I put a set of ground control coilovers on my 86. For the first while they worked fine but I noticed that my right front end was a bit lower than the rest of the car. So, I put the car up on a hyraulic lift and found that the bottom part of the thread coil had completely busted off (about 1" had cracked and fallen off) all the way to the first thread plate. My car was maybe lowered 2". So because ground control had never had a problem like this before I had to take pictures of it and send it to their company. Not only does this **** me off but my car is out of comminsion untill they can decide what will be done. Just wondering if anyone has had a problem like this?

Does anyone have any steps to follow when I'm lowering the car. I find it to be a pain in the *** sticking my hand in their and adjusting the coilover.

 

Well as far as adjustments, GC has one of the easiest ways to do it. most others require wrenches.

To solve your problem is an expensive one. Purchase truly integrated coilovers and you won't have problems with these sleeves and such.

Rishie

 

I've had mine on for a few months and no problems....

And if you read, you should always have the set screws tightened before you lower the car onto the springs. IF you didn't then the collars could slide around and cause a lot of wear with the load....

I always adjust mine when the wheels aren't on it.

 

I didn't put them on myself. I had a spring/strut professional put them on. Not exactly sure how it broke but it does suck. And as far as buying integrated coilovers:
1. I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where anything for a Seven is near impossible to get without paying out the ***.
2. I just turned 21 and have already spent over $18,000 Cdn, so money is hard to come by these days especially because I still need to pay for University.

The thing about lowering the car with the wheels off is that GC says that you can lower the car within 20min. without having to take the wheels off. As I sayed before it's near impossible to reach around and through the tires and rims. Maybe it's just me. Thanks for the advice though. Slater

 

GC coil-overs use standard springs, so you should be able to find replacements at any race shop. Be sure to get the right length and stiffness that you want. What springs were on there? Eibach? That seems strange that they broke. Perhaps you got a set of coil-overs with some cheap springs added into the mix. Eibach and Hypercoil are both good names for springs. They are usually around US$130 for a pair. I see coil-over kits for Hondas that are cheaper than that, so there are some cheap springs available.

-Max

 

It's not like I need to go and find new supplies, I just need GC to send me either a new set of coilovers, or just one to replace the broken one because of warranty. They are Eibach springs on the coilovers. The actual spring did not break, it was the threaded coilover that broke.