Anyone know of any other ways to adjust seized coilovers? I've been soaking them in pb blaster for about 3 days. I've went at them with a blowdryer, hammer, and a screw driver for 3 days.

​​​My last resort is maybe buying some spanner wrenches for my coilovers (megan), and just go to town to see if it would work. Anyone in Canada have some they could sell to me? I called Megan, and it's $25 for the set, but $45 for shipping 😩.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/COILOVER-AD...IAAOSw6YtZQDJs

 

Do these work on megan coilovers? I'm hesitant to buy the universal ones on the chance that it wouldn't fit with the coilovers.

 

many coilovers use a standard size collar. some have a smaller locking collar.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/STEEL-SPANN...pe!94014!US!-1

You can buy this i guess since it comes multiple sizes.
figured one will have to work

 

A big screwdriver and a hammer works better than the spanners. Put your coilover in a vise (use wood blocks to protect the threads), soak it in your penetrating lube of choice, and go to town with the screwdriver and hammer. I've never had more success with the spanners than with brute force.

 

I'd love to have a go at them off the car, but I'm afraid I wouldn't know how to put them back once they're off.

 

It's just 4 nuts; bolt n' nut at the bottom, 3 at the tower, some grunting to get it off, and some torque specs to keep it back on.
But if you don't want to, that's fine, it'd just be a little easier to apply force.

I also bought some ebay brand spanners. They bent 45 degrees as I begun trying to pry the collars free trying to loosen my Tein coils, so make sure they're thick enough to handle the weight you'll be putting into them.

 

You make it sound easier than it looks, I watched some YouTube videos and it looked pretty hard. I bought these off of ebay, hopefully they'll fit. Planning to hook these onto the color and banging them with the hammer. Hopefully I'll get some movement.

 

So, the aftermarket spanner wrenches from eBay came in and I got started trying to adjust them, but something doesn't look right when I turn the bottom collar. According to YouTube it's just supposed to turn loose, but it's turning the whole column.

I've attached some video

Adjusting coilovers

 

Yep, looks like those lower height adjusting rings are so seized it's just adjusting the height of the coil over instead of loosening the ring from the threaded shaft.

 

Well, definitely didn't want to hear that...could I still raise the height of my car without buying a new set of coilovers?

 

Probably not without getting that collar un-seized. That is the collar that will adjust ride height and lock it in so it stays. Without the ability to lock that collar, I wouldn't trust raising the height.

 

So, might have to just take off the coilovers and work on them that way. The whole reason I'm adjusting them is they're hitting my fenders on pot holes and bumps.

An idea I had was, if I got more narrow tires, to try to have them sit inside my fenders, instead of flush would that help at all? I'm on 235/35/19's in the front, and 255/35/19's in the rear with 9.5in wheels.

 

just take the coilover off and get it on a vise to break em free.
without a photo of current setup and wheel specs, it will be kinda hard to suggest a tire size that will clear.
then again, after buying new tires, you will still have seized coilovers.....so kinda a dumb move imho

 

Got it, but how is it a dumb move? The whole reason I'm adjusting the coilovers in the first place is to not hit the fenders going over bumps. It was just a general question, If buying narrower tires gets them to sit within the fenders and rectifies the issue then it's a cheaper alternative than buying new coilovers. If I take them off and somehow break them or can't get them unsiezed, then I'm **** out of luck aren't I?