fitting coilovers and geometry set up

DunkRA · Post by **DunkRA** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:53 am

[quote="DaOne"]i got this email back i sent, but feels on the expensive side

Hi Ian,
you need to budget for 4 hours labour @

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:42 am

i wasthinking itwasa long time to.

they are quitea respected garage btw

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:05 am

Jack up, wheel off. Two bolts hold the bottom of the strut to the hub, three nuts hold the top of the strut to the turret, unclip the brake flexi. Reverse to fit and that's one front. No castelated nuts or split pins to worry about.

Same on the rear. iirc.

Get the heght somewhere near where it was before.

Two hours ish depending on how many tea and fag breaks.

Drive to an alignment place.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:13 am

[quote="stockcar"]the roll centre adjusters are relatively new to the market (but have been around at least 12months)

as to wether its worth the extra, depends on how low your going and what your using the car for???

think we normally charge around

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:27 pm

the fitting of the coilovers them self i can do easy, im just not really sure about the rear camber bolts i have , and getting the ride hight right.

im just changing the springs at the mo

have gone from 6/5 to 5/4, have just got to wait to recive them from apex.

when i get everything ready, anyone wanna lend a hand

with the centre roll kit, where is the best price to get them from?, still not sure if i really need it? it will prob be lowered about 30mm ish. i had never heard of it before.

suspension is a think that you can spend mega

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:18 pm

TBH mate, if your not going to track the car extra the roll centre kit is probably not worth it in your case. probably b est to save your money to spend elsewhere.

if you do want them, then Fast Eddy is your man, as he is a Whiteline dealer

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:27 pm

it is very slim chance that i will track it this year, but will prob do some 1/4 mile runs.

i think ill just stick with the coilovers and read camber bolts, and a drop of around 30mm

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:23 pm

Like Logan says, if it's for straight lines with the only corners it sees being in Tesco's car park, why fit camber bolts to wear out the inside of the tyres? You don't need anything but standard geo. for drag and shopping.

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:30 pm

Gerry H wrote:Like Logan says, if it's for straight lines with the only corners it sees being in Tesco's car park, why fit camber bolts to wear out the inside of the tyres? You don't need anything but standard geo. for drag and shopping.

looks like i have made a mistake, and not done my home work right

i just thought, with the apex coilovers, they have adjustable top mounts on the front, and rubber on the read, and what i thought i needed from reading on s/net, i needed rear camber bolts, as i was going lower?

standard set up is fine for me, long lasting tires

normall driving etc

Tk · Post by Tk » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:47 pm

i never used camber bolts on my impreza on the rear and as i said when i saw you, you dont need massive camber on the rear , better with a little more on the front than the rear to help reduce the understeer (imo of course)