I appreciate the $2 tip and comments about the video content and production. I’ve been trying to make these “how to” videos as clear and short as possible.

Your not alone 🤣

Broo nooo lol

Exactly what I thought as well 🤣

You only need to do that if you are lowering or higher the rear that’s if the shock and spring are separate from each other. Some people just adjust the spring but u also need to adjust the shock also.

@@79johnnykage That's not even a coilover you described at all! Lol

Thanks, I try to get right to the point.

You made it even more confusing.

mine only has one collar. all these yt vids have 2 or 3😭

​@@reesevandevyverefilm8080Maybe you don't have coilovers. Search shock absorber, dampers in America is it? Rite On.

@@Peterbrendanalbert they are the bilstein 14’s they definitely coils

@@reesevandevyverefilm8080 That's strange then. Oh! Front n rear are different perhaps.. No idea.

Nothing worse than having to sit through a 10 minute vlog just to get the few seconds of information you actually wanted

It’s really not that difficult. If you’ve done any other kind of maintenance in your car adjust the coilovers should be fairly straightforward.

@@TunerTestDrive I know I’ve watched the video so many times I have memorized it, I’m just being a bi*ch and over thinking it. If I mess something up with my suspension I’m fu**ed

@@cliftonsargent1572 how so? What’s the worst that could happen?

@@Thatguy-fq3pr I could drive it and then something breaks….. now the fender is sitting on the tire and I can’t drive it back home. Gotta pay for a tow then pay for a mechanic to fix it, I have to pay for a set of new coil overs but then I also caused body damage and messed up my rotor so now I have to pay for a new rotor. Then they don’t sell 1 coil over so I have to buy a set of 4 again so now I’m out 800 bucks for another set of 4 and I can’t drive my forester for 2-3 weeks till it’s all fixed……. Cause I tried to lower my car

@@cliftonsargent1572 Man U be tweaking

Yeah. He says that in the video. Explicitly. Thanks for repeating it, I guess?

Are you only hitting in the rear? My rear fenders are not cut/rolled so they still tend to rub on hard acceleration.

@@TunerTestDrive Yea just rubbing in rear. I just remembered they have adjustable dampening via the top of the mount so I'll just have to adjust that to stiffen up the rear

wtf is a ride rollover

If the outer diameter of the wheel (tire and rim) is the same, you shouldn't need to adjust the height.

Not sure who Liked my comment but if it helps anyone, I contacted BC Racing and they told me there's holes in the base and as long as you can see the threads through those holes, you're good. Hope this helps someone but I needed to know because my exhaust before installing BC racing coilovers was at 4" exactly from the ground. Since BC says you'll lose 1/2" to 1" of clearance, I was worried about my exhaust clearing speed bumps etc. And FYI, since I've installed the BC coilovers, I actually gained about 2-3" 🤣 Just shows how bad my struts were! Now I'm sitting about 4-5" high in the wheel well, not shitting you, and I love it! Rear bumper sits like 6 or 7 inches from the ground and I've got that mean hot rod look 🤣 I'll be lowering it soon cause I feel like I'm sitting in a truck in my G35 🤣

Factory spring preload is usually 4-5mm I'd aim for the same on the coilover height too (4-5mm from the end of the thread).

Yes you can raise it up.

Please tell me you have figured it out I jacked up one side Becuase I didn’t realize I wasn’t adjusting the heigjt

Look on Carid or even Amazon and input your vehicle when prompted. it'll be able to tell you which will fit your vehicle. Carid is better trusted, but more expensive. Amazon you can end up with cheap chinese coilovers

Spin bottom to the right for height, spin the top to the left to lower

Increasing the preload will affect the ride and performance. If your already set at the appropriate spring load for your vehicle, I would not advise adjusting it. Your best option is to find a coilover set designed to go lower, or contact the manufacturer to ask if they have other spring options that could achieve what you are wanting.

If your spring is not progressive (i.e. the loops of the coils are all equally spaced and are all the same size), you're not actually increasing the spring rate. What you're planning to do would just screw up the preload and performance of your suspension if overdone and make you bottom out badly if you hit a big pothole (your spring is too compressed and not playing its part). You MAYBE could get away with another 1 more turn or so, but personally, I wouldn't risk it. If the spring looks like the loops are smaller and more tightly coiled towards one end, that means you have progressive spring and you could get away with doing what u plan to do. Meaning, you could squeeze the preload tighter to get a bit lower to the ground. Doing this on a progressive spring increases the spring rate and that just means that you're gonna feel a stiffer ride, but won't be 8n as much of a risk to bottom out and the ride won't be as crashy. I'm no expert, the above is just from my own understanding and research on the topic. As the person above me mentioned, if your springs are not progressive, your be much better of getting a stiffer shorter spring than the one that you currently have. All the best in your car modding journey. I'm also learning daily and applying all kinds of stuff on my own build.

So what ur saying issss if the coil or spring is sitting at the bottom then that’s why I’m experiencing a stiff asf ride? Would raising it 1 inch or 2 make the ride smoother? Asking because all my four coils r sitting at the bottom (maxed out) and the ride experience is terrible 😭

@@ocdannyy if you increased spring load to go lower, then maybe. Or if you have the dampening adjust too stiff, or it could just be the coilovers themselves. A lot of lower end coils have terrible ride quality.

Yes

If you installed them I'm sure you've noticed they've settled lowered than your original setting.

You see that in some tutorials because people are stupid. This video has it right.

I mean uneven fender gap from right and left, not rear

Likely you will need to adjust each side to a different height. Each vehicle is different and likely doesn’t have a perfect weight distribution (side to side) so one side will typical need adjusted higher/lower than the other to achieve the same visual ride height on each side. Starting with the same adjustment on each side is a good place to start, but you’ll likely still need to adjust from there.

Same here. I installed coilovers on my car and even though all measurements are the same fender gap varies by about 1/4 inch. Just adjust everything to get the desired gaps equal

@@TunerTestDrive yeah I've taken off each wheel atleast 15 times to get the perfect fitment on every side and keep having to go back after adjusting other wheels ugggggg

@@jg726 A professional adjustment would have the driver side a tad bit higher, with a slightly different dampening force to compensate for the weight that will always be in the driver seat. Coilovers are simple, yet scientific when trying to get the perfect adjustment especially when tracking a car.

Always a good idea when adjusting your suspension

the two rings you have are very likely spring height adjustment so the actual way that should be done, you can check out a brand like KW suspension or MCA suspension for more suspensions of similar type for install instructions. If you loosen the spring you are lowering the car, if you tightening spring and compress the spring, it will raise the height. Think of it like this, if you loosen the spring and the top and bottom seat locks arent touching the spring, when you put the car back on the ground it will compress the damper until the spring is touching the top and bottom seats again, compressing and holding the spring. The issue with this is potential odd spring movement so some cars run helper springs to keep the springs in place, or you can get some.

Chisel, Screwdriver, and a mallet will unlock and lock them. Oh just buy another one lol

If you turned the top ring to the right to raise ride height, you did it correctly. Can you really not watch the video and understand? It's 2 minutes long lmao

Yes, that’s recommended after making any kind of adjustments to your suspension

I have the same question bc most people on another video say not to spin the first ring to lower…

The lower ring is there as a stoper to keep the lower bracket portion in the same spot. If you spun the bottom one instead, id assume 3 things could possibly happen. First, nothing would happen because the lower bracket wouldn't be able to spin because its still stuck on the control arm, and the collar ring would keep the thread from moving down. Second, if it does spin it would result in the threaded portion going up inside the spring instead of down into the body of the bracket where it's supposed to go. Id assume this would result in less clearance for the spring, though i could be wrong on this since im not 100% sure. Lastly, and most likely , spinning it from the bottom ring could mess with the preload of the spring, because you're causing the change in height to occur at the top ring, which is where spring preload is measured at

Im on the same boat with u bro, i raised my coil overs by twisting the top ring to the right 😬

I did the same thing. Now I'm worried if I messed up my preload.

Are you referring to pre adjusting the ride height? You can do that but you really won’t know how low or high it sits until the coilovers are on and the car is on the ground.

@@keithsandoval3754 lol... nope not even close..maybe 1/16” per full revolution.

@@keithsandoval3754 you probably found out by now.. But my instructions say about 1.2 to 1.5 turns equals 1mm in height.

@@bradlyj8z28 That's similar to what TEIN says about their Coilovers

If your coilovers look like these then it will work

Yes

you basically increased the pre load

You definitely changed the preload!

It’s fine, you haven’t damaged the coilover or changed the preload (assuming) the top ring didn’t move up. When both top and locking ring are together they move as one unit because they are usually seized together over time. The reason they tell you to adjust height with the locking ring and not the top ring or vice versa, is so that both rings do not loosen

The fantasy land in which you live is hilarious to the rest of us xD

​@Hendoneesia the one that I spent thousands of dollars to optimize my bump/droop travel for track works. If you don't know what that means, don't @ me next time.

@@Hendoneesia ask yourself a question why coilovers like MCS, JRZ, AST, and KW only use spring perch to adjust ride height? You'd be amazed how misleading is this video.

@@VinRZ aww, you waste your time on someone beneath you? lmfaooooooooo

Why not on a Lexus 👀

@@angelomaanao6922 had no place to mount sensor's on front. also brake line mounts were missing

@@angelomaanao6922 also this set you need to remove the wheels to adjust the dampers. no top adjustment

@@angelomaanao6922 the ride is horrible. thinking about putting the OEM parts back on

@@erecod1 Sub $2k coilovers are very unlikely to be comfortable and Lexus likely put much more work into the OEM suspension than whatever coilovers you put on.