Coilover to Raise Ride Height

[Furtive]

Originally Posted by old greg

As a low-budget, seasonal solution, you could replace the rear dampers with ones from a late model Outback Sport (lifted Impreza) and add 1-1.5" spacers between the front strut tophats and the chassis.

which one will work?

[smbrm]

Originally Posted by Staticfrost

You want more clearance... what do you have to clear? a 4x4 track? as it stand it already looks 4x4 stock. ROFL!

Depends on where you live some places have weird residential curb entries to houses. I cannot back straight out because when the front wheels drop down the sharp ramp, the momentum bounce is enough to bottom the car. I have to back out one front wheel at a time. Then its OK, but another inch in the snow can be useful on streets that don't get plowed, except for the bus routes!

[BigFatFlip]

Very old thread to resurrect, but I figured this is the most appropriate place for it. I'm also looking for a way to slightly increase my ride height since I live in a not so low car friendly neighborhood. I've done quite a bit of research on height adjustable after market coil overs but all of them seem to be lower than stock at the highest setting.

[KKaWing]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Very old thread to resurrect, but I figured this is the most appropriate place for it. I'm also looking for a way to slightly increase my ride height since I live in a not so low car friendly neighborhood. I've done quite a bit of research on height adjustable after market coil overs but all of them seem to be lower than stock at the highest setting.

I'm not too sure but HSD's were able to raise the Gen Coupe above stock height-ish (at least it looked monster truck-ish). You might want to ask the vendors.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by KKaWing

I'm not too sure but HSD's were able to raise the Gen Coupe above stock height-ish (at least it looked monster truck-ish). You might want to ask the vendors.

Thanks for the suggestion, looked them up, but no BRZ/FRS application so far.

[KKaWing]

Apparently HKS can too by about +20mm

Edit: Oh wait nvm... factory height is HKS factory preset height =_=; Srry...

[Suberman]

I think the BRZ has a ground clearance of 5.9 inches which is pretty normal for a passenger car. It only looks low, it's actually pretty normal height.

[troek]

haha i got a kick ouf the the guys telling the dude from alaska about winter driving. good stuff. thanks for resurrecting this

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by KKaWing

Apparently HKS can too by about +20mm

Edit: Oh wait nvm... factory height is HKS factory preset height =_=; Srry...

Yeah, thanks for checking, I remember looking at HKS a while back. I did find these from Subtle solutions:



I've used a set of these on my wrx in the past with little trouble (to get that little bit of extra height to survive those ruts from weekend rallyx's). Haven't heard of anybody using them here or in other forums. Seems like they just took their wrx and outback kits.

Originally Posted by Suberman

I think the BRZ has a ground clearance of 5.9 inches which is pretty normal for a passenger car. It only looks low, it's actually pretty normal height.

Agreed, but in my case, regular passenger cars (like my brother's civic) still scrape. Basically, my driveway dips down to my garage, which is below my house. I slightly high-center/scrape my mid pipe going over the sidewalk on my way down to the garage.

[Turdinator]

You could always get a sleeve kit welded on the stock struts/shocks...

Something like THIS.

[azian_advanced]

i personally wouldn't get coilovers since their damper settings are likely to be much stiffer than stock and the ride quality simply goes out the door! for a place like alaska, i'd guess you would want to avoid wheel hop after hitting a bump while keeping as much weight on the tires to maintain maximum traction.

i would look at alternative (taller) springs from other cars that fit the stock shocks/struts to get the added ride height, while keeping the stock dampers. also, those top strut mount spacers are a good idea.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by Turdinator

You could always get a sleeve kit welded on the stock struts/shocks...

Something like THIS.

Hmmmm...interesting, I've never heard of these, will look into them.

Originally Posted by azian_advanced

i personally wouldn't get coilovers since their damper settings are likely to be much stiffer than stock and the ride quality simply goes out the door! for a place like alaska, i'd guess you would want to avoid wheel hop after hitting a bump while keeping as much weight on the tires to maintain maximum traction.

i would look at alternative (taller) springs from other cars that fit the stock shocks/struts to get the added ride height, while keeping the stock dampers. also, those top strut mount spacers are a good idea.

Yeah, been looking into taller front (wrx) and rear (outback) springs and maybe struts, but like you said, I'm pretty sure that will greatly affect the characteristics of the car. Seems like the spacers are the best/least expensive options so far, just was hoping to do an upgrade to "better" stuff in the process.

[Turdinator]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Hmmmm...interesting, I've never heard of these, will look into them.

These are quite common on older cars where off the shelf coilover setups aren't available. If you kept the same spring rates as stock you would essentially have a stock ride with height adjustability.

[Baramzisyan]

Bump! any solution with coilovers with extra height or stock road height?