adjusting ride hide with adjusties.

[Guest]

right so im new to the whole adjustable suspension thing i have recently bought a 97 twin turbo subaru legacy it has adjusties, obviously can't tell you what brand because i cant see any writing anywhere(may have come our standard)I have no pictures of camera to take a photo so im going to do this as best as I can, Straight to the chase, how do I lower the ride height I was adjustin the two nuts under the coil to lower it but nothing seemed to be happening, Is this the dampering nuts? A pic of what I am talking about

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if not where do I lower them i cant find anywhere else that is mechanical i can move to lower. thanks for any help.

[dubbedup]

Just the 2 locking bolts usually...wind both of them 2 the bottom of the treaded section.should dump ur car

[DRFVDR]

It will be certed to a particular height,lowering it below this height,AND using it on the road will be frowned upon by the police

[Guest]

I realise its illegal bla bla bla, I just wanted to sack it out for photos. thats all and was curious to see how they work, but the idea i got was that if you have a standard spring cut it in half your car will dump(just for a easy example) and with these adjustable springs you wind it right up (so the spring compress's) and jack it back down and nothing changes at all! then you wind it right to the bottom (opening the spring to full length) and nothing happens...Im bedazzled, and there looks to be noting around the top hat to adjust anything. do i have to take te rotor or anything off, I just jacked it up and put my hand threw and away i went...I gotta be doing something wrong someone please help.

[DRFVDR]

U are doing it wrong,u need to screw the adjusters down towards the bottom, to let the pressure of the spring allowing it to drop the car.

[WRXONP]

Or if they are decent adjustables then you shouldnt be adjusting the spring at all . You wind the bottom mount up and down to set height without changing spring rate

[rex-leggy]

+1 you wouldn't lower with the spring.....do you want captive springs?

[WRXONP]

Yeah exactly . . The springs should be all set at the same tension (captivness). . Then adjust height of the vehicle with the bottom mount which bolts to the hub . . . Wind the mount up to lower car . Wind mount down to make car higher . .

[mattapo]

Adjustables that just do the spring aren't really height adjustable, that is preload adjustment, thats why you cant get much change in height

[WRXONP]

Yeah if the bottom mount cant adjust then they cheap crap

[mattapo]

no i wouldnt say they are cheap crap, they are likely earlier ones.

[Koom]

 WRXONP said:

Yeah if the bottom mount cant adjust then they cheap crap

There's also alot of cheap crap that also has the height and pre-load adjustment :

[D-Style]

Thats why some setups have Keeper Springs... (Tein, HKS, Bilstein, Ohlins)

[BLAZD]

 WRXONP said:

Yeah if the bottom mount cant adjust then they cheap crap

lolol you calling HKS crap

[WRXONP]

Must be the bottom of the line HKS haha

[Guest]

the guy i bought it off said hes lowered it before, but Ive screwed the spring upwards and screwed it down but no change in height does it take a while to go down or something and I cant see anything other than the two lock nuts under the spring

[mattapo]

does the hat that sits on teh lock nuts move down, sometimes these get stuck

[boon]

 BLAZD']

[quote name='WRXONP said:

Yeah if the bottom mount cant adjust then they cheap crap

/quote]

lolol you calling HKS crap

Mmm... my Zerosports 'adjusties' don't have an adjustable bottom mount and they're not exactly cheap gear.

[Scoobydoo]

Have you just been doing one wheel or all four? If you don't do them evenly then you probably won't notice much difference, if anything.

[Guest]

I was thinking that I was just doing one wheel at that point. But I 'sacked' it on its arse and yes when I screwed the locking nut up the spring moved. but you would notice a bit of difference if you slammed it as much as you can wouldnt you?

[mattapo]

dont forget you will need a new alignmeant after adjusting

[Guest]

top hat? theres only the car body to tophat bolts and thats to remove suspension. the two lock nuts under the spring that most adjusties have all move yes i adjusted the whole car last night evenly and still no difference - my real question is - and sorry guys if this is getting a little old, that if these are older versions of adjusties ''that don't adjust'' how is it there are two lock nuts under the spring, then you unlock the locking nut and wind the adjuster nut up (and even the spring moves up) but there is no height difference, its frustrating lol. you shorten srpings in a normal suspension system it lowers, but when you d with these it doesnt... =(

[Koom]

It's probably been sitting on the bumpstops the whole time then and was as low as you could get in the first place.

Take the springs off the shocks completely and see if it sits at the same height. If it does, you need to raise it up a bit.

[Guest]

its not actually that low probably best comparisn would be super low kings. if its got more thread it would go down wouldnt it?

[Koom]

Not necessarily. As I said, it could be sitting on the bumpstops. In that case, taking the springs out completely will still result in it sitting at the same height as that is as low as you can go with those shocks (in that case). Also if it is sitting on the bumpstops, you don't really have any suspension and it needs to be raised up.