How To Adjust Ride Height On Coilovers
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2019
- What's going on everyone! In this video I go over the process of how I adjust the ride height on my TruHart Street Plus Coilovers. This process is generally the same for all types of coilovers. However some might be a little different than others. Hope you everyone enjoyed the video!
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Thank you bro. I watched like 7 videos of other people rambling and not even explaining it. This video is exactly what i needed to watch. Thank you
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I appreciate the tutorial. You explained everything so well. Usually with other videos, I would have to rewind a few times in order for me to understand. Great video! 👍🏼
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Omg, BIG THANKS! Like the others mentioned, you explained it so easily. These are my first set of coilovers and I didn't really understand how to adjust the height. The shop I brought my car to install these aren't specialized with coilovers, just complete struts. Seems easy the way you explained it. I'll give it a go. Thanks again!
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From the bottom of my heart. THANK YOU. I very much appreciate you taking the time to explain the simply but thoroughly.
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I was stressing about how I’ll adjust the height on my coil overs and you explained it so easy thank you! Going to get some truhart plus soon
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Man that’s the best Explanation I’ve coming across on RUclips, all u need to move is the bottom ring to lower or higher the coilover, plus I lost my coilover spanner so now I know I can use a srew driver to Loosen the ring😀😀
Ive watched about 5 videos this morning and yours is by far been the easiest to understand.
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Damm, now I know why my suspension was stiffer when I raised my car using the top rings. Thanks for all the info
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After watching a few videos on same subject .. this is the best one great job ready to put mine on my ride 👍
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Wow thanks man it’s people like you who dedicate the time to record this and edit the video thanks you the man! you saved my bank
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Dude your the 🐐 of explaining this!!!
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I just bought my Evo and it has these same coilovers. Definitely going to raise my car. Awesome video man.
This is the video I was looking for, thanks for describing each part in detail
i have some truharts on my accord and i have been raising them by adjusting the preload the entire time, i had no idea you could spin the whole coil. i’m gonna need to adjust my preload
Glad your doing good you make great content I know once you get things from day to day life sorted out you’ll be back on RUclips with more of your great content wishing you the very best
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This was a perfect video. He explained and showed how to do this and I understood. Thanks for the clear explanation.
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Nice , simple , and informational . Subscribed my dude 👍🏽
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Man I love the video supposedly was watching some professionals do it and they don’t explain it right you did a great job explaining it
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Best description on how to do this. Thanks!
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From MX the upper collars adjust race sag or the difference between a bike with and without the rider. As these bikes have linkages this drastically affects performance but even in a straight set up sag is important.
It sets the baseline for the up and down movements.
That's why in the movie Transporter he got bent when they changed the payload weight.
You don't want to be either topped out or slammed.
It's ok to adjust it to change stiffening to a degree but if you are at extremes get a different spring.
simply videos like this help hella, some people make it so complicated bro
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Amazing explanation, good looks bro
Dude thanx so much for explaining this so well I was beginning to stress on how to adjust my coil overs.. when they come in.. i was even thinking of canceling them till I saw this video thank you and God bless
Awesome! Thank you! Glad my video was informative and able to help you out. Good luck with them. Nothing wrong with trying it yourself. Worst case is you take somewhere for them to do it.
The measurement on the threads on the end was a nice tip. Thanks, well done.
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Very informative and helped me out a lot but I have one question when you turned it right to raise how many threads are available before the bottom part comes off 😅😅😅 or is that possible
Glad to hear it! Honestly man I have no idea. I've never experienced raising a vehicle that high.
I can't believe I stumbled across this AWSOME video.just got rear coil overs on my car and was wondering how to raise my ride height.💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Thanks for this very informative video! I just bought my son a '05 325ci BMW and it is sitting too low IMO and needs to raised a little, this will definitely help!
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Thank you I just learned how to raise my struts, in your other video I learned to adjust the coil spring. Thanks I have a 2001 Honda Accord with the Spyder package.
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I know this was 7 months ago but sheesh this helped me understand everything!!!
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What would the upload date have anything to do about the video helping you?
@@BPoweredLove Figured things mighta charged after 7 months of firmware updates. 🤔
Lol no cap 😂 I was about to go pay somebody but made my life a lot easier thanks my dude 🙏🏼😎
I bought a 2008 Honda Civic and the previous owner had these coilovers installed but they’re different from the ones you have. For my kit the front ones have a spring and the 3 rings 2 big ones and 1 small one but the rear ones only have 1 small one and have a large spring located elsewhere but next to the coilover that has a big red twisting screw thing supporting the large spring. Truhart sell the coilover set that my car has installed so id assume raising the car is essentially the same right?
Possibly. I would assume so. I'm not too sure though. I would definitely look at some other videos on your specific car. There's definitely tons of videos on those on RUclips that will show you how all that works.
also if your coilover tool has a half inch input you use that as leverage and break loose , so you wont damge your teeth on the coilover for adjustment
not all spanner wrenches have them though
I bought some coilover truhart i’m going to put them on this week how do you like them
That's awesome congrats! And personally I like mine! They are really good for the price in my opinion!
Appreciate this video. Car I got is lowered currently and I will hopefully raise it tomorrow
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I really wish I had seen this before installing mine lol but thanks for the thorough breakdown. Got my work cut out for me this weekend
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Well explained dude! Thanks for the video!
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Thank you so much, looking to get some truharts for my g!
I am thinking of purchasing this coilovers for a 2004 honda crv, is this brand reliable and durable? Now if I understood the video, the third ring is to adjust the height and lower the car, the two upper rings are to adjust the damping speed? it would be correct?
They are a good budget set of coilovers in my opinion!! There are definitely better ones out there though too. It's all personal preference to be honest. Yes the lowest ring down at the bottom is just for adjusting ride height. The other 2 that are below the spring are meant for adjusting the pre-load on the coilovers.
How do you like the Tru Heart coilovers? I've gotten 2x of the SPC performance XR adjustable control arms. Along with the Godspeed Adjustable Front Upper Camber Arms With Ball Joints. I'm just looking for a decent coilover setup that's not going to set me back $1500
I enjoyed mine! For the price they are, they're a good set of coilovers! Pretty good ride quality as well in my opinion.
Absolutely perfect video. Very simple and straight forward explained. I appreciate the time you took to make this video. 💯+
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This is a great video!! Thank you.
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This video was super helpful bro. I need to raise my car up and didn’t want to remove my coilovers to do so
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I install my try hart coilovers today and this 7y old video help me a lot
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Hey buddy thank you for the video, it was very informative. Question, could you make your car sit higher than factory height with these coil overs? Why I'm asking is I have aftermarket wheels and tires on my 2015 Honda cr-v 2wd and the suspension is all factory and when people sit in the back seats the tires rub a little over a bump so that's why I asked if these coil overs could make your car ride a little higher than factory height. Take care friend and thumbs up👍 on the video.
Thank you man I appreciate that!! Glad you found the video informative and enjoyed it! With any set of coilovers you should be able to get the car to sit a little higher than factory. As far as how high you can raise them I'm unsure. Every set of coilovers are made differently as far as how low or how high you can go along with spring rates etc. Considering you drive a CR-V coilovers for that will be different for that compared to a car since it's an SUV. Also as far as the rubbing part goes you might even be able to roll your fenders to give a little bit of extra clearance for the tires so you don't rub! I don't know what your set up is like but just another thought.
@@Cpimms Hey buddy thanks for the fast reply and suggestion. I will look into it.
Not to sure if you’re going to reply but if you do it would mean a lot! So I’m trying to break the top two rings free to adjust my preload because for some reason whenever I try to spin the coilover with my hand after breaking loose the very bottom ring the coilover doesn’t want to spin. I found on my coilovers that when I spin the preload ring the whole coilover moves as I want it too but then my preload changes and I don’t want that. How can I fix it so that I don’t have to mess with my preload in order to raise/lower the car? I have truharts as well on my g37x
What's up man! After reading what you said a couple times. To me it sounds like your coilovers could have some grime buildup that's making it a little tougher for you to adjust them. I would suggest using a bit of WD-40 or something like that to help. As far as you mentioning the whole coilover moving when you use the preload ring to adjust the coilovers. You're able to do it that way as well! The key is if your preload is already set and locked in place you should be able to use your preload ring to adjust the whole body of the coilover which adjust your height if the bottom ring is already broken loose to adjust them. The whole coilover is designed to spin to adjust the ride height even if your preload is already locked and set in place. You wouldn't be messing with your preload at that point. Hopefully that makes sense. I tried to keep it straight, simple, and to the point. Feel free to shoot me a message on IG as well because it could be easier that way compared to here as far as explaining it goes
I bought the car like this. I went to raise to to a normal height. I did 2 full turns and I was out of thread. The thing came completely loose, so I put it back to where it was. I thought I was gonna be able to raise it 4" to 6" but, the thing is raised all the way already. I see way more thread on the top side. Is that an option to add at least 3"?
Almost sounds like it would be better to get a different set of coilovers if that's the case. I wouldn't mess with the top end because usually that's for the ride quality to make it more stiff or soft. It can be a pain once you start doing that.
Found exactly what i needed to know. Thanks.
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@@Cpimms does it fix a lil camber?
Or just height when raised
In my case my coilovers only have camber adjustment in the front on top of the coilovers. The rear doesn't have any camber adjustment because I have a straight axle in the rear.
By any chance do u have a video to reset the preload to stiffer? I need to fix mine I’m getting a bad ride feel because we didn’t know that the preload was already set
Unfortunately I don't have a video on that. Pre-load would be something you would just have to kinda keep messing with till you find the right feel you want. I'm pretty sure there's definitely some good videos out there on preload in specific.
@@Cpimms I just fixed it just now thanks anyway. But Jesus im trying to slam my car back down. The rings won’t come loose like u said
@@srt_ov3rlord Ya man I've been there before! I would try to maybe use some PB Blaster to see if that helps brake them loose
This video help me a lot.. Thanks for the explanation.
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My rear tires rub with the fender, do you think these will help preventing that? I don’t car if it’s stiff but just the rubbing is bothering me.
Tough to say honestly. Could be too low that's why it's rubbing or the coilovers themselves could be going bad. Hard to say. You can try raising the height and see if that fixes it. Probably where I'd start
you explained it the easiest without getting too technical, nice job
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I have one question. Is it possible to raise your car too high? I mean, if you keep raising the coilovers would it just stop at some point, or would it just come apart?
Most likely they would end up detaching/come apart. I obviously haven't had experience with that. I don't know if some might have an internal lip you can't pass or something to let you know you've reached max height. But if I had to guess they would most likely detach/come apart.
amazing I just bought a honda but its super low so now I know how to raise it
Thanks man very helpful!
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thanks for video🤙🏼 keep it up👍🏼
Good vid man thanks
Dang Man I ha’ve had some Rev9 coils for about 6 months and pretty low, tried adjusting today and was adjusting the springs smh, Will try this tomorrow, Thank u
how do you know what the correct preload is? I think I tightened mine way too much. Also when I went to raise my car I ran out of treads and the coilover came apart the top disconnected from the lower part that attatrches to the lower control arm. all tho the car was sitting low I should have like 3 more inches to raise it but idk any help I would appricroate.
I know there are some other videos on RUclips that are specifically related to preload. I would check those out for that portion. I want to say there is a measurement for preload you can go off of but, don't know for sure 100%. Honestly it all depends on your set of coilovers for height adjustment. I don't know what type or brand of coilovers you have. Some are meant to go real low, others are meant for track use, and others could also be more directed towards a daily driver.
@@Cpimms I have a g37 coupe AWD and Iam running the truehart street plus coil overs max out the box the spring was loose so I tightened it as much as I can. Idk this is frustrating and I can make the car any higher because the strut will come apart.
@@nolic8718 Ok gotcha! Also just a heads up. Anytime you jack up the car or you have the coilovers off the car, obviously the spring is not under load, therefore, there will be a little bit of wiggle room/play in the spring because it's NOT under load. So the Street Plus Coilovers are meant to go low. You'll have more adjustment for going lower compared to raising it. It's going to be trial and error to get it to where you want it.
Thanks for the video: This is how I remember it: Righty Tighty (DOWN"), Lefty loosey ("UP") Clockwise Down, Counter clockwise Up From my experience the bottom ring is nothing more than a lock ring. The 2nd ring does all ride height adjustments. The top ring which your never supposed to play with, is pre-load set from the factory. The 2nd ring also locks the preload in place. You can mess with preload to soften your ride some(relaxing the spring). But its not recommended.
when you are twisting with hand, is the lower strut 'hole-mount' where bolt goes thru, is it unbolted and spinning too??
Nope. It's all bolted up and mounted.
@@Cpimms thanks!
Thank you for this! Simple and easy for beginners to learn.
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Best tutorial I found
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So I’m trying to lower my Acura legend on ksports and I’m doing what you did with the third ring and even putting a towel over the flathead to prevent damage, I used pb blaster and shit but all that’s happening is I’m damaging the ring and it will not come loose please help
What I would do is watch a video on K-Sport specific coilovers and see how they are adjusted, to Make sure you're hitting it the right way to break it loose. Yours could be threaded differently.
You can also pull the Coilover itself off and try to adjust it that way. It's obviously more time consuming that way though. Also try to look up videos specifically for your car and see what it shows
I bought some coils and they dont have the 3rd ring. How do i adjust the height then?
I know some coilovers are like that. I'm most positive In that case you would want to use the ring that's right below the spring. Just know that you will be adjusting your preload too when you do that. If you have dampening adjustment that will help with getting the ride to feel how you want.
my top rings are stuck, how do I get them loose?
I'd try to just soak them in WD40 or PB Blaster and let them sit for a bit, then try to break them loose again. Also make sure you're trying to loosen them the correct way
I have those exact coilovers for my 08 Acura TL Type-S. Your video showed me exactly what I needed to know. Thanks for making that video and breaking down like that. 👍🙏
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This a hit or miss, but what height you adjusted. Im trying to add a good height to my TL-S also
Dont u lower (or raise) the car if u mess with the spring ? Either going up or down ?
I know there are some coilovers out there if you adjust the spring you are actually adjusting the preload and height. But for the majority of coilovers no. Adjusting the spring is usually its own separate thing and you're usually adjusting the preload at that point. It's the ring down towards the bottom of the coilovers that adjust the ride height. The whole body of the coilovers are meant to rotate so, even though your 2 rings at the top are locked in place, the whole body of the coilover will still spin because there's no load on them when the car is in the air.
I just paid someone to raise my car and he lifted it by lifting the upper one u.u any tips to fix the damage done ?
I mean it depends what kind of coilovers you have. I know there might be a couple brands that have just the 2 rings that control the ride height. Does your set of Coilovers have 2 rings under the spring along with another ring towards the bottom of the coilover? Also did you notice a difference in the ride? Was it more stiff?
Thanks. Helped alot.
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Complete noob to lowered cars.
Recently purchased accord that’s too low for my alleyway/garage entrance.
I plan on doing this.
Will I need to get an alignment after?!
Yes! Definitely recommend doing that since you are essentially changing the geometry of the suspension either way.
My 9th gen has another coupling in between the last ring and ride height ring what do
You have a 9th Gen Maxima? What are you trying to do with it? Adjust the ride height or? Do you have TruHart coilovers as well? Just trying to figure out what set up you have so I can help you out as best as I can.
Hi, i also have a maxima and wanna do the same thing. but on another youtube video, they adjusted the top rings, not the bottom, to adjust ride height. how are the two methods different?
They could've just been adjusting preload only in that video possibly. There are some coilovers that only have 2 rings. In that case you would most likely be adjusting the preload while you're adjusting the height. Where as like my set of coilovers the height and preload adjustments are separate from one another. I can adjust ride height without messing with the preload.
@@Cpimms ty!! I also luv ur vids! keep them coming!!
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Antidote to raise you use spanner wrench and spin the small ring at top to right and to lower use bigger wrench and spin bigger one at top to the left. That's how you actually do it.
thank you, can you explain the cambers nuts what the right way to have those
I'm assuming you're referring to the camber plates on top of the coilovers?
@@Cpimms yes
@@daddy-bm7eu The Camber Plates should be installed so they move in-to-out. So when you adjust them, they need to be able to move in towards the car, and out towards the fenders. Which would basically be vertical movement while looking straight on at the coilover from the inside of the wheel well. Hopefully that explanation helps. Sometimes it can be difficult to explain stuff via messages/comments.
My true heart dosent have the 3rd ring how am I suppose to raise it or lower it do i just turn the spring?
Ya that would be the only way if that's the case. Then you would probably adjust the ride comfort with the dampening adjustment on top of the coilovers. Whether you want it firmer or softer.
Thanks great video.
mine are screwed down as low as the can go but they're still too high at the rear :/
Great Video Bro .. Thank you !!
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I tried lowering my car but when I spun it the shock absorber didn’t spin with it. Does it matter?
The shock/strut itself stays put obviously since it's bolted on the car. The only parts that spin are the threaded portions. Which would be the rings and the bottom part of the coilover which is threaded. As long as you are able to spin it and see threads slowly start to disappear into the bottom of the coilover which means you're lowering it, you should be fine. Hopefully that makes sense.
thanks you sooo much help alot !!! good job with explaing it 👌👌
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@@Cpimms it really did help thanl youv💪!!!!
The position on the top rings where is the spring , the spring looks loose is this the soft modd or hard
It's on a decently firm setting in the front and a little softer in the rear. The reason why it looks loose is because the spring isn't under load. Since the car was jacked up there is no weight on that side. Actually did end up adjusting it a little bit to have the spring sit a little more snug though.
So the lesser you compress the spring the softer your ride would be?
@@timsterkhim653 Yes! At least that's how it is on my set of coilovers. Since I don't have dampening adjustment I would change the preload. Other coilovers that have dampening adjustment you would want to use that for adjusting how firm or soft you want the ride to be.
very helpful! thanks brotha
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Hey man I have a question, would an alignment be needed if I just lowered the back ?
I already have it lowered and aligned but I want to lower it about one more inch in the back idk if that will mess up the alignment I had done to it.
Depends on the car. For instance my car is front wheel drive and I have a straight axle in the rear. So I could adjust the rear all I want and it wouldn't have to get aligned. However if I messed with the front I would have to get it aligned. Is your car rear wheel drive?
Cpimms my car is front wheel drive it’s a Nissan Altima 2014
@@erickmartinez2085 Alright I gotcha! Honestly man if it was me I would suggest getting another alignment if you are planning to lower the rear more. Rather be safe and make sure it's dialed in right. Even if you have a straight axle in the rear, which I don't know if you do or not. Like in my case, since I have a straight axle in the rear, I can't adjust anything as far as the camber and caster etc so I have to run it as is basically. Also like in my case I had to have the front of my car tweaked a bit in a certain direction to compensate for the rear to make it drive straight.
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thank you sir your video is a big help thank you very much!
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Thanks for the Video you broke it down simple..
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Ive done this but still to low on max height can i screw the top ring to get more height caues theres still threads showing
Interesting. If you have the same coilovers, I'm surprised that's the case that it's still too low at max height. I personally wouldn't do that because then at that point you're messing up all your preload and it's probably going to ride rough and be super stiff. That's why most coilovers have a separate height adjustment portion.
Ok thAnks il go back stock
@@seang794 What you could do is sell your coils to put towards a new set and when you go to buy the new set maybe buy ones that aren't meant to go super low. Those ones usually have more room for raising the height higher. Just a thought
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thanks for the help bro.
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Very useful video but What about rear coilover?
The whole video was filmed while I was adjusting one of the coilovers in the rear. If you re-watch the video, I specify that in the beginning.
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Hey so I installed coilovers and there were fully maxed out and I’m trying to raise it up the front passenger side did move to adjust the height but the driver side won’t move it’s like if it was stuck
Sounds like it's almost seized up. I would try to use some good penetrating oil on the ring and let it sit for a bit. Then try to brake it loose.
@@Cpimms there like brand new
@@Cpimms there truharts but it’s werid that the other side came loose and my driver side it’s very hard to spin any other suggestions I put lubricant last night
@@PalmsAngels I hear ya it can still happen though. I ran into the same issue with mine as well. I did that and it worked. You might have to apply it more than once too. Also try using the hammer with a screwdriver to break it loose. People talk shit on it and say why don't you use the spanner wrench it came with? For that reason exactly. Sometimes the spanner wrenches don't grab well when it's stuck like that.
@@Cpimms alright ima try it later today hopefully it could spin what’s your insta ? So I can send u a pic cause it spin but not too much
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Would you recommend these coil overs?
Yes they are a good budget set of coilovers. There are better ones out there as well. But if you're looking for a decent coilover that's not too expensive, they are pretty good for what you pay for them
Why wouldn’t you use the large spanner wrench on the larger rings to spin the shaft
You definitely can! It works both ways. That's just how I ended up showing it in the video.
@@Cpimms ok cool I’m doing so much research on these darn coilovers ! 😂. I have a set of godspeedmonoss on Audi A6 2.7bi. Made a few major rookie mistakes I had to fix
@@princehakim._6427 Hahaha I hear you man! I've been there before haha. Shit happens. Live and learn.
good explanation! thanks
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Thats crazy you can turn yours by hand. I have to use a giant wrench and grab the top red piece and turn it with the wrench.