Installing coilovers in a few hours. Anything I should know?

[Kendallkab]

My car is still popping.. I literally typed pooping on accident 3 times... what are you guys talking about that you need an Allen wrench for. One came with my coilovers buy I never found a use for them

[zc06_kisstherain]

Originally Posted by Kendallkab

My car is still popping.. I literally typed pooping on accident 3 times... what are you guys talking about that you need an Allen wrench for. One came with my coilovers buy I never found a use for them

i found out when temp drops, it does more. try stiff up and there will be less pop. when temp goes up again, mine doesnt make any sound. funny thing is i hear this on only driver side..

sound is like squeak for me though

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Kendallkab

My car is still popping.. I literally typed pooping on accident 3 times... what are you guys talking about that you need an Allen wrench for. One came with my coilovers buy I never found a use for them

Its probably to adjust the dampner stiffness. What coils are they?

The allen wrench we are discussing is to remove stock springs without blowing the stock shocks

[Kendallkab]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Pass through socket and wrench like was said. I will add the vice grips or locking pliers of some kind are very helpful so you dont have worry about keeping pressure on multiple ways

Originally Posted by finch1750

Its probably to adjust the dampner stiffness. What coils are they?

The allen wrench we are discussing is to remove stock springs without blowing the stock shocks

Tein flex z coilovers.. I thought the Allen wrench was to adjust the stiffness of the ride.. my "mechanic" friend thinks I need swaybars bars to stop noise.. could I have messed up with the adjustable preload on the coilovers?

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Kendallkab

Tein flex z coilovers.. I thought the Allen wrench was to adjust the stiffness of the ride.. my "mechanic" friend thinks I need swaybars bars to stop noise.. could I have messed up with the adjustable preload on the coilovers?

It could be preload or sway end links. Easy test for the endlinks is to totally undo one and drive it and see if it still makes noise.

But yes, the allen wrench that came with it is to adjust damper stiffness. There is a small hole inside a larger hole so we are talking about 2 different allen wrenches which is confusing you.

[Kendallkab]

Originally Posted by finch1750

It could be preload or sway end links. Easy test for the endlinks is to totally undo one and drive it and see if it still makes noise.

But yes, the allen wrench that came with it is to adjust damper stiffness. There is a small hole inside a larger hole so we are talking about 2 different allen wrenches which is confusing you.

It looks like me and my friend might have messed something up.. im was opened the hood and was going to adjust the stiffness and my left spring looks different from the right. Theres only 3 holes on the left for adjustment and 4 on the right. Almost like the left spring isn't in place.. and the plate at the top is blocking it.. I can literally see the ground through a little opening it has. I'm going to take it off this weekend and see if its supposed to be like that. I would think it's supposed to look the same on both sides.

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Kendallkab

It looks like me and my friend might have messed something up.. im was opened the hood and was going to adjust the stiffness and my left spring looks different from the right. Theres only 3 holes on the left for adjustment and 4 on the right. Almost like the left spring isn't in place.. and the plate at the top is blocking it.. I can literally see the ground through a little opening it has. I'm going to take it off this weekend and see if its supposed to be like that. I would think it's supposed to look the same on both sides.

Yeah, it should sit flush with the mounting location. Please dont drive on it til you fix it. That really isnt safe...

And honeslt yif you didnt notice something like that please find someone more knowledgeable in this or take it to a shop so you dont end up in an accident

[Kendallkab]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Yeah, it should sit flush with the mounting location. Please dont drive on it til you fix it. That really isnt safe...

And honeslt yif you didnt notice something like that please find someone more knowledgeable in this or take it to a shop so you dont end up in an accident

The person I did it with claimed to know so much and the one that looks off is actually the one he mostly did by himself because it was the first one. I even pointed it out at first but we didn't think anything of it at the time for whatever reason. He works on trucks not cars. I plan on doing everything to my car and not paying so I can learn so that won't be happening any time soon. Hopefully this will fix the popping

[finch1750]

Or post a pic to show it isnt messed up like i think it is

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Kendallkab

The person I did it with claimed to know so much and the one that looks off is actually the one he mostly did by himself because it was the first one. I even pointed it out at first but we didn't think anything of it at the time for whatever reason. He works on trucks not cars. I plan on doing everything to my car and not paying so I can learn so that won't be happening any time soon. Hopefully this will fix the popping

I posted right after but post a pic of the issue. You need to find someone else to teach you

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Kendallkab

The person I did it with claimed to know so much and the one that looks off is actually the one he mostly did by himself because it was the first one. I even pointed it out at first but we didn't think anything of it at the time for whatever reason. He works on trucks not cars. I plan on doing everything to my car and not paying so I can learn so that won't be happening any time soon. Hopefully this will fix the popping

The person that did it doesn't know shit. Car or truck! Very commendable that you want to do it yourself but STOP DRIVING until it is fixed. Get somebody that KNOWS what they are doing to look at it. As Finch said that is a potently dangerous situation and you could kill yourself or somebody else out of your stubbornness. You won't learn anything if things get done wrong and you then ignore what the people here tell you.

[zc06_kisstherain]

sounds like preload is over-maxed?? yeah take some pictures and post it up

[Kendallkab]

Originally Posted by finch1750

I posted right after but post a pic of the issue. You need to find someone else to teach you

You can see the ground on one picture

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Kendallkab

You can see the ground on one picture

Oh. Thats just the camber adjustment. Looks ok from that angle otherwise. Though get an alignment if you havent already cuz that seems a little funky lol

Double check the spring preload and possibly try unhooking an endlink to see if the noise goes away. I would also rear the threads with other people who have the same coils to see if they have the same noise and what the fixes were.