ST coilovers installed

[switchlanez]

Here's my method to torque the rear top nut to OEM spec (18.4 lb-ft). Used a crow's foot socket on my torque wrench (easiest to position at 90 degrees according to http://www.motorcraftservice.com/ren...la_main_en.asp) which torqued the pass-through extension attached to the 14mm pass-through socket which attaches to the top nut (supposed to be where my finger is), and extra long hex bit to hold the rod. All tools were *in stock* at Harbor Freight for reasonably cheap.

[6-Shift]

Any clunks? My front and rear are both impacted on but I still occasionally have a clunk...Probably going to raise mine up, I'm sitting about where you are ride height wise. Feels pretty rough to me, idk if I'm too low or something but it feels like I have no absorption lol.

[newports]

Originally Posted by 6-Shift

Any clunks? My front and rear are both impacted on but I still occasionally have a clunk...Probably going to raise mine up, I'm sitting about where you are ride height wise. Feels pretty rough to me, idk if I'm too low or something but it feels like I have no absorption lol.

Looks like a perfect amount of drop! Is that straight out of the box?

Also will 17x9 wheels not make the wheels sunk in if the coilovers do make it like so?

[6-Shift]

Originally Posted by newports

Looks like a perfect amount of drop! Is that straight out of the box?

Also will 17x9 wheels not make the wheels sunk in if the coilovers do make it like so?

That's with a little tweaking, I'm raising the front and rear a little bit (rear more than the front) to make it look more even. With 17x9's you could probably fit a pretty aggressive offset (+25 comes to mind) with the amount of drop I have. I'm on 25mm spacers in the rear and 15mm spacers in the front so it's hard to judge from my car lol. I can't imagine you having any issues with any wheels you run honestly. I would recommend getting shorter sway bar endlinks, I think my sway bar is about maxed out travel wise and it may be causing the ride issues. I bottomed out HARD the other day and it actually fixed my clunk problems lol.

TL;DR: just set the coils out of the box to where you have shock travel left even with the helper spring compressed and work up from there until you're happy. As far as the wheels, depends on offset.

[6-Shift]

@newports here's a better picture (from last night actually) of how my car sits right now:


Edit: camber info: front is -1 both sides rear is -2.3 both sides (stock RLCAs)

[newports]

Originally Posted by 6-Shift

That's with a little tweaking, I'm raising the front and rear a little bit (rear more than the front) to make it look more even. With 17x9's you could probably fit a pretty aggressive offset (+25 comes to mind) with the amount of drop I have. I'm on 25mm spacers in the rear and 15mm spacers in the front so it's hard to judge from my car lol. I can't imagine you having any issues with any wheels you run honestly. I would recommend getting shorter sway bar endlinks, I think my sway bar is about maxed out travel wise and it may be causing the ride issues. I bottomed out HARD the other day and it actually fixed my clunk problems lol.

TL;DR: just set the coils out of the box to where you have shock travel left even with the helper spring compressed and work up from there until you're happy. As far as the wheels, depends on offset.

Yeah I see. Didn't know you had spacers on but it did look better than what other people had with ST coils and stock wheels.
Most of the wheels I want are either +35 or +38 offset.

[6-Shift]

Originally Posted by newports

Yeah I see. Didn't know you had spacers on but it did look better than what other people had with ST coils and stock wheels.
Most of the wheels I want are either +35 or +38 offset.

+35's should fit pretty well. You won't be hellaflush by any means but it'll look really good. Friend of mine has some 18x8 +35's and they look awesome on his lowered FR-S.

[newports]

Originally Posted by 6-Shift

+35's should fit pretty well. You won't be hellaflush by any means but it'll look really good. Friend of mine has some 18x8 +35's and they look awesome on his lowered FR-S.

Thanks. Not going for that slammed hella flush swag look. Too manu potholes and all that good stuff round here.

As long as the wheels are not sticking out it's all good. I would rather be it sunken in because you can fix those with spacers at least.