need to raise back suspension

[dyablo]

I lowered my 96 gst with sportlines and agx about a year ago. Ever since the front has about a 1inch gap between the tire and fender. The rear has about no gap at all. The tire is right next to the fender. Some people said to let the springs set but after about a year I dont think they are going to get better. So Im looking for a way or fix to possibly lift the rear suspension about an inch. I want to have have all tires at the same height rather then some lower then others.

 

[vr4play]

I had the same problem, so I put the stock springs back on the rear.

 

[Nanan]

Sportlines sit really low, every vendor I know who sells them states this several times so you know what you were getting when you got them.

My car with the ProKit has about 2 fingers width gap all around, maybe its time to find some real springs and ditch the slow/show ones.

 

[talonTSIDriver]

Or get a nice set of coilovers and be more than happy. They are worth the price you will pay for them and you can adjust you ride height.

 

[dyablo]

I dont have a problem with the car being so low, I just rather have either height at the same level. And about the coil overs I dont want to spend 1k for some tein so is there another option?

 

[SAKONE]

I lowered my 96 gst with sportlines and agx about a year ago. Ever since the front has about a 1inch gap between the tire and fender. The rear has about no gap at all. The tire is right next to the fender. Some people said to let the springs set but after about a year I dont think they are going to get better. So Im looking for a way or fix to possibly lift the rear suspension about an inch. I want to have have all tires at the same height rather then some lower then others.

You meant you want the body height be the same not tires, right? I'm getting that you don't want to spend a lot but want to have the car still lowered so you don't want stock height, right?

Just to make sure, you put the springs in correctly? Well then get some other springs. Tein springs are cheap enough and warrantied as long as you get them by an authorized vendor.

 

[jtmcinder]

I'll bet if you looked around in the plumbing section of Home Depot ot Lowes, you could find a nice, large ring that's the right thickness to bring the tail up. You'd put this between the upper plate and the rubber isolator. I'm thinking of the rings that go between a toilet and the floor. Not the wax kind, of course, but something that size.

About half of my mods begin this way ... with a trip to my local bulding-supply store. It's the essence of DSM ownership, no?

- Jtoby

 

[dyablo]

I'll bet if you looked around in the plumbing section of Home Depot ot Lowes, you could find a nice, large ring that's the right thickness to bring the tail up. You'd put this between the upper plate and the rubber isolator. I'm thinking of the rings that go between a toilet and the floor. Not the wax kind, of course, but something that size.

About half of my mods begin this way ... with a trip to my local bulding-supply store. It's the essence of DSM ownership, no?

- Jtoby

will do that at homedepot.

 

[wret]

About half of my mods begin this way ... with a trip to my local bulding-supply store. It's the essence of DSM ownership, no?

Haha, those are my expensive mods. The cheap ones come from scrap heaps at home and work. It seems the only time someone offers help at Home Depot is when I'm staring blankly at some plumbing peice trying to imagine it as part of my car.

dyablo, if you don't see anything at the hardware store, try surfing McMaster-Carr.com.

 

[jtmcinder]

Wait til I post pictures of my $20 Wal-Mart extraction vent. For people in SM and on a budget, it rocks.

- Jtoby

 

[rubixphx]

I have tokico blues with Goldline springs, and you've seen my klipz Dyablo, it sits level all the way around... so I'd try the 2'' drop goldline springs. they sit right at the tire, Haven't had a problem till this day...

 

[SAKONE]

I'll bet if you looked around in the plumbing section of Home Depot ot Lowes, you could find a nice, large ring that's the right thickness to bring the tail up. You'd put this between the upper plate and the rubber isolator. I'm thinking of the rings that go between a toilet and the floor. Not the wax kind, of course, but something that size.

About half of my mods begin this way ... with a trip to my local bulding-supply store. It's the essence of DSM ownership, no?

- Jtoby

FTW. Like finding angle iron as support braces and the mesh for the sidemount IC exit vent.

 

[dyablo]

thanks for all the replies guys, what I think I need is something that goes in between the spring and the rubber donut(sp) thing like that is all keept together by the rest of the assembly that bolts to the car. I dont really want to go buy new springs when Im trying to save up for a much needed wideband 02 sensor. Does someone have like the size of that rubber thing that seats between the spring? I want to go look tomarrow but dont really know what the diameter of the ring is.

 

[95blackGsTurbo]

There is a company that carries what you are looking for but I forgot the name...just had it. They had rubber pearches for the spring to sit on and raise it up to 2". I'll ask around but I'm sure it was in Cali. Anyways what you guys been up too? Ruben? Where the hell you been, long time no talk!

 

[jtmcinder]

...what I think I need is something that goes in between the spring and the rubber donut(sp) thing...

Nope. Put the new spacer between the rubber isolator and the upper plate. The isolator has non-even depth on the lower side to match the spring. The isolator is flat on the upper side and the plate is flat on the lower side, so that's where the spacer should be.

- Jtoby

 

[RamenPride]

I think I'm going to try these things, Mr. Gasket Super Coil Spring Spacers

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[dyablo]

I think I'm going to try these things, Mr. Gasket Super Coil Spring Spacers

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Now that looks promissing. Where can I get a set of those?

 

[RamenPride]

Now that looks promissing. Where can I get a set of those?

Summit Racing, Jegs, JCWhitney, etc.

 

[RamenPride]

Just thought I'd post an update on the coil spring spacers. Anyway, when I first installed the GF210's, the gap between the tire and the fender was about 1 3/4 to just under 2 fingers. A month later the front end was basically slammed with less than a finger gap between the fender and tire; not good. I put the spacers on and now I have about a 2 finger gap again and I'm not scraping on everything. I was limited as to how far I could raise the front end because of the space between the coils at the top of the spring.

 

[PieEyedPiper]

So would you say those GF210's sagged?

 

[Rx3]

Wait til I post pictures of my $20 Wal-Mart extraction vent. it rocks.

- Jtoby

Still waiting

 

[jtmcinder]

Check my profile. The pics have been there for a month or so.

- Jtoby

 

[PieEyedPiper]

Check my profile. The pics have been there for a month or so.

- Jtoby

Have you tested it to be effective?
I mean, obviously it was done quite well and the theory is sound, just curious if you had any data to compare.

 

[jtmcinder]

I wasn't having any cooling problems, so there was no change there (but I have a SMIC, so this isn't anything to write posts on the internet about). I know the air comes out at all speeds up to 60 mph, by various string-tests before and after installing the vent. Most of all (and this was my main goal): I no longer have to get out of the car to open the hood between autocross runs. Between the water injection, phenolic spacer, and the vent, the intake manifold remains cool to the touch.

- Jtoby

 

[RamenPride]

I think I'm going to try these things, Mr. Gasket Super Coil Spring Spacers

Well, everything was looking good for awhile. I guess now that the rubber's been compressed it's back to about a 1 finger gap.... I'm going to try and re-position the spacers. If that doesn't work out I'm going to cut 1/2 a coil off of stock springs that I got off of ebay for $7