8th Gen (98-02) Showoff

Dude, how do you drive that show so low lol.

Woah nice enough to make me come out of the shadows. Damn you make me want 15's.

Picked up on some htechs and a strut bar for $100. pics soon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49997412@N06/8042517723/in/set-72157625799647218/

really appreciate the love guys! finally happy with my set up, simple but yet functional and clean

very carefully and a very stiff suspension (or well usually) and the usual remove the bumper when i have to go somewhere crazy lol,

lol thanks! but there just 14's wish they were 15's though

HOLY CRAP ^^^my inspiration! i love the way he had this thing literally slammed with that set up in that one picture, my new look is hopefully that one

what coils are you running? have you messed with the preload to get it that low?

im on ksports, and as for pre-load i didnt mess with any of that to get it that low lol, the rears are almost maxed i have about an an inch or 2 left for a drop but for the fronts to get it that low i messed with suspension travel on the actual strut, since there wasnt any much play when it came to the fronts, i know its bad but i didnt do it to a horrendous amount though lol.

yeah that is the look i want to do kind of meaty tire 205/50/15 azensis sorry guys i am more of a function over form

hmm thats strange, I have k sports and i messed with the pre load quite a bit. at the moment all of the struts drooped a bit. not too bad but im getting new suspension at some point anyways. Do you have problems with the bottom of the strut almost hitting the cv axels or the bottom spindle on the rear on your car?

you should reset the preload...

no problems at all when it comes to that, so far so good. its literally a millimeter away from it and no problems what so ever, i was scared that it was gonna cause me problems but as of now no problems and ive been driving like that for about 2,000 miles now

How?

I know the video is for BC coilovers but the same applies to your ksports.
He talks about resetting it towards the middle

Yup and i think i am gonna corner balance the car next week.

I heard that's not worth it. Not really necessary unless you're building a race purpose car.

Maybe you found out my secret

My Megans are zero preload. Suckers.

the bcs on my ms3 are about 10 mm preloaded shits would clank at anything lower than that

lol i love megans they ride so smoooooooth, damn i wish megans were made for corollas...

lol my springs are too short to do that.

Uh... don't think they're made to be like that
No preload means you're probably going to bottom out more, and ruin the life of the shocks.

Megan's are made that way. Not sure why.

Doubt it.
1. Megans are made by the same people as BC and some others.
2. Megans website has a part where they SHOW you how to set the preload. http://www.meganracing.com/tech/installations.asp?id=79&subject=CDK: How to set spring pre-load

Doubt they're meant to have none. In fact no proper coilover should.
I hate to sound like a suspension nazi but it's really not safe..

Its done to ensure proper seating of spring , reliability within the whole setup , and a smooth quiet ride if left loose they bind clank and just feel Hori bble overall

Dont you think i know that?lol of course its going to affect the life of the shock, but sometime you gotta make sacrifices to be low. I did my research on the springs i got. By testing different rates I felt ride quality and ride support. for that reason i chose 12k 7 inch tall springs, basically, its damn near impossible to bottom out. i have about an inch of strut sag which is slightly out of acceptable range but still that's what i had to do. im in search of a setup that i can slam my car with without damaging the struts.

I can recommend you a place that does custom springs for coilovers. But at 12k they mentioned to me that it makes you sit 20mm higher than stock spring rate because of the stiffness. Which is when you move on to a shorter shock body

been a while..