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A1337STI · 2011-05-23, 12:25 PM

Its a brand new set of Coilovers. They have a lot more travel than my last set. 190mm front 200mm rear total travel. (about 8" )

When i got the coil overs I adjusted the spring perches so that the springs did not have any play, then we installed the front. everything went Fine.

We tried to install the rear, but the coilovers were too long.

So we lowered the spring perch, which then made a Gap between the top of the spring and top spring perch. But now i could bolt the top of the coilover into the car, push up on the coil over enough so the spring was touching the spring perch and now i could Bolt coilover to the Hub. put everything back together and set the car down. now the Rear of the car is ~2 inches too high (with the front about a 1/2 inch too low)

so we lowered the spring perches to about 3 threads from their absolute lowest position, now the ride height is correct , but of course that increased the Gap between the spring and spring perch at full droop. (i know have like ... 4 inches of droop, maybe 5)

If i used a 12" rear spring things would be good, BUT i would be in danger of coil binding.

I also got sent the wrong front springs. I got 12s when he should have sent 14s. Everything seems ok in the front. but i was told again i'm in coil bind danger. since the fronts have almost 8" of full travel.

Guess you can't compress a 12" spring to 4" ? but you can compress a 14" down to 6"

BTW the Valving + spring rates on these feel amazing off on the dirt. Everything is heavy duty. His suspension has a Great track record (er stage record) many of the Top privateers in the US use his stuff. like like Wimpy team, who manages to beat a lot of Open WRXs with a group 2 golf!

Boot anyways that's where I'm at ...

Suspension is free for me, so i can do what ever i want to / need to. but i already lowered the spring perch all the way

maybe i should get a 12" rear spring + a helper then i could raise the collar 2 inches (which should move the travel to more compression than rebound)

I think my front is like 2.5" droop, 4.9" compression from standing
and Rear is 2.5" droop at which point the spring stops touching perch and will droop an other 2"
leaving 3.4" of compression

Grr...

I think his math was off somewhere...

http://www.rallyrace.net/jvab/spgm/i...mGal=Sub-a-rat

Mine look slightly different. namely my rears are longer (i think he used measurements from a FWD impreza)

2011-05-23, 12:25 PM	#3
A1337STI EJ205 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,840 Car: Impreza and an Impreza Class: AS / CRS PerfStock "pedal on the right"	Its a brand new set of Coilovers. They have a lot more travel than my last set. 190mm front 200mm rear total travel. (about 8" ) When i got the coil overs I adjusted the spring perches so that the springs did not have any play, then we installed the front. everything went Fine. We tried to install the rear, but the coilovers were too long. So we lowered the spring perch, which then made a Gap between the top of the spring and top spring perch. But now i could bolt the top of the coilover into the car, push up on the coil over enough so the spring was touching the spring perch and now i could Bolt coilover to the Hub. put everything back together and set the car down. now the Rear of the car is ~2 inches too high (with the front about a 1/2 inch too low) so we lowered the spring perches to about 3 threads from their absolute lowest position, now the ride height is correct , but of course that increased the Gap between the spring and spring perch at full droop. (i know have like ... 4 inches of droop, maybe 5) If i used a 12" rear spring things would be good, BUT i would be in danger of coil binding. I also got sent the wrong front springs. I got 12s when he should have sent 14s. Everything seems ok in the front. but i was told again i'm in coil bind danger. since the fronts have almost 8" of full travel. Guess you can't compress a 12" spring to 4" ? but you can compress a 14" down to 6" BTW the Valving + spring rates on these feel amazing off on the dirt. Everything is heavy duty. His suspension has a Great track record (er stage record) many of the Top privateers in the US use his stuff. like like Wimpy team, who manages to beat a lot of Open WRXs with a group 2 golf! Boot anyways that's where I'm at ... Suspension is free for me, so i can do what ever i want to / need to. but i already lowered the spring perch all the way maybe i should get a 12" rear spring + a helper then i could raise the collar 2 inches (which should move the travel to more compression than rebound) I think my front is like 2.5" droop, 4.9" compression from standing and Rear is 2.5" droop at which point the spring stops touching perch and will droop an other 2" leaving 3.4" of compression Grr... I think his math was off somewhere... http://www.rallyrace.net/jvab/spgm/i...mGal=Sub-a-rat Mine look slightly different. namely my rears are longer (i think he used measurements from a FWD impreza) __________________ Fighting uphill battles, one bullet at a time! Last edited by A1337STI; 2011-05-23 at 12:28 PM.