really dont like my set up...front to hard....will softening the front spring rate help with the rebound/bump rate on my gaz coilovers....or are they just as they are reguardless of spring rate...????......help.......

 

Bump and rebound is the shock rather than the spring. Should be a big knob on your coilovers to adjust. Turn that all the way one way for full hard. Your car will kangaroo over the bumps. Then turn to full soft to notice the different and progressively move the dial until you have a setting you like.

Charlie

 

thats a bit harsh





sorry childish i no but just had to be done

 

i put 150 lb springs on the back of mine was perfect then on 18 clicks from soft on adjuster. fronts i left standard springs and middle way on dampening and felt good for me.

 

char1ie....just the cheaper coilovers fella, mine only adjust height and stiffness.....as for spring rates.....think mine are 330 (ish) on the front and 180 on the back.....so the front is set on "full soft" (too hard) and i have to stiffen the back up to match the front a bit, other wise it wobbles like fook along the road......i need softer front springs......

 

I'd be tempted to run a little softer on the front of around 300lb", and around 200lb" for the rear, this is what I run.
I find it really comfy, on front normally only rebound adjusts with knob, rear adjusts bump as well as rebound.
tabetha

 

Just out of interest Pete, why did you go to a coilover set-up? Do you do a lot of track days.....or was it the ability to corner weight your car that appealed? Or did you find a conventional spring/shock arrangement too soft?

 

.....none of the above..........had AVO adjustables on the car....one of the fronts broke/leaked so i got a set of gaz (£500) coilovers and was advised to get these spring rates.......should of had my AVO's fixed and maybe a better set of springs instead of C/D ones.....he-ho thats life

 

C/D being Chassis Dynamics ones?

I had those on mine - std height uprated