Primos003

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Hey, I just finished Installing the rest of my suspension setup (Brand new rear shocks, the rest have ~4 thousand miles on them). I have tokico blues with tanabe springs and both single and individual camber adjusters. Although I would like the car to sit lower than this setup offers, I did not want the stiffer ride that coil-overs give (and coil-overs would cost more that what I payed for the car .)

So, my problem is that the rear wheel gap is still kinda high. The front looks ok at about 1/2 to 3/4 an inch but the rear sits at about 1 1/4 inch wheel gap.

My question: is there any way to squeeze another half an inch out of the rears or am I stuck with what I have? Thanks in advance for any help.

Pictures:

Front wheel gap:


Rear wheel gap:

Bwek

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You are stuck with what you have unless you buy a different setup

CS13B

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Yea only way would be to rice out and cut your springs or something along those lines.. which you don't want to do.

Primos003

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Something I didn't think about is that my rear tires need to be replaced, I went outside and did a quick measurement. Almost bald they are ~ 24 inches in diameter, new 225/45's are ~25 inches in diameter and 235/45's are ~ 25.4 inches (this according to tirerack.com) So next week ill go get some new tires and see if it helps at all.

On another note, I heard that cutting "dead" coils off a spring does not affect the spring rates, only the ride height. Is this true? I don't plan on doing it because I may want to sell the springs someday, but It would still be interesting to hear if anyone can confirm it.

I took a picture of what I'm talking about...



On a side note, I see that i spelled possible wrong in the title...

ColinShark

Yep! Those are dead coils. You can cut one or a few of them off.

Avoid shortening the spring so much that it becomes loose at full extension of the suspension.

Aaron Cake

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If you are going to cut coils (yikes!) only cut half a coil at a time. And make sure to round off the end after the cut. Use a cutting wheel only, not a torch.

However, I suggest you just let the suspension settle a few days first. Mine was kind of high as well but fell as everything worked in.

nofords

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Go have that second cheeseburger at the local fast food restaurant?

But seriously, wait for them to sag. You may not gain your 1/2" but it will come down some.

j9fd3s

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in this case those coils at the top, which are all the way compressed "dead coils" are ok to cut off, that is actually why they are there.

Sgtbaker

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Cool learn something new everyday! I thought my car was too high on illuminas with the GF210s but it settled down after a while

Hypertek

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Yeah you can cut half a coil and see where it leaves you.. I did this before on a different car, while they where on i used a dremel tool with a cut off. you go slow. I forgot how I did it, think i cut most of it then just let it break or something.

TforTots

like it's been said, drive the car for a few miles. Shouldn't take much... maybe 50-100 is how many I used to wait. The springs will get worked in and settle, then you can start taking off dead coils. Make sure the spring stays captive. You can get away with a little gap, but I wouldn't do much. Also keep in mind the lower you go, the further out of ideal shock travel you'll be for the stock style struts.

Primos003

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I have about 100 miles since replacing the rear shocks, the springs have been on the car for 4000 miles and there is still a lot of wheel gap. This Tuesday Ill get new tires and see where It sits then. Like I said, I dont plan on cutting them but it is nice to know that thats an option. Thanks for the info.

SpeedOfLife

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What about different strut mounts? Racing Beat makes some for the front, there may be someone who makes them for the rear.
http://www.racingbeat.com/RX7-1986-1...ion/14000.html