perhaps the added weight of the gas in the tank? that seems odd.....someone told me it takes at least a month, it depends on how much weight you have in your car too.
Dave, on my Golf, it took about a week for the springs to settle fully. Similar to your situation, the rears intitially dropped by 20mm and the fronts by 15mm. After a week or so, it had dropped by an even 40mm all round!!
I've got H&R sports and still my car looks like it can drop a lot more in the front vs . the rear. It really doesn't look like a whole lot next to stock when the drop should be 1.5" all the way around, I can easily slide more than 2 fingers in the front and not so much in the back ... Makes it look uneven and im starting to get worried too but I've heard as much as 2months for springs to fully settle so I'm being patient.
Originally posted by yohan420 I've got H&R sports and still my car looks like it can drop a lot more in the front vs . the rear. It really doesn't look like a whole lot next to stock when the drop should be 1.5" all the way around, I can easily slide more than 2 fingers in the front and not so much in the back ... Makes it look uneven and im starting to get worried too but I've heard as much as 2months for springs to fully settle so I'm being patient.
Thats about all its going to drop. H&R's are "broken in" or whatever you want to call it when you buy them. They don't really take any time to settle. BTW when I had H&R's it was about a roomy 2 finger gap left in the from and maybe a tad less in the rear.
that's why coilovers are good...to even out the heights as the weights on each part of the car are different which will cause uneven heights like you have when it settles.
but yes, before someone rags on me...i know coilovers are made for evening out the weight ratio as close to 50/50 as possible
and my tien ss springs took about 1 month to fully settle...now i have to adjust the height and get it realigned! sh#@*y!
i had it set at perfect height
I am indifferent about my suspension .. My stock suspension had 200,000kilometers on it but the ride seems very bouncey ...
I was hoping for more of a tucked look but the back looks rad and the front just looks uneven ... but coilovers are supposed to be even a stiffer ride.
But being it this is my first aftermarket suspension and I have nothing to compare it to, I can't say my opinion holds much bearring.
My Ground Control's took about 4 months to stop squeeking and settle in. Though a tas stiffer than Im sure regular springs are, I am purely satisfied with them.
Originally posted by rybred that's why coilovers are good...to even out the heights as the weights on each part of the car are different which will cause uneven heights like you have when it settles.
but yes, before someone rags on me...i know coilovers are made for evening out the weight ratio as close to 50/50 as possible
and my tien ss springs took about 1 month to fully settle...now i have to adjust the height and get it realigned! sh#@*y!
i had it set at perfect height
how would coilovers change the balance of the car? you are not moving any weight forward or backward. with coilovers or springs i am pretty damn sure you car is still gonna be about 63/37.
I don't know...i thought i remember reading somewhere that is the main function of coilovers...it's definetly not just to be able to raise and lower when you feel like it....
maybe you can explain the main function for coilovers then?
The main point of an adjustable coilover suspension is to allow for the adjustment of ride height and to corner weight the car. Corner weighting is normally done on cars that are used for say road racing. Basically you have the driver sit in the car, you roll the car up onto corner weight scales, the scales tell you what each corner of the car weighs, you adjust the height of each corner to shift the weight around, and try to get as close as possible to the weight ratio front to rear, left to right and diagonally as you can. By say, adjusting the front left spring up, you theoretically "add" more weight to rear right of the car. This is basically what corner weighting is and what the original idea was of adjustable coilover suspensions. You would be hard pressed to get the prelude in a 50/50 situation with just adustable springs, you would also need to shift weight around. When I raced one of my old preluded in Solo competition, I got it about 55/45. I took weight off the front of the car, moved the battery to the trunk, took out the passanger seat, and corner weighted the car.
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how would coilovers change the balance of the car? you are not moving any weight forward or backward. with coilovers or springs i am pretty damn sure you car is still gonna be about 63/37.
so basically i was on the right track, except that i didn't mention you won't get that close to 50/50 at all...and didn't use the term corner weight.
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