One simple way to minimize the droop is to loosen all
the control arm bolts, with the new coilovers in
place.
Jack the suspension to take up the slack, and until
the springs stop compressing (one corner at a time),
then torque down the control arm bolts (innner bolts
in your case). This will preload the rubber bushings
(or leave them unloaded) at close to your normal ride
height. They will probably not sag very much when the
suspension is unloaded, so you will have minimal
spring rattling.
Another way is to tie wrap the spring to either the
lower or upper perch, or have proparts put in the
rebound spacers in the shocks to limit droop.
Stan
--- "Linnhoff, Eric" <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
wrote:
> In anticipation of receiving my new "built" Konis
> (C'mon you guys at
> ProParts West, put down that coffee ;^) I have a
> few questions.
>
> How does one keep the springs in/on/around /whatever
> the upper spring hats
> when the car is up on a jack? I assume, never
> having worked with coil-overs
> before, that the spring will want to fall out of
> place when the pressure is
> removed from it. I saw a neato (I guess) deal that
> Hypercoil sells that
> works sorta like a tender spring but it offers no
> additonal spring rate.
> It's a thin "flat steel" spring and is supposed to
> help push the spring up
> into the upper hat when the car gets jacked up.
> When the car is back down
> it (I guess) goes totally flat and becomes just a
> 3/4" or so spacer on the
> lower perch.
>
> And, how does a KnuckleDragger determine the proper
> spring rates? How do I
> know whether to go up or down? How about bump and
> rebound settings?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
> 1998 Dodge Neon R/T
> #69 STS #13 TLS
> eric10mm@qni.com
> ICQ#101282513
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