Guys

When fitting coilovers at home

What tips do u have

Especially when it comes to locating the rear spring cups into their seats as its been said they can be tight ?

Cheers guys

And dont worry i have a awesome brisky alot more capable than me helping ( or doing - driven by a GBK goodness bribe + he is awesome )

Do the fronts first

Then the backs are simple

My record is 3 1/2hours on my drive! Thats going like a madman lol

The fronts are always a nightmare like Jase said tackle them then the rears will be a breeze  :think:

What are you up to now Llyod, there's always something isn't there lol ????????

Cheers guys, marks going to pop them on to sabe my pennies, which help lots

As my kw's will cover a good chunk of fk's rather than just the fitting lol

It was just the rear seating he was concerned with as his wete tight as fook ( and needed a press to locate them )

Then its front arch rolls and down a wee bit more

Do the fronts first

Then the backs are simple

My record is 3 1/2hours on my drive! Thats going like a madman lol

Is that swapping oem suspension to coilovers ?

Or coilovers to coilovers ?

Young Adam said swapping coilies to coilies is alot easier

Hub splitter for the fronts is essential

I think after todays playing thd fk plan is scraped

I may be happy with the height and finally got it even

Is that swapping oem suspension to coilovers ?

Or coilovers to coilovers ?

Young Adam said swapping coilies to coilies is alot easier

Car was getting traded in so it was kw coilovers to standard suspension!

An after pic for you with the kw coilover discarded in the foreground

Check the ride height out.

Yes coils to coils are easier as they dont need as much / if any compressing to get them in and out, standards are a bit more of a pain

Edited 8 January, 201412 yr by BigJase88

Least ur jack didnt try kill u

Mine desided it wanted to drop

I now need a new one, and it damaged the sill grrr

Better the sill than me tho

which jack were you using? never trust the skoda supplied one.

I don't like cheap trolley jacks, they can fail or bend too.

 

check out the arcan ones

Car was getting traded in so it was kw coilovers to standard suspension!

An after pic for you with the kw coilover discarded in the foreground

Jesus that looks higher than my old audi allroad on off-road setting. Did it settle afterwards?

Check the ride height out.

Yes coils to coils are easier as they dont need as much / if any compressing to get them in and out, standards are a bit more of a pain

Oh yeah thats just the initial lower from the jack! Took a pic as i thought it was comical!

Even after it settled to stock height it suprised me as i must have had it slammed as it still looked like a 4x4

Edited 8 January, 201412 yr by BigJase88

which jack were you using? never trust the skoda supplied one.

I don't like cheap trolley jacks, they can fail or bend too.

check out the arcan ones

Actually both.... The skoda one went over on my the other week ( luckily was still jacking )

This was a draper blue thingy just desided it didnt want to do it

Came down quickish but not a thinp so had chance to move

So wentbwith axle stands randomly placed as id sooner mush bits of metel than my body and head

Its put me off playing under it tho tbh so thsnk god i got it level this time

Devil car and phycho jack

Oh and to make it worse on pulling the jack out the wheel fell off it lol

Awesome

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/hydraulic-jacks/trolley-jacks/tj3lp-low-profile-garage-trolley-jack

 

One i have. Lifts the octy like nothing.

 

itll take you a few hours, it took me 40mins to do the fronts and about 25mins for the rears.

 

I haz air toolz!

Thats a cool jack, its stating the height it is now

Kw's stay

Standard jack gave out on me before aswell luckily i had a second little jack under the rear axle at the time as had a wheel off!!!

At that point i decided to get my old jack back off my mate

Its this one http://www.sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.asp?gotonode=ViewProduct&method=mViewProduct&productid=10255&productdescription=&productcode=&category=1&catgroup=354&catmicrogroup=1233&analysiscode=&requiredresults=16

Forgot how awesome it was until i got it back! Heavy as fook but is so easy to use! Still used to have to drive my old corsa onto blocks of wood to get it under though!!

Easy to do

So when you lowering it lloyd lol

just kidding dude,she's looking well

Its all ****ed

My toe in is mad

Dunno how to sort

Thinking rip off camber n rims

Or buy a normal sensible car

Havent got the money to chuck at it

You can adjust the toe and camber with the camber shims

No money left to try sort it

Its a -1 and - 0.5 on there

They just said would munch tyres

do your shims look like this

 

 

or like this

 

because the latter type you spin the two surfaces and line up the numbered markers to the amount of camber/toe you want and then break out the plastic and install