NEED quick help with STANCE installation...

[morbid]

Am I mounting them the right way in the shock tower? Are the right two bolts supposed to rub on the body like that?

Also... I am supposed to tighten that big middle bolt down, right?

Please excuse the rust



One last question... Is it necessary to preload the springs? If so, can anyone tell me the correct way to do that?

[sultan]

remove those bolts and move them to the next hole so they don't rub the body and you can actually adjust the camber.

just bring the spring perch up til the spring isn't loose, that's all you need.

[morbid]

Do you mean the little allen bolts on the actual coilover? Move those?

[sultan]

yes, there's extra holes there for a reason.

[morbid]

Thanks a lot...

What about the big middle top bolt... am I supposed to tighten that down? I think I read that I'm supposed to in the stance directions but it was kind of confusing, I'm going to try to read through it again in a little.

[ChampaignSilviaS14]

a little late, but do not mess with that middle bolt.

i dont think you even need to touch it.

[morbid]

Can anyone tell me what that top middle bolt on the front struts does?

[94_240sx]

Can anyone tell me what that top middle bolt on the front struts does?

If you remove the top nut, whole strut body will fall off.

EDIT: This will happen.zer...38215


Modified by 94_240sx at 2:12 PM 10/20/2008

[morbid]

Okay. So I should just leave it how it looks in the picture I posted above?

Two more questions. One, I'm having some clunking issues. When I'm going really slow or at a complete stop and I turn the wheel one or more of the coilovers makes a few clunking noise from full left to full right, but when I am going at a good pace, I never hear it. Is this normal?

Two, sometimes on hard turns, it kind of feels like my rear is "bouncing." Sort of like wheel hop, but it doesnt occur when I try to launch, it only happens sometimes while I'm accelerating in a turn. Is this normal?? :/

[onosqv]

1) You probably need to preload the springs a little in the front - i.e. turn the collar until they touch the spring, then tighten the collar another 2-3 or more turns. A few turns/preload doesn't hurt anything. This will keep the spring in place & prevent it from popping out of place.

That should fix it, but if it still does that, then you are just sorta SOL - the spring is turning/resetting it's position after you do a full turn or whatever. One way to fix it, if it bothers you that much, is to get Swift thrust sheets or similar - several of our vendors on here can get Swift products. These allow the spring to unwind evenly/smoothly when turning.



2) your bouncing problem could be the spring preload (if any) in the rear, or the collar not being tight enough like the front where the spring is popping "loose", or your damping setting, or you may not have subframe spacers & have worn out subframe bushings, etc, etc, etc, etc.