I have been building and adjusting cars for 55 years, and to listen to a young mechanic like you, I was very impressed. It’s always nice to see young guys like you coming along.
what do you think is the problem with my ksport kontrol pro@@milanmastracci , it bounces like hell, shaking the car and it's shaking left and right. i already have it rebuilt by a shop, i adjusted it from hard to soft, soft to hard, still the same
I need yalls help with adjusting mine. Bought bc racing br series for a 2014 Rex. It pulls to the right becasue someone adjusted these incorrectly. And I just want them to go back to stock.
I did see a canadian tire bucket near the beginning. but yeah his are new and easy to adjust. mine are used and jesus himself cant turn the collars/rings.
Man you are one smart guy! You seriously just saved me blowing out all my wheel well work that took weeks to do. My car has been up on Jack's for over a year. Just know that people like me really enjoy your videos! Thank you so much and keep at it!!
Dude you did such an amazing job explaining how these coilovers work and specifically how to adjust them without unbolting them. Very much appreciated. Just installed some BCs yesterday.
Good content, you should keep in mind camber and offsets that depend on left or right hand drive. Thanks for taking time to explaining the basics off low and high end products, as there are a lot of variance out there. Take care.
That’s not how preload works. Maybe if your car was riding In its fully extended position all the time but preload on adjustable coilovers is to change the bump and compression stroke. Think of it like this when your linear spring is under the weight of the car it will always compress the same amount you’re just changing it’s position in the shocks piston stroke. By adding more preload you increase bump travel so the shock can compress further when you hit a bump and by reducing preload you increase rebound travel. Running around on 0-5mm preload you’ll end up on the bump stops a lot in a street car. I have bc brs on my r56 and I set them up according to factory spec at first. The ride was harsh and bumpy on our terribly paved fl highways and even playing with damper settings made a negligible difference due to the fact that I simply didn’t have enough preload/bump travel and I was hitting the rear bump stops often. Next I removed everything and started over. I measured the distance from my bumpstop to the top inside of the shock at full compression under the weight of the car and realized that I had 1.5cm of bump travel with zero preload and several cm of rebound travel. I wound the spring perch up another cm effectively increasing my compression stroke by %60 and now it rides and handles so much better. Just my experience
dirtlamp would you still set your spanner on the bottom of the two rings ? Or because you’re spinning to the left, would you put it on the top ring? As to not listen off the bottom one ?
Thank you for explaining preload. I've been to several forums and watched several videos that "tried" to explain it, but you made it so easy to understand!
Great detailed shots, but your "lowering" segment is kinda confusing as you pointed to the wrong collar. You should have specifically called out point to the top collar, instead of the adjustment collar again.
Good vid. Nobody ever shows the rear adjustment which I think is the hardest on bc. I’m trying to raise my back but the ring won’t turn without taking the threaded column with it. Do you need to compress the spring or something to adjust?
If you have any dirt in the threads, it will really be a pain to adjust it. Feel free to spray the threads with some sort of liquid silicone spray to lubricate everything.
Remember that adjusting your ride hight actually changes the suspension geometry and you will need to get an alignment afterwards or you can absolutely shred through tires
Great video by the way. Just finished installing my coilovers on a 2013 civic coupe ex. Just need to fine tune it and your video definitely have me the needed info! Thanks
Needed a refresher and sure enough knew i messed up the preload turning it wrong thinking im adjusting height lol… Thanks for the clear explanation and helping me learn as well. I create alot of helpful content aswell, always nice to keep learning new things.
Man this may be old, but thanks brother. You totally helped me adjust my coilovers properly. I installed them and then scratched my head. But thanks to you they ride correctly.
They aren't vernier calipers either. These are digital calipers. Vernier calipers dont have a screen or dial Indicator they just have a scale almost like a ruler
I installed megan racing coils on my infiniti fx35. I didnt adjust any height just put them on stock. Im hearing clacking sounds from rear and front. What can it be? Please help
From what I read in the BC instructions, at 5:27 the method you show is correct to raise the vehicle height. However, to lower the vehicle the instructions say to turn to TOP collar. The very first one at the top. That collar should be turned counter clockwise to lower the vehicle.
@ 6:40 ~ 6:53... 🤦♂ And I was so looking forward to seeing the rest of the video, after a strong start of the video... Milan Mastracci is absolutely correct in saying: raising or lowering, should adjust the bottom mount. Unfortunately, "pre-set" is the most often misunderstood concept. Can't blame Milan Mastracci here; there's too much wrong info circulating out there, and most folks got guided to trust that wrong info. Plain and simple: There is no real "pre-set". Reason: Once the car's own weight is dropped onto the wheels/tires, the spring will be compressed until it's supporting that corner of the car. Where the pre-set nut was placed at, does not change that spring rate. Since the spring rate is the same, it'll always compress to the same "at rest" location, for the same weight in that corner of the car. So, what does "pre-set" really change? It changes the relative "at rest" position of the piston inside the shock body. In layman's terms, it changes how much of the shock is available to droop/extension (dips in the road), vs how much is available to compression (bumps in the road). One should NEVER change this pre-set, thinking it'll change how much the spring is "pre-compressed". The moment you do that, you mess up the droop-vs-compression ratio. Also, if these coilovers came from the factory like that (where the height is all messed up), then clearly those various adjustment nuts were not setup to this specific vehicle from the factory. In this situation, you cannot trust the pre-set position, you cannot trust the lower mount position. Installation should have gone the long way: Remove the spring from the coilover. Mount the spring-less coilover onto the car. Mount the wheels & tires onto the car. (Car should stay lifted, since there's no damn spring in the suspension/coilovers) Fully compress the shocks (raise the wheel/tires) until bump stop. If tires rub, then extend/lengthen the lower mount adjustment until no more rubbing when at bump stop. For front wheels, make sure you also checked steering extremes. Fully extend the shocks. Between full-compress & full-extend, calculate shock's total travel. Divide that into 1/3 for droop & 2/3 for compress. Setup the car's chassis to the proper ride height. Meaning: something needs to support the car's chassis and safely hold it at ride height vs the floor. (No, 2x4's are not safe. But if you do that, that's on you.) Allow the wheels/tires to "rest" on the "ground". (still no spring in the coilover) Now change the lower mount position, until 2/3 of the travel-able shock (piston) is outside the shock body. Lock the lower mount lock-nut. Take this measurement (lower mount position) - copy/paste to the other side (left vs right). Remove wheel/tire. Remove coilover from car. Put the coilover's spring back in. Reinstall coilover, wheel/tire. Allow the car's weight onto this coilover now. (The "spacer block" that was prop'ing the car's chassis at ride height, should be removed at this point.) At this point, you might not have 2/3 of the travel-able shock (piston/rod) outside the shock body, that's fine. Turn/change the pre-set, until you've again exposed 2/3 of the travel-able shock (piston/rod) outside the shock body. --> Keep in mind since the car weight is all resting on the coilover/wheel/tire, every time you attempt this adjustment, the car should be lifted at this corner to get the weight off the coilover. If you attempt to make this adjustment with car weight on it, you will destroy the coilover's threads for the preset. Once this proper position (of the preset rings) is reached, copy/paste this measurement to the other side. Now, that's the THEORY. In practice, this procedure is extremely impractical unless your car is on an alignment rack with a built-in lift, that can lift/drop the car relative to the rack. Otherwise, there simply is no space for your arms & tools to reach the adjustments - and you'll be forced to mount/remove the wheel/tire almost every single adjustment iteration. Pain in the neck. This is a useful page to reference. Same procedure I described above. suspensionsecrets.co.uk/coilovers-installing-and-setting-ride-height-correctly/
Excellent video...Very thorough and well explained. You're very smart and have a great attitude. You give even the novices and beginners the confidence to tackle it themselves. Awesome.
I finally got my BR type coilovers from BC and had them pro installed, I'm loving it... Could you tell me what the best dampening setting would be for the front and rear?!
What u want is right! Go and try it yourself so u don't ever get ripped off by shady mechanics anymore, and don't let anyone tell u can't do it, cause u can.
Good video. You should make another video mentioning the eyelet hole on the shock body because I talked to a BC rep about what that hole is and it's a safety measurement mark show the minimum point you adjust the cartridge. Every BC application is different on many cars so some have bigger or less minimums. So pretty much if you dont see anymore threads in that hole then it's too high and have the possibly to crack components because there is not enough material to be supported. Keep it in mind.
I raised my rear coilovers up to where it’s holding by 4-5 threads, yet the fenders are still sitting on the tire and it’s very low. What am I doing wrong??
You should remake this video for 2024- how to PROPERLY set your coilovers. Ride height is adjusted by moving the spring up and down the shock body. It doesn't change preload or anything. The lower shock mount is only for adjusting clearance at maximum bump (when the whole knuckle is pushed all the way up into the car). You move the lower mount down so nothing hits. This video is all wrong and can cause people to have accidents.
thank you for making this video. my buddy pretty much said the same thing last year when the BC was installed on my 9nth gen si. but as someone who wants to doublecheck, there was little information explaining these coilovers, and in one video, it was comprehended that you had to change preload with ride height. doesn't help that the instructions were just as vague and when I asked on a forum, no one could help me out or there was any past thread regarding how to make changes on the coil overs. This had prevented me from switching out my OEM wheels with nice advans. now I can make the changes with confidence. thanks
hey good video, i got a question tho, i measured the pre load so i know if it moves, when i raise the height, i notice the measurement for the preload changes, i measured from the top till the bottom of the spring, is this normal for preload to change?
Hey man my friend install my coilovers but not adjust nothing and the noise it make when a hit a bad road is like a coil very smooth like doing doing……What first i need to adjust!? I have br too
Why would I have to much bounce? I have coilovers in the front and 2 inch drop springs in the back. I have a 1994 toyota camry 2 door. Any info would be much appreciated thank you.
Very nice clear and understandable explanation of how things work. Unlike the mechanics who are filming while doing a job on a dudes car and and saying uhm every 3 fucking seconds while remembering how to adjust properly on the top of his head.
How low was your car again and how many options does those coil overs have , I didn't get it the first 10 mins of your video when you said it every 3 seconds. I was busy wondering if you were gonna actually adjust anything lol for fuck sake
This was great!!! I finally understand the concept of adjustable suspension, thank you so much for making this video, I really enjoyed and will put the knowledge to good use
I’m new to coil overs and am currently adjusting my ride height. I just want to know if this will effect the preload and do I have to do anything to it after changing ride height?
Put mine on out of the box and had the left front 2 inches higher than the right and the right rear an inch and a half higher that the left . Had to do some crazy tweaking to level everything back out . Hindsight says spend 700$ instead of 300 . Whoops
I lowered my car but can’t properly align the rear tires and I am dreading excessive wear on one side only. Are adjustable control arms the solution for this?
If coilover means coil over shock does that mean the factory shock on my car is a coilover? Because it looks just like this aside from the adjustability.
When i turn the locking lock collar to the right to raise the car, the collar moves but the springs doesn't though the height adjusted fine . Why is that?
That is not a micrometer, those are calipers. Micrometers measure how flat a surface is. Calipers measure the distance between to surfaces or the inner and outer diameter of circular shapes. Calipers and micrometers and two very different things
I have GC coilovers on my FC3S and I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't raise... Turns out I was adjusting the top 2 collars thinking that's how you "raise the height" (makes sense, right?) when in fact I was just increasing the preload, smdh. Back to the drawing board...
I have been building and adjusting cars for 55 years, and to listen to a young mechanic like you, I was very impressed. It’s always nice to see young guys like you coming along.
Wow, thanks!
what do you think is the problem with my ksport kontrol pro@@milanmastracci , it bounces like hell, shaking the car and it's shaking left and right. i already have it rebuilt by a shop, i adjusted it from hard to soft, soft to hard, still the same
I need yalls help with adjusting mine. Bought bc racing br series for a 2014 Rex. It pulls to the right becasue someone adjusted these incorrectly. And I just want them to go back to stock.
Honestly your channel is really good and doesnt get enough credit. Good content, good quality, good information. All around good. Keep it up man.
It's fun to see him grow. I remember when he had 10k and now I see 100k.
Connor Britt you should put some grease cuivre or lithium... Mine are seals now with shit and dust.
what the hell does, "too low" mean? I've never heard that before.
I think its spelled Tuloh?
haha funny guy, especially when you'll blow up that oilpan
Too low, I think you mean more low.
@@Y4MY4M t. 18 year old
Doderio Larkisso still need more low.
Must be nice working on non rusted, non canadian coilovers lmao
Aidan Fay looool i was just thinking that, those will never see the wrath of salt in their life lmao
i think he is Canadian.
He lives in Canada
never related so much to a comment
I did see a canadian tire bucket near the beginning. but yeah his are new and easy to adjust. mine are used and jesus himself cant turn the collars/rings.
Man you are one smart guy! You seriously just saved me blowing out all my wheel well work that took weeks to do. My car has been up on Jack's for over a year. Just know that people like me really enjoy your videos! Thank you so much and keep at it!!
Great to hear! You're very welcome 🙌
Dude you did such an amazing job explaining how these coilovers work and specifically how to adjust them without unbolting them. Very much appreciated. Just installed some BCs yesterday.
Good content, you should keep in mind camber and offsets that depend on left or right hand drive.
Thanks for taking time to explaining the basics off low and high end products, as there are a lot of variance out there.
Take care.
That’s not how preload works. Maybe if your car was riding In its fully extended position all the time but preload on adjustable coilovers is to change the bump and compression stroke. Think of it like this when your linear spring is under the weight of the car it will always compress the same amount you’re just changing it’s position in the shocks piston stroke. By adding more preload you increase bump travel so the shock can compress further when you hit a bump and by reducing preload you increase rebound travel. Running around on 0-5mm preload you’ll end up on the bump stops a lot in a street car. I have bc brs on my r56 and I set them up according to factory spec at first. The ride was harsh and bumpy on our terribly paved fl highways and even playing with damper settings made a negligible difference due to the fact that I simply didn’t have enough preload/bump travel and I was hitting the rear bump stops often. Next I removed everything and started over. I measured the distance from my bumpstop to the top inside of the shock at full compression under the weight of the car and realized that I had 1.5cm of bump travel with zero preload and several cm of rebound travel. I wound the spring perch up another cm effectively increasing my compression stroke by %60 and now it rides and handles so much better. Just my experience
Did the same thing on my rsx made a huge difference!
This was 5 years ago and this is still an amazing video
right raise
left lower
you smart
dirtlamp would you still set your spanner on the bottom of the two rings ? Or because you’re spinning to the left, would you put it on the top ring? As to not listen off the bottom one ?
Put it hard then go soft? 😳🤔
+Luis Trujillo LMFAO
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Thank you for explaining preload. I've been to several forums and watched several videos that "tried" to explain it, but you made it so easy to understand!
+Nathan Yost Glad to hear it Nathan :) Happy it helped
Great detailed shots, but your "lowering" segment is kinda confusing as you pointed to the wrong collar. You should have specifically called out point to the top collar, instead of the adjustment collar again.
Good vid. Nobody ever shows the rear adjustment which I think is the hardest on bc. I’m trying to raise my back but the ring won’t turn without taking the threaded column with it. Do you need to compress the spring or something to adjust?
If you have any dirt in the threads, it will really be a pain to adjust it. Feel free to spray the threads with some sort of liquid silicone spray to lubricate everything.
Remember that adjusting your ride hight actually changes the suspension geometry and you will need to get an alignment afterwards or you can absolutely shred through tires
Had to go to bed, but your actually really clearly and to the point with your explanation. Respectable, I’ll definitely subscribe.
Great video man!
I just picked up a set of coilovers for my AE86, and needed a good run through on how to set them.
Why not show the car after the adjustment?
chetty mo right
chetty mo That would be helpful.
All this work to sell a Digital Micrometer?
You answered alot of my questions! Thanks for taking the time to post this
Great video by the way. Just finished installing my coilovers on a 2013 civic coupe ex. Just need to fine tune it and your video definitely have me the needed info! Thanks
When the C spanner fucking slips and you smash your hand or they're seized like hell, god damn it!!
Coilovers? Never heard of them, I only cut my springs and face life like a real man
Cutting your springs is rice af lmao coil overs are for real men who know how to work on their cars and can afford them.
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BEST VIDEO YET ON COIL OVER ADJUSTMENT. GOOD CONTENT.
Do i need to jack the car up to turn the rebound knob on the coilover????? please help ASAP
Needed a refresher and sure enough knew i messed up the preload turning it wrong thinking im adjusting height lol…
Thanks for the clear explanation and helping me learn as well.
I create alot of helpful content aswell, always nice to keep learning new things.
Man this may be old, but thanks brother. You totally helped me adjust my coilovers properly. I installed them and then scratched my head. But thanks to you they ride correctly.
Just deadlift it bro! Lol
great video, you should make a video for the rear adjustments.
That's what I'm saying
that is not a micrometer!
They aren't vernier calipers either. These are digital calipers. Vernier calipers dont have a screen or dial Indicator they just have a scale almost like a ruler
Glad someone else noticed that.
A popping spring noise while going onto a ramp or driveway what may the problem be?
Hi, do you go to do your alignment before this adjustment or afterwards please?
I installed megan racing coils on my infiniti fx35. I didnt adjust any height just put them on stock. Im hearing clacking sounds from rear and front. What can it be? Please help
Might be a loose bolt, double check the nuts, bolts, and stuff! Also can be your wheels, the lugs might need to retorqued... GOod luck and stay safe!
Could also be a loose coil spring from negative (ie. loose) preload.
Can be shock hitting the cv axle maybe try adjusting the coilovers
From what I read in the BC instructions, at 5:27 the method you show is correct to raise the vehicle height. However, to lower the vehicle the instructions say to turn to TOP collar. The very first one at the top. That collar should be turned counter clockwise to lower the vehicle.
I find u two years later lol. Awesome video, info, and keeping the watchers interest.
How stiff or firm? What does that mean?
Please helppp. I just installed mono rs and my 350z is jumping too much. How can i fix it?
Turn the dampening down
Waiting for my set BC BR coilovers to arrive and definitely bookmarking this video for reference...
Clear explanation as simple as possible for people learning to understand. Great content all around.
Thank you , i like how you explain everything while actually doing it. very easy to understand!! Great job
Lmao who the fuck????
Get a fade, you'll look icy !
Lol yooo same last name
Great job, young man! My son just purchased these BC Coilovers for his Lexus. Thanks for the tips
those are digital calipers
This guy talks like how our parents wish we did 🤣 thanks for the video
Buddy, EXCELLENT JOB. Thank you so much. 👍🏻👍🏻
AlwAyz gr8 videoz
@ 6:40 ~ 6:53... 🤦♂
And I was so looking forward to seeing the rest of the video, after a strong start of the video...
Milan Mastracci is absolutely correct in saying: raising or lowering, should adjust the bottom mount.
Unfortunately, "pre-set" is the most often misunderstood concept.
Can't blame Milan Mastracci here; there's too much wrong info circulating out there, and most folks got guided to trust that wrong info.
Plain and simple: There is no real "pre-set".
Reason: Once the car's own weight is dropped onto the wheels/tires, the spring will be compressed until it's supporting that corner of the car.
Where the pre-set nut was placed at, does not change that spring rate. Since the spring rate is the same, it'll always compress to the same "at rest" location, for the same weight in that corner of the car.
So, what does "pre-set" really change?
It changes the relative "at rest" position of the piston inside the shock body.
In layman's terms, it changes how much of the shock is available to droop/extension (dips in the road), vs how much is available to compression (bumps in the road).
One should NEVER change this pre-set, thinking it'll change how much the spring is "pre-compressed". The moment you do that, you mess up the droop-vs-compression ratio.
Also, if these coilovers came from the factory like that (where the height is all messed up), then clearly those various adjustment nuts were not setup to this specific vehicle from the factory.
In this situation, you cannot trust the pre-set position, you cannot trust the lower mount position.
Installation should have gone the long way:
Remove the spring from the coilover.
Mount the spring-less coilover onto the car.
Mount the wheels & tires onto the car. (Car should stay lifted, since there's no damn spring in the suspension/coilovers)
Fully compress the shocks (raise the wheel/tires) until bump stop. If tires rub, then extend/lengthen the lower mount adjustment until no more rubbing when at bump stop. For front wheels, make sure you also checked steering extremes.
Fully extend the shocks.
Between full-compress & full-extend, calculate shock's total travel.
Divide that into 1/3 for droop & 2/3 for compress.
Setup the car's chassis to the proper ride height. Meaning: something needs to support the car's chassis and safely hold it at ride height vs the floor. (No, 2x4's are not safe. But if you do that, that's on you.)
Allow the wheels/tires to "rest" on the "ground". (still no spring in the coilover)
Now change the lower mount position, until 2/3 of the travel-able shock (piston) is outside the shock body.
Lock the lower mount lock-nut.
Take this measurement (lower mount position) - copy/paste to the other side (left vs right).
Remove wheel/tire.
Remove coilover from car.
Put the coilover's spring back in.
Reinstall coilover, wheel/tire.
Allow the car's weight onto this coilover now. (The "spacer block" that was prop'ing the car's chassis at ride height, should be removed at this point.)
At this point, you might not have 2/3 of the travel-able shock (piston/rod) outside the shock body, that's fine.
Turn/change the pre-set, until you've again exposed 2/3 of the travel-able shock (piston/rod) outside the shock body. --> Keep in mind since the car weight is all resting on the coilover/wheel/tire, every time you attempt this adjustment, the car should be lifted at this corner to get the weight off the coilover. If you attempt to make this adjustment with car weight on it, you will destroy the coilover's threads for the preset.
Once this proper position (of the preset rings) is reached, copy/paste this measurement to the other side.
Now, that's the THEORY.
In practice, this procedure is extremely impractical unless your car is on an alignment rack with a built-in lift, that can lift/drop the car relative to the rack.
Otherwise, there simply is no space for your arms & tools to reach the adjustments - and you'll be forced to mount/remove the wheel/tire almost every single adjustment iteration. Pain in the neck.
This is a useful page to reference. Same procedure I described above.
suspensionsecrets.co.uk/coilovers-installing-and-setting-ride-height-correctly/
Excellent video...Very thorough and well explained. You're very smart and have a great attitude. You give even the novices and beginners the confidence to tackle it themselves. Awesome.
I finally got my BR type coilovers from BC and had them pro installed, I'm loving it... Could you tell me what the best dampening setting would be for the front and rear?!
Just all the way stuff so it's nice in the corners 🤣and get some aftermarket sway bars too
"Put the car at the height you want." I DONT KNOW WHAT HEIGHT IS RIGHT... WHICH IS WHY IM WATCHING THE VIDEO....
What u want is right! Go and try it yourself so u don't ever get ripped off by shady mechanics anymore, and don't let anyone tell u can't do it, cause u can.
Very informative video, Thanks! I picked up a GTI on FK coilovers that are slammed right to the ground and making it almost undriveable
Very complete video, I’m frustrated with the adjustment because I can’t find the way to lower it down in the front and I feel tired to keep trying.
Good video. You should make another video mentioning the eyelet hole on the shock body because I talked to a BC rep about what that hole is and it's a safety measurement mark show the minimum point you adjust the cartridge. Every BC application is different on many cars so some have bigger or less minimums. So pretty much if you dont see anymore threads in that hole then it's too high and have the possibly to crack components because there is not enough material to be supported. Keep it in mind.
Coilovers seem complicated af
Rather than just buying lowering springs
I raised my rear coilovers up to where it’s holding by 4-5 threads, yet the fenders are still sitting on the tire and it’s very low. What am I doing wrong??
Did you buy extreme lows?
You should remake this video for 2024- how to PROPERLY set your coilovers. Ride height is adjusted by moving the spring up and down the shock body. It doesn't change preload or anything. The lower shock mount is only for adjusting clearance at maximum bump (when the whole knuckle is pushed all the way up into the car). You move the lower mount down so nothing hits. This video is all wrong and can cause people to have accidents.
Thats not a micrometer. Its a vernier caliper. Nice video though. Thanks
thank you for making this video. my buddy pretty much said the same thing last year when the BC was installed on my 9nth gen si. but as someone who wants to doublecheck, there was little information explaining these coilovers, and in one video, it was comprehended that you had to change preload with ride height. doesn't help that the instructions were just as vague and when I asked on a forum, no one could help me out or there was any past thread regarding how to make changes on the coil overs. This had prevented me from switching out my OEM wheels with nice advans. now I can make the changes with confidence. thanks
Do you have to remove your rear seat to install the rears coil overs? I own a Acura TL 12
You do not have to. There is a cover above the rear seats on the rear deck where you will have access.
Thanks sooo much guys
hey good video, i got a question tho, i measured the pre load so i know if it moves, when i raise the height, i notice the measurement for the preload changes, i measured from the top till the bottom of the spring, is this normal for preload to change?
Hey man my friend install my coilovers but not adjust nothing and the noise it make when a hit a bad road is like a coil very smooth like doing doing……What first i need to adjust!? I have br too
I'm bouncing like crazy. Help. My car is driving me crazy
EXCELLENT in every detail and precision explanations are very on point. BRAVO and well done!
Excellent tutorial buddy. Thanks for the help!
Why would I have to much bounce? I have coilovers in the front and 2 inch drop springs in the back. I have a 1994 toyota camry 2 door. Any info would be much appreciated thank you.
Awsome vid man, good job! Clear, precise, accurate, all around good info. Also im suprised on how much you know you just seem so young! Keep it up!
dude is underrated as heck!
Very nice clear and understandable explanation of how things work. Unlike the mechanics who are filming while doing a job on a dudes car and and saying uhm every 3 fucking seconds while remembering how to adjust properly on the top of his head.
My coilovers is rubbing on my rims? don't know what the problem is .and help wld be appreciated. 2021
How low was your car again and how many options does those coil overs have , I didn't get it the first 10 mins of your video when you said it every 3 seconds. I was busy wondering if you were gonna actually adjust anything lol for fuck sake
With a linear spring rate the preload doesn't matter now if the spring had different rates as it compressed more then the preload would matter
This was great!!! I finally understand the concept of adjustable suspension, thank you so much for making this video, I really enjoyed and will put the knowledge to good use
Nice video mate! Greetings from Italy
I have those BC's on my E36 M3 I just bought and its lowered. I hate it, is there a way for me to return it to original ride height?
I’m new to coil overs and am currently adjusting my ride height. I just want to know if this will effect the preload and do I have to do anything to it after changing ride height?
Damn, it must suck being a runt. When I have a vehicle that my jack doesn't fit under, I grab the fender, pick up on it , then slide jack under
I install my coilovers on my 350z today and the back moves or jump a lot, any reason why ?
Miguel Salinas suspension is too hard
Put mine on out of the box and had the left front 2 inches higher than the right and the right rear an inch and a half higher that the left . Had to do some crazy tweaking to level everything back out . Hindsight says spend 700$ instead of 300 . Whoops
preload means the gap between the suspension ? we should maintain the gap between the top ring and the bottom ring ?
The front looked nice though, being slammed like that
Yeah I agree!! That's where bags come in.. Slam it like that when you park, and then raise it to drive away
@@milanmastracci one day 😏💭🚗
*Good video. Didn't scan the comments all the way through. Just wondering if anyone mentioned that an oval track is left side turning?*
I lowered my car but can’t properly align the rear tires and I am dreading excessive wear on one side only. Are adjustable control arms the solution for this?
If coilover means coil over shock does that mean the factory shock on my car is a coilover? Because it looks just like this aside from the adjustability.
Do you need adjustment of wheel and camber when adjusting the height of coilover?
Old video I know but the springs on mine weren't spinning when I was adjusting the ride height while they were on the car. Is this a problem?
When i turn the locking lock collar to the right to raise the car, the collar moves but the springs doesn't though the height adjusted fine . Why is that?
That is not a micrometer, those are calipers. Micrometers measure how flat a surface is. Calipers measure the distance between to surfaces or the inner and outer diameter of circular shapes. Calipers and micrometers and two very different things
Omfg yeah we see how fucking low it is Jesus.. no need to keep talking about it and showing us how low it is!! Lmao
How do you know how high is maxed but being safe without lifting it too high? My dad wants to make his car as high as possible.
What if the 2 collars keep coming apart when trying to lower the vehicle? Even after tightened them back
Then tighten them more. I've never had any of those collars loosen, but I've had some of them seize from tightening too much 🙈
Hey brother, do they sell a stronger spirng forbthe BC coilover, insted of preloading the spring more
You would preload the spring, regardless of the spring rate.
I think I adjusted my preload by accident when doing it how fucked am I?
very helpful and informative with the correct info.thanks
Anyone have issues with the bottom ring not moving? It’s like mine is stuck and won’t budge.
That is not a micrometer you are using. They are digital calipers. Big difference.
Damnnn Milannn back at it again
I have GC coilovers on my FC3S and I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't raise...
Turns out I was adjusting the top 2 collars thinking that's how you "raise the height" (makes sense, right?) when in fact I was just increasing the preload, smdh.
Back to the drawing board...
Well I'm happy to hear you learned a thing or two after watching this video 👍
The pre-loads all fucked on my rear I need to take a day to balance it all out.