Hodson

Hey guys! I have searched for a while everywhere, and couldn't find a real answer to my question.

I have a set of EZ street coilovers in my 1991 LS400. The rears are great, but the front seems like it is way too soft.

I have the dampers set to maximum stiffness and almost a full finger gap between my tire and fender. I threw on some wheel spacers (My front wheels were incredibly sunken) so now they are just flush with the car. Now i'm hitting the fender on average sized bumps? Ridiculous, am I right? I am far from being stanced out and still hitting.

I cannot stiffen the damper any more and it's still very soft. I've searched about possibly adjusting spring preload to stiffen the ride, but everyone is just talking about what it does to ride height.

What would you guys recommend I do? I have not touched my preload out of the box. I cannot stiffen the damper any more, and i'm not taking the spacers off because it looked real bad without them. Can I adjust the spring preload to stiffen my ride and stop the springs from travelling so much? Or am I simply stuck with needing stiffer springs.

Hodson

If it helps, I have 19" 5zigens with 235/35s on the front. I believe the rim is 9". Wheels do not poke, they are purely flush.

xtremex626

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megan ez's in general are a soft ride. if you want more stiff, you're going to have to mess with the preloads or replace the springs for a stiffer spring rate.

Hodson

So cranking up the preload a bit will in fact stiffen the ride, and shorten suspension travel? Everything I found said things along the line of blowing the suspension, not changing the suspension travel at all, very unhelpful answers really. I'll turn up the preload a couple turns and see what happens lol.

xtremex626

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yep. when you "crank" up the preload, you are compressing the springs and that makes the ride stiffer. in the long run, your shocks will wear out prematurely so i personally wouldn't add too much.

usoff89

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How low are you? Are you 100% sure you are not hitting the shock tower with the upper a-arm? Are your tires hitting the fender, or are you just hearing a thump sound when hitting bumps?

I'm also on EZ's and on the stiffest setting. They ride very stiff IMO though. I am pretty low and had to cut the shock tower for clearance.

niteriyder

Contact Megan and go with a heavier spring rate. Although they don't necessarily advertise options along with the coilovers themselces they will sell you a seperate replacement pair tailored to your needs

Hodson

Really? frig, mine are super soft even on maximum damper. The rears are definitely stiffer and they are on stock out-of-the-box setting which I believe is 8 of 16. Do they take some time to stiffen up after cranking the damper **** all the way to H..? I almost can't feel a difference when pushing on the car with my hands after adjusting. And it was definitely the fender, I can pick out the sound of tire rub anywhere hahah. I do hear a large thump from the RF wheel when I go over bumps at a 45 degree any faster than like 20km/h (such as a curb entrance or multiple inch-high dropoffs/stepups on the ****ty roads around here) it isn't very often but I figure that's just a ball joint or something.

The second picture I posted in my intro thread is exactly what I'm at now. I believe I have 3-3.25" of threads showing on the front from shock body to the preload adjust collars. Rears are max low which is not extremely low with these

Here's the picture;

j2b4o

Did you roll, shave or pull fenders?
One fingers worth of suspension movement from a moving vehicle isn't alot. Now matter how stiff it is it will compress and the wheel needs somewhere to go when it does. I have stock wheels withou spacers and with the Megan's on max low I had to roll both front fenders and tuck the wiring harness in the wheel well to avoid rubbing.

Dubbayoo

Can that be done thru the forum?

PureDrifter

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....no.....?