Agx Coilovers

[Macspsi]

Alright guys this may have been discussed before somewhere in the archives but I did some search but not a specific answer to my question. So here's the story.. I bout my 97 Gst with agx coilovers in the front and also has the agx kyb shocks also. In the rear of my car it came with agx lowering springs that are 8 way adjustable.
I'm a little new to suspension that's why I need this thread to help educate me. But here's my question my car is to low for me I have 17's enkei rs evolution's (in avatar also posting pics of car) they scrape when going around corners or bumps, the suspension is just to rough for me I cannot take it anymore if I see a pothole i cringe and dodge it if I can. What can I do help with this low/rough ride problem?

Is it cause of the mismatched suspension being that I have lowering springs in the rear and coilovers in the front?

Will I be able to retain my current coilover set up and add different springs to resolve this issue?

Around what drop do you recommend .5, 1.5? I'm thinking of a 1.5 I know for sure right now it is lower than that and I don't want to go to much closer to stock.

I saw and read a review on here about tokico illuminas will those mate up with my lower springs in the rear?

Thanks for the help, and sorry if this has been answered already!

 

[PotatoFlakeSTi]

What are your future goals for the car? Just daily driving?

You're saying the car has KYB AGX coilovers, So far as I'm aware KYB AGX's are struts/shocks.

Your springs should be adjustable by way of using a C spanner on the preload ring.

The adjustable parts of coilovers generally refers to bump, damping, and rebound settings.
(Edit: Which usually involves turning a knob between hard and soft settings)

 

[Macspsi]

Yeah just a daily, some track time maybe and spirited driving. Yes I can adjust the springs in the back with the knob and on the coilovers i can adjust ride height with the tool and the stiffness on the strut at the top which I have done. But it just seems like nothing I do makes it any easier of a ride to me.

 

[destruckeclipse]

So you have coilovers in the front and adjustable shocks in the rear? It is strange to only get half a coilover setup..

If it is a true coilover setup then you can raise the height in front by adjusting the lock nuts under the spring on the shock itself. You should also be able to adjust the stiffness and set it to the lowest which might make the ride more bearable for you.

For the rear you won't be able to raise it if it's just a strut / spring combo, but you can adjust it to the softest setting as well to help the ride comfort.

If your looking to just replace it tokico's with eibach springs are very comfy, you can adjust them to soft or stiff and the ride height is perfect for a daily car not too low that it kills you everytime you hit a pothole / driveway / dip/ what ever.

Here's a pic of that setup on my first GSX, also one shows the difference from a stock eclispe (red one) too.

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Daily'd that car for 2 years straight including the steep ass broken streets to my house, rode beautifully and not too low to scrape everything.

 

[PotatoFlakeSTi]

1. Yes I can adjust the springs in the back with the knob

2. on the coilovers i can adjust ride height with the tool

3. the stiffness on the strut at the top which I have done.

4. But it just seems like nothing I do makes it any easier of a ride to me.

1. No sir, you cannot.

2. Try raising the car up an inch.

3/4. Raise the car an inch, and set both bump and rebound to full soft.

It's plausible that the shocks are worn/blow.

 

[Macspsi]

Alright but does anyone know the ranges that those coilovers adjust to height wise?
Also at the top of the front strut the threads stop and on the sides is flat where the threads used to be is made for it to be adjusted or anything since it also has a nut on it will try to find a picture of such.

1. No sir, you cannot.

2. Try raising the car up an inch.

3/4. Raise the car an inch, and set both bump and rebound to full soft.

It's plausible that the struts are worn/blow.

Well it had an adjustable knob on the strut (Sorry I said shock) in the back for the stiffness of the ride hold on I'll find a pic.

 

[PotatoFlakeSTi]

Alright but does anyone know the ranges that those coilovers adjust to height wise?



Well it had an adjustable knob on the strut (Sorry I said shock) in the back for the stiffness of the ride hold on I'll find a pic.

The picture you posted is of a rear shock.

 

[Macspsi]

The picture you posted is of a rear shock.

yes because I have agx shocks in the rear and i had said on my question part that i know i could do that didn't need to be answered because i know i can adjust them i have tried to and it didn't help my ride.

 

[polarmoment]

The rough ride is pretty much standard for AGX's. Their high speed damping is way too stiff, even on full soft.

 

[PieEyedPiper]

Macspsi! you're making it hard on yourself. Before you do anything you need to identify your equipment.

From the sounds of it, you have AGX shocks, front and rear, but the rear just has lowering springs installed while the front has something like ground control sleeves that allow height adjustment. But that's just what it sounds like.

Could you please take full pictures of both the front and rear suspension?
What is the offset of those wheels? It's possible that the wheels are the root of the problem, having an incorrect offset, but if they are suitable that means your vehicle's ride height is almost certainly the source of the rubbing and scraping and not unlike the other posters in this thread; the solution is to raise the vehicle.

Also, just a heads up, on a 2g, the term "strut" doesn't technically apply. For ease of communication "shock" will be the most universal term for this application.

The rough ride is pretty much standard for AGX's. Their high speed damping is way too stiff, even on full soft.

tru dat!

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

The ride is rough on the AGX. I see you have a GS-T which has little weight in the back. I felt they were stiff no matter what setting they were on in the rear.