I live in saskatchewan and the roads here are pretty bad! especially in the city where i live! And i was simply wondering if anybody knows whether or not there are any company's which sell adjustable coil overs? If you don't know what i mean! i mean coil overs that allow you to crank a bolt and it raises the coil! in turn raising the car just a little but but enough to keep from smashing my car on the ground!!! well if you guy's have anything to say about them or if you know of the best kinds or of where i can get them! It would help me alot!

 

Ground control has em for the rx7's i did a check on 88 rx7 (its what i got) cuz i dident see anything on what year your car is or anything. There at Nopi.com

Just one pointer though man i got ground controls for my honda, and i gotto tell you coilovers are a pain in the ***. Believe me it sounds easy but the hassle is taht when you adjust one side it affects all the other corners of the car in there ride hight so you have to make small adjustments to get the car just perfect. Maybe its just my car but tahts waht ive seen happens. But other than that there cool and there pretty good price too i wouldent pay over 300 for em though

 

Ground Control or Mazda are the two I know of, I'm sure there are others.

The way it works is that the spring sits on a "ledge", which is screws down over a sleeve. As you turn the ledge, you raise or lower it on the sleeve, which in turn, raises or lowers the spring, and thus, the car.

Ground control is way cheaper than Mazda Comps, looks like the way to go to me. OTOH, most of you guys really don't need the adjustability, just need to find the right height and stick with that. Still not a bad idea, even if you don't really adjust them very often (or ever).

PaulC

 

Hey thanx where is this ground control i looked for it's website and could not find it do you have a link?

 

Hmmm, not sure if ground control is good.

I see HKS as the one to adjust height and shocks damping....

 

That’s not quite how adjustable coil-overs work. The lower spring seat is on a threaded shaft. You wind the platform up or down to change ride height. It’s not a 5 minute job. this is a very expansive way to get a little ground clearance. What’s wrong with stock ride height? If you hitting the car on the ground often, you’re going to fast for the road conditions or you’ve got the wrong kind of car for where you live!
Adjustable coil-overs are used so that you can adjust the height of each corner to get even corner weights, effectively tuning the suspension. They’re not really meant to be cranked up and down as you need it. They also allow greater clearance to run wider rims.

 

Are you trying to tell me that i baught the wrong kind of car!!! i think not! MY TII is good for me! and the fact that i am only stuck here for another year does not mean that i should not try and find a solution for me not to be hitting the ground and for your info the roads are just really that bad! not on the highway as much as in the city i can't even get into my driveway without hitting the front spoiler on the ground! sorry but my city sux! for roads! and the adjustable coil overs will work! the only thing i am worried about is having them not be stiff enough!

 

Hks are so expensive, but if you have the money to burn then that si what i would do too. Right now I am trying to get a gruop buy going with a co. that buy them from aerospeed. Right now they run about 150 a set. the spring rate is 400 f/ 300 or 350 r I will now in two weeks if this is a go or not. if interested let me know, I am trying to get the price down to about $75 -$100 a set.

 

Well concidering i will be circuit racing my car! when i get all of the prequisites in my car then this might be a good investment!

 

well crasher2 i think that would be cool when are you looking to do this buy?

 

Don’t get me wrong here; coil-overs are great. If you can afford them then go for it. Just remember that for a road car you don’t want springs that are too stiff. It’ll just bounce over bumps and have less grip than slightly softer ones.
However, if you want to use these to raise your ground clearance, it will be at the expense of some handling. Also most people will agree that even the stock ride height looks a little high and lowering the car slightly (~30mm) makes them look really good. Raising it is going to make it look really strange...
Sorry if you were offended by my comments, but low ground clearance is just one of the disadvantages of owning a sports car like this. There’s always a trade off to get a car too handle and look this good!

 

Would you be the guy who bought that black RX-7 from a guy named Matt in BC?
If so, your car already has lowering springs. They are Apex'i, and are now obsolete.

 

currious what do you mean by obsolete?

 

You are bottoming out because your shocks are dying.

 

no they are still good! the roads here really are just that good and i might have been informed that i have lowering springs!

 

I mean they are not made anymore. You can't buy them.

Lemme guess, they are yellow, and say APEX'i on them when you look at the front (probably upside down writing....)

Is this your car?

 

Yes this is my car! How exaclty do you know about this check your pm's dude!
And/or your email

email me!
jreynish1@shaw.ca

 

I used to own it. Check your PM.

 

I will know more in two weeks on what is going on with the group buy.

 

If you get them down to $100 a set, or even $125, I am in. That would be worth playing with even if they absolutely suck.

Brad

 

right now the price set 150 a set, but if I can get at least 6 or 7 more people involved I think i can get them down to about 75 US for the set. That is what I am shooting for. PM if interested