R32 suspension woes, please help

[skyla]

Hi all,

I'm just in the process of replaceing my worn out factory shocks with a set of bilsteins. I have reassembled the unit and the springs (king super low) are very loose and can be moved around. There is no tention on them what so ever.

I Have has it sugested that I get the shocks shortened, Please excuse my ignorance but I'm not sure what is ment by that. So if someone could explain what they mean by shortening shocks?, I'd be very greatful.

Also how do they shorten them?

thanks

Rachael

[CerealKiller]

are you sure that the springs are a correct fit? Sounds like that's the problem no the shocks. Shocks cost more than springs (especially if you've got Bilsteins) so take a look a the springs before you do anything with the shocks.

[SupaFly Skyline]

if the springs are loose when the whole assembly is just sitting there on the shed floor, its ok, when it is reinstalled, the weight of the car will take up the "slack" and hold the spring in there, just make sure ou stop when lowering the car off the jack that they are sitting properly captivated by the shock, if the springs are not in properly when the car is back on the ground, the car wont be sitting properly, not sure what/if any damage can happen, but its best to make sure theyre properly installed

[Sydneykid]

Hi all,

I'm just in the process of replaceing my worn out factory shocks with a set of bilsteins. I have reassembled the unit and the springs (king super low) are very loose and can be moved around. There is no tention on them what so ever.  

I Have has it sugested that I get the shocks shortened, Please excuse my ignorance but I'm not sure what is ment by that. So if someone could explain what they mean by shortening shocks?, I'd be very greatful.

Also how do they shorten them?

thanks

Rachael

Ring your local Kings agent and ask them. It is illegal in most places to have loose springs, they must be captive at all times. Is it both front and rear?

[skyla]

thanks for the replys, much appreciated.

I went back to the place where I had brought the shocks from and had them checked out, the shocks and the springs are the correct ones. The shocks have to be sent away and get pulled apart to put some sort of spacer in them to sorten them some how.

Once I get them back from the shop, I'll post up the results if anyones interested.

[unwritten law]

alrighty, keep up us posted. I have kings 'lows' on my 32 and was wanting to put some bilsteins in soon, so i wanna know if they will be able to fit in nicely without much modification...

[skyla]

I got the shocks back today and I'm not very impressed with what was done. The springs are now captive, which is good. But I never had to use spring compressors to assemble the shocks to get them back on the car. And there is basically no tention on them.

On test driving the car it felt a bit slopply in the rear, which is very disapointing considering I want use the car on the track.

I think the only way to solve this problem is to get rid of the super low kings and change to low kings.