Hi guys

My ap coilovers arrived today, looking at them i have no idea hiw to set them up ready for installarion, how do i select ride height and know what height its at?

It's trial and error got to just clear some time and work round them till it's sitting level

Edited 7 August, 201411 yr by guss84

So what i want to do is put them on and THEN play with the ride height?

Can anyone tell me, on the reara i can se e how you adjust but cant see hiw the adjuster locks oin place so it wont move on its own?

Rears don't need locking as the spring pressure stops it moving,id set everything half way on adjusters that should give you a nice drop then let them settle for a bit and see if you wont to go lower or higher,but remember to adjust rears you'll have to unbolt the lower shock bolt to take the pressure off rear adjuster to allow it to turn,good luck

Rears don't need locking as the spring pressure stops it moving,id set everything half way on adjusters that should give you a nice drop then let them settle for a bit and see if you wont to go lower or higher,but remember to adjust rears you'll have to unbolt the lower shock bolt to take the pressure off rear adjuster to allow it to turn,good luck

 

 

Hi Mate

 

Thanks for the reply, can I ask, mine is a VRS, which is already lowered from factory, if I put the coils to half way all round will this take it a bit lower? I recall reading that AP dont make a coilover specific to the vrs so would have to allow for this

Rite down and go from there

Arnt ap max drop 55mm

Doooooown

I am not sure where the AP max drop comes from, maybe the max range to be within the optimum damping range? Or maybe the range on the rear? The fronts seemed to have a big range though, probably 80mm of thread? Harold may be able to correct this while they're off.

 

I set my rears to about half way - 7-8 threads from the bottom? And my front initially to about 14 threads from the bottom, then quickly dropped the F N/S (passenger) by 3 threads and F O/S (driver) by 2 threads. Recon it's below normal, and the Rear N/S is lower than the rear O/S. I will double check the thread count and try to take a reasonable measurement on a flat bit of the car park at work tomorrow, but I think I'm ~10-15mm lower all round and I've done 100 miles on them. In retrospect I would have gone half way on the front, but I was worried about the speed bumps at work and the cupra r splitter... something else for me to measure tomorrow! I'll be balancing the rears and dropping the front a little more soon. Each full revolution does about 4-5mm, based on a rough measurement without bothering to take the wheel off....

 

Also, I used the powerflex top mounts, which shouldn't offer any drop over standard. Don't forget to grease the **** out of the adjustment threads while they're apart! I used copper grease.

Dpm list the drops of the different kits

Ap 55

Kw 65

Fk lots

Dpm list the drops of the different kits

Ap 55

Kw 65

Fk still don't go low enough

I think that's what you meant to say lol

Any ideas what i can use for the 22mm strut nut on the ap's? Ive got a 21mm spark plug tool i can use but cant seem to find on in 22 that has the square top?

Yeah, but there's more than 25mm of thread on the fronts, ... and possibly the rear, not sure, I only fitted them a week ago and my memory's already fading.... I'll measure it all again tomorrow.

 

I used a 22mm injector socket on the front to torque it up. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181439658296?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2648 or there's an identical one on amazon. Then just put a 6mm allen key through to hold it. or maybe you could use a 6mm allen socket and a deep offset 22mm spanner?

 

Trying to do the 16mm nut on the rears for the mounting was also tricky, just managed it with a crows foot socket and mole grips (top of the strut would probably need a 4mm spanner otherwise, 6mm was certainly too big and it's only 2 sided anyway, not hex), unless you just guess 20Nm and use an offset spanner.... Also, I had to compress both front springs (with the spring compressors upside down), but that might be because I have pollybushed wishbones.