly with a google search.
iogearz had a good idea with that comment, that very well could be your issue. Although in the pics it looks like the threaded collar is in the same place. But who knows, photos can be deceiving. If that circlip isn’t the problem…How are all of your bushings? All the other suspension arms and components? Is the car on level ground? Nothing strange in the car that would cause it to be weighted to one side? You made sure they shipped you the same spring rate spring for each side in the rear? You shouldn’t expect the car to be perfectly level if you just measure at the shock, generally you need to tweak it a little bit after that. And me personally set my left front a little high and right rear a little low to help balance the car for my weight.
Lastly, on an unrelated note, depending on your ride height you’ll want to consider cutting your bump stops. At the ride height pictured I’d suggest you cut your bump stops in half.
[QUOTE=Colin;2284327]The Koni’s come with a small height adjustment on them without adding coilovers. There are grooves in the shock body, depending on which groove you put the circlip in will dictate the ride height. Here’s a pic I found quickly with a google search.
iogearz had a good idea with that comment, that very well could be your issue. Although in the pics it looks like the threaded collar is in the same place. But who knows, photos can be deceiving. If that circlip isn’t the problem…How are all of your bushings? All the other suspension arms and components? Is the car on level ground? Nothing strange in the car that would cause it to be weighted to one side? You made sure they shipped you the same spring rate spring for each side in the rear? You shouldn’t expect the car to be perfectly level if you just measure at the shock, generally you need to tweak it a little bit after that. And me personally set my left front a little high and right rear a little low to help balance the car for my weight.
Lastly, on an unrelated note, depending on your ride height you’ll want to consider cutting your bump stops. At the ride height pictured I’d suggest you cut your bump stops in half.[/QUOTE]
The car was lowered on an leveled surface (garage). The kit came pre assembled from GC so i didnt have to do anything to it just adjust the height. As far as the bushing they are the original bushings.
This doesn’t actually answer my questions… Maybe someone at GC didn’t notice the circlip was different on the two shocks. Unlikely, but possible. And bushings… original doesn’t mean anything. What is important is condition of the bushings. If they are original and thrashed they could be part of the problem. Not horribly likely, but still worth checking.
if it came pre-assembled and all you did was adjust the height by turning the collar, then you should definitely check the circlip that colin had included in the pic. that is exactly what i’m talking about. you won’t see it because the sleeve slips over it. pull the sleeves upwards by turning them to loosen. they’re on pretty snug. use a rag/towel to wrap your hands around the sleeve part. once it’s exposed, report back to us your observations!
I actually figured out what was the issue. Turns out that one of the shocks was not sitting right on the fork. It actually sat way lower then it was suppose to. Hence why one side was higher than the other. Thanks for everyone’s help and suggestions.
Hmm I though this was pretty common. None of my coilovers are adjusted exactly the same. There are some minor differences, only about 1/4", but they are still there.
