Megan coilovers lowering

[motox-010]

I have Megan coilovers for my 1G AWD.
And I lowered the front about 10 turns on each side.
And then when I tried on the back with that same method, I only dropped about half the height I did on the front with 10 turns of the spring/strut. Any ideas what the deal is? Or do the rear coilovers not drop at the same rate as the fronts?

TIA,
Sawyer

 

[tsidrift1]

I kinda have the same problem, I think. I cant ever get the rear very low. I have seen some 1gs on megan coilovers that are a lot lower than mine in the rear. I quit messing with it tryin to get it lowered.

 

[pboglio]

I have Megan coilovers for my 1G AWD.
And I lowered the front about 10 turns on each side.
And then when I tried on the back with that same method, I only dropped about half the height I did on the front with 10 turns of the spring/strut. Any ideas what the deal is? Or do the rear coilovers not drop at the same rate as the fronts?

TIA,
Sawyer

Hehehe....you found out the same way I did. Because the springs are different rated, and different front to rear weight bias, obviously the amount of drop will vary front to back. This happened when I tried to exactly match the stock ride height by measuring the overall uncompressed spring length of the stock coil/strut, and I actually ended up higher then stock. My solution was to install the coilovers once, measure the ride height, then remove and turn the spring perch nuts as many as needed to get the drop required. I'm sure there is a better way but that was my bull headed method.

 

[motox-010]

So would the best plan of action be to lower the rear more? And equal the front out to it? I won't be driving my car very much low. I just wanna see it lowered.
Haha

 

[pboglio]

Take a caliper, ruler or whatever. Go measure the front wheel gap, write it down. Go measure the rear wheel gap, write that done. Figure the difference. Now take that entire rear strut body off, and measure as accurately as possible placing the strut on the floor end up, how exactly tall it measures from the floor to the top of the spring perch, which is a nice flat surface to measure from. Take that measurement, and write it down. Now to adjust the ride height you need to physically rotate the lower strut body clockwise by first loosing the 2 lower jams nuts. Keep screwing it in and measuring (with a tape measure) until you have a number that is:

New rear strut length = Old rear strut length - (Rear wheel gap - Front wheel Gap).

So, say the rear strut length measures 16" total, and the front wheel gap is like 1.75", but the rear wheel gap is like 2.5". Then you have New rear strut length = 16" - (2.5" - 1.75") = 15.25" using a tape measure. Simple and you will hit the new wheel gap dead on. Same way I did it.

 

[tsidrift1]

I tried to raise my preload, then screw the whole assembly down into the bottom part of the strut to lower, but it wouldnt budge anymore.

Right now, I have barely any preload, then the assembly screwed down into the bottom half almost all the way. My rear is still about an inch difference in wheel gap than the front.