Coilovers Certification

[lowandy]

Hey guys,

Im going to be chucking in my coilovers and thinking of going for a cert, coilovers will be the only thing im certifying and have a couple of questions.

1. What is the cert process for coilovers?

2. How can i fail the cert for coilovers?

3. Will they just look at the coilovers or do will they pick up other stuff like in a wof?

Thanks heaps

[boon]

It depends on the certifier, but some of them will do more or less a really stringent WoF check. My Surf failed for rust in the rear bumper when it was getting certed for an engine swap.

And yeah, you get +/- 5% on the certed height, so think about where you want it. Ideally you would set it in the middle of your road height and track height, if you plan on having such a thing.

[funkytown]

$400 these days is a bit on the light side but otherwise its as mentioned above.

Sometimes instead of stringint WOF they get you to go fail a wof and come back for the bits that then require cert.. but either method is acceptable

[lowandy]

Thanks guys for the feedback, im looking to go really low, roughly 40-70mm off the ground.

Does anyone know of any laidback (not as in dodgy) certifiers in auckland, as im not keen to fix a whole bunch of stuff? And i have heard there are some really dickhead ones in auckland.

[DacerX]

Wouldn't that be under legal height then?

[funkytown]

 dacerx said:

Wouldn't that be under legal height then?

depends where you measure 40-70mm from

has to be structural to count. Im sure i read somewhere that a rear diff can be about 80mm off the ground (not legally read, but the point that the rear diff wasnt considered structural so didnt count in the 100mm legal bit or something).

tl:dr stupid rules are stupid.

[lowandy]

Yea but im trying to get it certed at that height so no problem with the 5-0

[DacerX]

Yeah and what we are saying is 100mm is the minimum height from a structure point

[GC8E2DD]

The handling will certainly be exciting if you go that low without doing anything else geometry-wise =]

[lowandy]

 dacerx said:

Yeah and what we are saying is 100mm is the minimum height from a structure point

You are allowed to go under 100mm BUT it requires a cert

[DacerX]

100mm is low enough for me ae I like to go over bumps and get a jack under my car

[mattapo]

if you want to go that low fit bags or soomething, you will find you cant go anywhere at that height.

mmmm, that may just be in chch, still that is to low to use

[DacerX]

Matts right but then he has a landcrusier

[BLAZD]

Lower it so it's scrapping bird shit off the road, fail

Cert then keep going back with it raised 10mm at a time, he will soon give up about 3rd time around and pass it. I have seen some crazy low cars legit certed

[funkytown]

 BLAZD said:

Lower it so it's scrapping bird s*** off the road, fail

Cert then keep going back with it raised 10mm at a time, he will soon give up about 3rd time around and pass it. I have seen some crazy low cars legit certed

interesting view, not one condoned by CS or a method we want to associate with

[lowandy]

 BLAZD said:

Lower it so it's scrapping bird s*** off the road, fail

Cert then keep going back with it raised 10mm at a time, he will soon give up about 3rd time around and pass it. I have seen some crazy low cars legit certed

ahah yea might be the plan, im going to stance my car (low + flush fitment) so it will be interesting

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Bear in mind, under the new rulings, excessive camber (greater than standard) is now illegal...

[lowandy]

Yes i will have to sort out the camber when i get an alignment once car is dropped

[sultan]

As part of the process the car will be driven on a road around corners, there are things it needs to do and things it needs to not do. My car is certed at around 80mm chassis, but thats because it passed the handling test

[BLAZD]

 funkytown']

[quote name='BLAZD said:

Lower it so it's scrapping bird s*** off the road, fail

Cert then keep going back with it raised 10mm at a time, he will soon give up about 3rd time around and pass it. I have seen some crazy low cars legit certed

/quote]

interesting view, not one condoned by CS or a method we want to associate with

Lol

Or

Get a roll cage/graphics/hugepointlessgtwing and claim racecar,then camber and lower till the cows come home!

[nztintin]

^^^

and authority card\have to enter 2 events a year

[lowandy]

 BLAZD']

[quote name='BLAZD said:

Lower it so it's scrapping bird s*** off the road, fail

Cert then keep going back with it raised 10mm at a time, he will soon give up about 3rd time around and pass it. I have seen some crazy low cars legit certed

/quote]

interesting view, not one condoned by CS or a method we want to associate with

Lol

Or

Get a roll cage/graphics/hugepointlessgtwing and claim racecar,then camber and lower till the cows come home!

Or i could go the cheaper option and just get it certed as a road car ;D

[madmike]

 nztintin said:

^^^

and authority card\have to enter 2 events a year

+1

[CUDDAS]

does the gearbox crossmember count as structual??

i can slide a 100mm (RHS) steel block under my car (on flat concrete surface) but the g/box crossmember is the only thing that it touches by 10mm or so..

oh & does stiffness count too?

[lowandy]

Apart from what is said above by Sultan, i heard they set it to the hardest setting and test for flexing in other suspension components?