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Old 23-06-2014, 01:54 PM   #88
Mad Mat
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Location: Salisbury - Inner City
Car: 1997 BA Hardtop - Had a 2003 BJii J48 Sport20, and 2x bg SOHC astina hatches
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Ok so kids over the weekend I went and decided to reset the rear coilovers in the BF. Now after pulling the wheels off I found that when I had put them in originally I thought I had the height all wrong. But what I had done is just sit the HUB Bracket up as far as it could go. So what I set aside and did was pretention the springs in the rear just so I could get the ass end to sit a little lower... And when I mean a little I mean 25mm. So after working on them I pretention the springs as much as I could then raised the HUB bracket which in turn lowers the car (anyone who has worked on coilovers knows what I’m talking about) put the wheels on and dropped her on the ground... im not really happy with how she sits atm... And man the ride quality is so **** now, due to the pretention springs.

SO I was laying in bed last night and thought that if I trim down the HUB bracket it would give me about 25mm worth of more lift which in turn would lower the car.. So imp thinking about trimming the HUB bracket to do this and then taking all the tension out of the rear springs as I’m not as young as I once was and the ride is harder than a pensioners penis after popping 5 Viagra.
I also set p the rear toe in the car too with the help of a little jig i have 
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