Time to get Coilovers

[greekgod278]

Job well done man! And great pics.

Quick question...

Did you look into Kpsorts at all? and is there a good thread with pictures for doing coilovers?

[Theiranman69]

I didn't really find anything about how to install coilovers, but lucky me my brother knew how lol. and I did look into Ksports, but i didn't know much about the company, and i have a lot of friends who have Megan's with no problems. and so far with the coilovers COMPLETELY maxxed out, i've had no problems, except my exhaust scraping from time to time lol

[mattyfo0z]

Has the front settled any more?

[Theiranman69]

well the front settled a little more but not enough to make a huge difference. so what my I did was take the coilover apart and remove 2 out of the three locking nuts, since I'm already as low as it could go and i wanted to go lower it shouldn't have made a difference. and now i have the car sitting just above the tire, like barely a finger gap.

[mattyfo0z]

Nice! I'm really thinking about saving up for a set and picking them up by the end of February. Got to take care of my two tint tickets first though.. the CHP is putting a damper on my modding!

[alphapig]

I'm not a fan of the reverse rake, makes it a bit of a saggin wagon

Keep the front maxed, raise the rear by .5 - 10. inches.

Clear bumps with your exhaust and look better.

[Theiranman69]

I completely agree about the reverse rake.... which is why i fixed the front to go a .5 inch lower lol go check out my new thread for the updated pics. i still might raise the back just a tiny bit though.

pics-of-my-car-t549275.html

[alphapig]

Looks awesome and slammed, def. better with .5 lower in the front.

Still reverse though, maybe raise the rear like .5in for level and 1in for rake

Looks awesome I wish I had your wheels

[airmax2011]

it appears you are well past the need but a lot of the v8 domestic swap guys space the crossmember down from the frame rail half an inch with a piece of plate steel

[Theiranman69]

uhhh... sorry if i sound like a total idiot.... but what would that even do?

[alphapig]

it appears you are well past the need but a lot of the v8 domestic swap guys space the crossmember down from the frame rail half an inch with a piece of plate steel

I don't think our unibody subframe is as easy to move as a big crossmember bolted to a rigid frame.

Plus wouldn't that decrease our vertical clearance? That's the biggest problem we have with lowering Altis

[Theiranman69]

learned something new today, a little bit of camber lowers the car a lot.
My brother and i went to adjust the front camber of my coils yesterday and i went from the 3/4 finger gap to almost none... it was really weird so i'm not really quite sure what to think lol. so i went from a raked stance to a lot more even i'll post up more pictures as soon as i take some.

[alphapig]

Are you somehow able to adjust the camber from the engine bay?

[andyhenault]

Unless you plan on wearing out a set of tires in about half the time, I wouldn't go adjusting the camber just for looks. It will also make your car handle terribly.

[Theiranman69]

Are you somehow able to adjust the camber from the engine bay?

Not quite... i just jacked up the car and pulled the coilovers down so that i could reach up to the camber plates.

Unless you plan on wearing out a set of tires in about half the time, I wouldn't go adjusting the camber just for looks. It will also make your car handle terribly.

actually it did quite the opposite. i'm running at most -1 degrees. because before i was running with at close to zero or positive. and the car handles so much better now instead of hopping around turns like most front wheel drive cars i've driven in have it corners like it's nobody's buisness. But now i need another alignment to make sure that everything is in spec and not terribly off lol.