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Anyone have experience with Function and Form Coilovers?

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Old 06-13-17, 08:25 PM
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Looking for a cheapish coilover option for my 2000 LS, I want to go decently low but not completely slammed. I hear good reviews of the Function and Form coilovers on these cars but from what I have seen they go LOW. Does anyone know how low they go at the coilovers highest setting? I daily the car through the winter and want to be able to raise it up as much as I can so it's still somewhat useful and I want to avoid crazy fender modifications if I can. Don't get me wrong, I want to go low, but I want some adjustability at the same time.
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there is a big thread i just updated into couple pages back.
cliffs: they are way too low from factory. only way guys sat at drievable height was to jack the preload. I had em send me 85mm longer shock bodies. i can still slam to where wheel is touching the inside fedner/unibody or have a good gap and have over 2" of shock body in the lower mount.
Drove on them only for a little bit, still need to find the right shock settings.
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here you go!
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-...-in-front.html
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What do you mean by adjusting the preload? Is that the dampening setting on the shock is it something else?
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adjusting the preload means you mess with the spring setting to adjust height instead of just the shock mount. this is typically not recommended.

more, and FnF coilovers are fully threaded.
https://raceland.com/news/how-to-adjust-coilovers.html
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