Just wondering what others have................
Normal spring rate, but 1" taller springs over here. Really nice when you can raise the car back up for winter, and it still goes as low as I want when spring comes.
15.3 @ 89.97mph, 14's on the way?
As far as I know, they are the same lenght as normal, but 325 front and 200 rear for the spring rate. They were picked for autox and everyday driveabilty. It was decided after a season that the rear was a bit too soft, and the original owner was gonna go up to 225 or maybe 250. Now that I have them, I plan on having the konis revalved anyways, and probably pick some higher springs rates as well.
13.934 @ 97.82
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I don't have GC. If I did I'd get 350/200.
i have the rksport coil-overs and they came with 375 lbs./in. in the front and 325 lbs./in. in the rear.
the perches are almost identical and those are the rates i got stuck with.
also i haven't went to a autox with them yet since the season didn't start yet up here in Western New York. i am in the middle of collecting parts and putting them on my car to be somewhat competitive in sts.
auto x kills brain cells!!!
I'm running their standard rates as well, but an inch higher all around.
Front: 7" 375 lb.
Rear: 8" 250 lb.
I just measured mine and they are 6" and 7". With them being on Koni Yellows will I be able to raise the car to stock height? I just don't want to plow snow next winter.
Polo, those are the standard springs GC provides. No, you won't be able to go up to stock height.
Thanks Kevin. So I'll be an inch lower than stock height when I have the coilovers jacked all the way up, correct? Even with the Koni's? Thanks for all the replies!
D@mn, I'm going to be sitting low with the razzi kit..........I'll just have to call in sick to work if there is 2" of snow on the roads.
I am using a progressive 175-450 spring up front and a 300 lb spring in the rear. Next year I am thinking about changing the frons to either a 400 or 425 lb spring
Jason
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Polo: I think you'll actually be a bit lower than that, though I'm not positive on that.
I had those on my Koni Reds and sat with nearly a 2" drop when fully raised. I didn't see much of a difference between them and my Sportlines, other than the spring rate.
With the springs I've got now, I think my highest point is around a half-inch drop.
Ok, last question. ( I hope) So say I have them installed and my car is 1 inch lower than stock height with the GC's all the way up. Can I still lower them 1.5" more without hurting the Koni Yellows? Or would I be considered lowered 2.5" on the Koni yellows? Are the Koni yellows shorter than stock struts?
I would think I would be lowered 1.5" on the Koni's? I hope this sort of makes sense. How do others measure how they are actually dropped? From the sleeve on the coilover or the outside of the car? Or the wheel gap? I just don't want to ruin the Yellows. This will probably all come to me when I actually start the install, but I just want as much info as I can get before I get started. Thanks..........
Yellows are just like stock struts (dimention wise).
If you're 2.5" lower than stock you are considered 2.5" lower, that's into the "abuse" category. It will also wear hard on other suspension parts too. It's fine for shows, or if you plan to beat on your car (as some intentionally do). It's not fine if you want your warranty to last.
Yep. The extension of the dampers has to do with the height of the car, not the length of the springs. This is because the damper is connected to fixed points at the strut mounts for the piston and at the knuckle for the rest of the body. How the car is held up is irrelevant to where in the working range the dampers are being used.
What too many people don't realize is that coilovers are not a solution meant for lowering further than you can with springs. Coilovers are a tuning solution meant for performance.
The only proper solution to go that low is an air ride or hydraulic setup.
Don't get me wrong guys, I don't plan on dropping it anywhere near the 2.5" mark. I just used those numbers as examples. I actually only want about an 1" to 1.5" drop, but I wanted the adjustablitly to raise the car back to stock height for the winter. I didn't think that having the GC's all the way up would still make me an 1" or more dropped. I didn't know that I could order "custom" springs from GC either. I should have researched a little harder I guess. So if I have the GC's all the way up and I'm still 1" lower than stock, I could still turn the dials on the sleeve's of the GC's another 1" tops to be lowered 2". Otherwise 1/2" for a 1.5" drop. And that would be in the safe area, correct.
Yeah. When you order GCs you can specify any sort of spring you want. Just simply tell them exaclty what you want, they'll make it (they are NOT responsible for you not knowing what you really want, or making sure it will work, or anything else like that. Be careful what you ask for).
heh. They were quite helpful in working with me to determine what it was that I needed. I see this as one of the good reasons to deal with GC. I was very impressed with the service I got.
I also didn't know I'd be dropped that much at the top setting either. This is why I bought the new springs and have recommended here many times that others do the same.
With 3+" of downward adjustability, starting at stock height is perfectly reasonable, giving you more downward ability than you need.
Depending on how you intend to get the jack out from under the car and get the car lifted back up to readjust, you can slam it the full 3+" at a show if you want. Just don't go driving it around like that.
If you decide to order new springs from GC, I recommend picking up some of the bump stops they recommend as well. They're bigger than what you're left with after cutting the wide part off the stock ones.
I run 525F/600R (but the rears aren't Eibachs)
I was pretty happy with the service I got from GC also. They really weren't interested in talking to me about specifics or design of my suspension (since most of it had to be custom built), but they were happy to work out rates and lengths with me.
