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I couldn't sleep last night so I crawled under the car to see what the situation is with the rear suspension. The rear bottoms out pretty bad on anything that slightly looks like a bump in the road. Everyone has been telling me "That's the way they ride". So I'm under there and the coilovers have around 3" of travel. I'm thinking that's not enough. I brought the spanners up about a 1/2" to tighten the springs. While I was under there I noticed a knob at the top of the shock. Kool they are adjustable! I went 5 clicks clockwise and let the car down and went to bed. Four hours later I'm up again and we just got back from a 4-5 mile run and WOW what a difference! Bottomed out once on a huge bump (as I would expect) but the rest was near perfect. Maybe bring the spanner up another 1/4" and call it done. Mamma was very happy. HAPPY WIFE= HAPPY LIFE!

Originally Posted by BIG-JIM

So I'm under there and the coilovers have around 3" of travel. I'm thinking that's not enough. I brought the spanners up about a 1/2" to tighten the springs. While I was under there I noticed a knob at the top of the shock. Kool they are adjustable! I went 5 clicks clockwise and let the car down and went to bed. Four hours later I'm up again and we just got back from a 4-5 mile run and WOW what a difference! Bottomed out once on a huge bump (as I would expect) but the rest was near perfect. Maybe bring the spanner up another 1/4" and call it done. Mamma was very happy. HAPPY WIFE= HAPPY LIFE!

Be careful. Coilover shocks have to have balanced (not equal, but balanced) up and down travel. Instructions usually remind you to check that - not just ride height.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Be careful. Coilover shocks have to have balanced (not equal, but balanced) up and down travel. Instructions usually remind you to check that - not just ride height.

Well I don't have any instructions and there is only one valve on each coilover (top). Care to elaborate a bit? While kneeling at the back of the car I pushed on the rear spreader bar and the car bounced almost 2 times. I know it isn't rally suppose to "Bounce" at all but rather just come back up to ride height. Now if I push down on it it does just that; comes back up to ride height. If I'm incorrect please chime in I appreciate all the input I can get. I'm off to bed. Gotta get up early and take the driver side wheel assembly off and tighten the steering arm. It has a very slight jiggle to it. I'll be sure to clean the threads and use loctite.