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Hi all,

Decided to raise my rears today as camber was sitting at around -2.4

I wound the two rings DOWN, to raise the height from A to B. Somehow after putting everything back together...the height hasn't seemed to have gone up at all if anything it actually looked lower....

I am pretty sure winding the rings down is to raise and winding them up is to lower...am I correct?

There is still some adjustment left for my rear camber so will be going in for another wheel allignment next week.

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n15m0 Grand Master

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winding down = lower

winding up = raising

Are u 100% sure????? Without a doubt???? Coz the way I look at it, winding it down decompresses the springs...ie raising the height...

So the way I have it at the moment is its at its LOWEST height???

Winding it up compresses the springs...ie lowering it...

"The use of 2 x C spanners to wind the rings up or down"

n15m0 Grand Master

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This is the info that I got from doing a google taken from

http://www.ksportusa.com/faq.html

How do I adjust height on my coilovers?

Most of our coilover systems include an adjustable lower mount that can spin up or down on the shock casing. Spin the lower mount up to lower and down to raise. Than it must be secured by locks on either side of the lower mount.

Second opinion anyone??? Before I take my wheels off again :miner:

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