How to Modify front JOM coilovers to go lower?

[acolella76]

Maybe it's just me... but I don't see the point in buying JOMs just to buy shortened shocks and housings? Seems you could just buy the shortened shocks and GC coil over conversion for.. the same price?

[E30_fiend]

Maybe it's just me... but I don't see the point in buying JOMs just to buy shortened shocks and housings? Seems you could just buy the shortened shocks and GC coil over conversion for.. the same price?

Exactly my thoughts man. Why buy shit that will 100% FOR SURE blow in a given amount of time when you can section your housings and run short bodies. Not only will you be able to dump the car on its nuts, you will also have LOADS of travel.

My bilstein sport fully compressed was about 1/2" shorter than a fully EXTENDED short body. Which of course means like 90% of the shock travel can be utilized with the shorter strut insert rather than like 10% of the stock length strut.

In short, do the right thing and section your housings instead of wasting your money on a setup that WILL fail. Support a forum vendor and buy the GC setup. You cant go wrong.


Taylor

[bigredguy]

yeah, most of you guys either dont have JOMs or have problems if your laying your oilpan on the ground with just JOM coilovers. I have mine spun all the way down and have atleast 3 inches from my oil pan, on stock bottlecaps with the right size tires. I also have a 4 or 4.5 inch spring for the back and with the adjuster all the way down its even. I believe its a 60mm or 2.5 ID spring(there basically interchangeable)

[E30ruben]

^ easy fix to the oil pan problem, just raise your motor till the pan sits level or higher than the sub-frame. then- install a skid plate that not only protects the oil pan, but also the steering rack, sub frame & the sway bar from ever getting caught on something.

all of this and you can achieve this:


NOTE: this is with 195/60 R14 size tire. so with the proper wheel setup you can be even lower. IM the guy that did the "method B" for modifying the JOM's

How on this mother planet can you raise the engine up? Spacers on motor mounts? LOL

[CW325]

Jom front springs also work with drop hats

[E30_fiend]

How on this mother planet can you raise the engine up? Spacers on motor mounts? LOL

e36 m3 motor mounts. You CAN successfully raise the motor up using those mounts but the way I see it, you're solving one problem but creating a whole other monster to deal with. When you raise your motor up, your driveshaft angle changes which will no doubt cause your guibo, center bearing and u-joints to rapidly fail which results in more damage and money spent than busting an oil pan.

If you want more pan clearance, go m10 or m30. thats the only real way you wont cause any unwanted problems with more pan clearance.


Taylor

[RawToast]

you know the fronts go low as FUCK right? When installed correctly the oil pan will hit the ground before the adjusters are all the way down. Not sure why anyone would need to go lower...

The back sucks. I don't run adjusters or pads and it's about 1/2-3/4" above the tire. Going to buy new springs for the rear anyways since the rates suck

Not true...

[S13_E30]

Maybe it's just me... but I don't see the point in buying JOMs just to buy shortened shocks and housings? Seems you could just buy the shortened shocks and GC coil over conversion for.. the same price?

for around 500?! where?

[SmokeE30]

hes saying if you gonna buy shorter shocks and chop you housings with joms it would be like the same to do it with gc. the gc kit is about the same price of joms but doesnt include shocks but if you gonna do shorter struts on joms why not get the better springrates available with gc setup?

[RawToast]

hes saying if you gonna buy shorter shocks and chop you housings with joms it would be like the same to do it with gc. the gc kit is about the same price of joms but doesnt include shocks but if you gonna do shorter struts on joms why not get the better springrates available with gc setup?

I've already got JOM's on my car - knock on wood they've been great to me. I just want them a bit lower, especially when I go to bigger wheels.