BC coilovers arent going low in the front. wtf?

[FLG]

Im running 8k front 10k rear, and it gets plenty low...im not talking slammed, im not looking for stance and to scrape my crap all over the streets. Youll get quite a few turns out of it, jack up the car, remove the wheel and turn it from the large top nut.

[jaywood]

Did they ever email you back? The "stock" springs bc gave me go plenty low. I'm on rates: 10k/12k

[d_elson0]

shorter springs in the front won't do anything. helper springs matched with the stock bc springs will however. or you can drop the bc spring lower and have play between the spring and the upper perch. (sketchy imo but thats how gc does their hoopblah)

[immajackuup]

shorter spring does help because it give more threads to lower it more.

[d_elson0]

^na not really. there is an inner lip on the housing that stops at about 50mm anyways so the damper can't be dropped down any more...

[lonestar22]

sucks bro, shouldve done some reasearch

[immajackuup]

^na not really. there is an inner lip on the housing that stops at about 50mm anyways so the damper can't be dropped down any more...

the op should of cut down to one inch instead of two. imma cut my down to one inch and order shooter spring in the front and rear.

[Ant_e30]

^ but the 50mm goes inside the BC coilover which slides over the top so shouldn't be adding height to the assembly I wouldn't think? Also a shorter spring in front wont help in that you should be lowering it from the base and just having the spring perch nipped up against the strut top. You can definately lower it by lowering the spring collar and dropping it down, just make sure the spring centers ok when you drop the car and it is perfectly safe. But it loses strut travel because whatever you remove in ride height on the spring, the strut will compress that amount too thus losing that amount of travel.

[immajackuup]

^ but the 50mm goes inside the BC coilover which slides over the top so shouldn't be adding height to the assembly I wouldn't think? Also a shorter spring in front wont help in that you should be lowering it from the base and just having the spring perch nipped up against the strut top. You can definately lower it by lowering the spring collar and dropping it down, just make sure the spring centers ok when you drop the car and it is perfectly safe. But it loses strut travel because whatever you remove in ride height on the spring, the strut will compress that amount too thus losing that amount of travel.

why not make it 25mm inside instead of 50mm???

[ZekeTheSneak]

how much did you leave from the old strut housing? Mines lays frame on bottlecaps...

[ZekeTheSneak]

also order 160mm springs