Sticky.

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Whats the correct way to set coilovers up. Just had the car 4 wheel aligned after fitting new track rod ends & the adj TCA's. The guy told me that he front Coilovers need setting up. (left one up 2 turns & right down)

When checking last night, i noticed that they were not equal length threads on each side, so set them to equal & now the left side is higher. Ive checked this on flat ground. Shall i just set them back to how they were?

Any advice please guys...Tab or Mike maybe?

WongRS

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i'm not hugely (read remotely) knowledgable on it, but i noticed this with the back of mine, i set them at the same height off the car and it sat about an inch higher one side, so i just set them so it sat at equal distances on a flat surface!

Ridgey

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Paul
Unless your getting the car corner weighted, where they set them for weight distribution and less concerned about heights.
I'd (did on my own car) have the car on flat ground and set the so the front of the car is level and the back of the car is level. Think i measured from the floor to the top of the arches for convenience and made sure they were the same.

Also good to check that (unless you have helper springs) that the srings on the rear are sat properly on the platforms.

Sticky.

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I was told to measure from the floor to the wing mirrors Dave (on level ground) It's about 2mm out if im being pickie, but there is a good inch difference from the tyre to arch.

Ridgey

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Maybe you should measure from floor to chassis then if you have a discrepency ?

Dan

Fucking wierd that is Paul! PM Mike or Martin or someone mate and see what they have to advise... Either that or i'd drop Gaz or whoever it is yours are made by a line.

Kinda glad i'm not fucking about with coilovers now!

Staffi

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Paul,

Mike R is the man to advise you on these mate, or Sheady...

Ridgey

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Sounds like the wings or mirrors are not true and straight.

Wing mirrors can droop i guess to some degree, and the wings can easily be bent out of shape over time, for example by using them to lift the car slightly to get a jack under etc etc.

Dan

Saph's shouldn't be that low in the first place!

Paul_RS

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Best way to measure is from ground to sills, unless you've bent your entire chassis at some point lol

tabetha

All I do is measure from the lip of the bottom collar to the adjuster knob, by putting the end of the tape measure on the knob so it holds it while then stretching out tape.
I wouldn't measure from mirrors as these are further away from the ends of the dampers so any discrepancy will be magnified, even more so when the mirrors are different heights each side due to droop mentioned.
It is best to get the car corner weighted, as this will produce the best handling grip for the car, which is why you have modded suspension.
If you get the ride height "correct" it goes out as soon as you get in anyway!!
Get it corner weighted with you sat in the seat.
tabetha

JamesH

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Paul

Measure all 4 corners from the ground to centre of wheel

Ridgey

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What will measuring from the ground to the centre of the wheel do apart from tell you the radius of your wheel and tyre combo ??????????????????

JTECH James

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tabetha

I assume he meant wheel ARCH ?
tabetha
ps was funny though

Staffi

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Paul,

You keeping the saff now then??

Gav Diamond

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Paul,
Your not the only one, had this with the 3dr aswell dude.

Micky The Finn

paul,you measure from the floor,to the chassis around the jacking points,not on panels,mirrors,tyres or magic trees,to the arch is bolocks,who says the arches are the same?
look in the group A build manual from ford,that will tell you how to do it,and for stability and handling i always like some down rake.