rowan

nearly...
just had my SAW racerunner coilovers put on. they definatly stiffened up the ride a bit, but that doesn't bother me. i havn't bothered adjusting them yet because the back of my truck hasn't been lifted yet. i might crank them up about an inch tomrrow just for fun... i think i will be really satisfied with them. they look really cool too


just one question.. anyone have these and have any tips about adjusting them? seems fairly straightforward to me. i dont think i even need to jack it up, do i?

keisur

A big phat "YES!!!"

Before adjusting, jack up the front end so the wheels are off the ground (vehicle weight of the coils). If you don't, you will do what I did and didn't realize it until it was too too late. it will tear the poly washers at the top of the springs when the spring tries to rotate. I will be pulling mine off and compressing the springs and replacing them sometime soon but for now they seem to be ok. it is also a lot easier to turn the adjuster with the weight off the coils. don't get carried away and accidentally stick the spanner nipple into the threaded set screw hole on the adjuster. I used a 6 inch metal machinists ruler with graduations to 1/64" to try to keep the "threads showing" length about the same so I wouldn't have to keep jacking, adjusting, dropping measuring, and repeating. there is no correlation between thread length showing and amount of lift, at least, there was no pattern on mine, it really depends on the front end vehicle weight. if I can think of anything else I ran into during the install I'll post again. one more thing, wear gloves or wrap the spanner wrench handle with a rag and eletrical tape it on or something, after so many turns it starts feeling like it is cutting through you hand.

piece out brothuh, oh yea, good choice in coilovers!

Nitro Hotpants

alright , Rowan, you know the drill here, we need to see some pics! you cant just post about something as cool as a new lift and not show any pics.

-Casey

ALee27

yea jsut like keisur said you have to jack the car up. i did the same thing when putting my coilovers on but it was getting so stiff we jsut took them out, compressed the spring and jacked it up that way. much easier to jack up but about the same amount of trouble to take it out and put it back in. hope this helps. lets see some pics!

rowan

keisur- thanks good thing i didnt try and just crank them....

i'll get some pics up next week

the back isn't lifted yet though so....

keisur

I'll see if I can get some pics of the torn poly's, kind of neat looking.

tomus1000

How long did it take you guys to install the coil overs?

keisur

took me about an hour per side, I did it by myself and took my time. that's not including adjusting. I waited until I got the rear springs installed to adjust. the rears only took about 30 minutes total.

Another tip, be sure to get an alignment from a reputable place right after you dial in the correct height. I took mine to 4wheelparts for the alignment and they did a really good job, but I've known other people to have problems with that joint.