Suspension confusion

[greenmeanie99]

Hey gang,

I have a 99 GS I have had the Skunk2 coil overs on my car for the longest time and I still have yet to figure out why my car still has so much wheel gap. The perches are the whole way down on all four corners. I still use the factory shocks, but I dont believe that would have anything to do with why its still sitting so high. I have 18'' konig imagines and the car still sits fairly close to stock. You can tell its not as bad as before but still its a lot more than my buddies 2g with 1.3'' drop. Skunk2 says its supposed to lower up to 3'' which is definately not the case.

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this one looks better but still not slammed

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I just cant figure it out.

Thanks any help is appreciated

 

[RamenPride]

did you cut off the spring perches (the ones on the shock)?

 

[greenmeanie99]

No I did not can you show me what to do?

 

[greenmeanie99]

bump.

If I purchase Tokico HP's will it still sit like the way it is or will I need to cut the perches off.

 

[RamenPride]

If you look inside the collar there's going to be ridge. You cut the perches completely off (or knock them off if able to do so), and the collar/ridge should sit on what's left of the perch. This isn't for all sleeve-coilovers, but I had Maxspeeds and you had to cut the perches off as well, think it's pretty much the same for Skunks.

PS. Don't bump your threads

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[greenmeanie99]

ok I just got the Tokico HP's today will i have to knock the perches of these struts like in the post above.