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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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If I strip all the lining and stuff out of the trunk, how long do you think it should take a shop to put on my coils? 3-4 hrs or what? Thanks
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 01:40 PM
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2 hours max
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 01:41 PM
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Hey kybball this is out of the picture but how do you like your lc818 on your black is350?
I ordered mine but thinking if gunmetal would look better on the black is350 then the satin black give me your input since you have the same color car as me. Detailed if possible =D
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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My 350 is SGM, I love the black ones bc i black out all of the chrome trim and badges and it flows really well, you should def go with black.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 02:23 PM
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Laobo, im a coil newbe, do you have to jack up your car and take off your wheel every time you want to raise or lower one of the coils?
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 02:28 PM
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You can just jack it up and spin the coils without taking the wheels off.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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I got the BC coils, and if i am right, the bottom gold dial is the locking nut and the top one is to raise and lower correct? And if i am correct, how come there are two gold dials at the top a bigger and smaller one?
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Top is to lock in your pre load from BCR and the bottom is were you lock/unlock to turn the sleeve to get your ride height. But for me I just locked the bottom and used the upper locking bigger/smaller to adjust my height and still drove fine. But that just how I did mine. Most people use the lowwer one.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Kybball#1
I got the BC coils, and if i am right, the bottom gold dial is the locking nut and the top one is to raise and lower correct? And if i am correct, how come there are two gold dials at the top a bigger and smaller one?
Make sure you adjust your settings and height the first time. If you don't have lifetime alignment, you will need to get alignments for each adjustments.
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Kybball#1
I got the BC coils, and if i am right, the bottom gold dial is the locking nut and the top one is to raise and lower correct? And if i am correct, how come there are two gold dials at the top a bigger and smaller one?
the top 2 are what set the preloads. the very bottom one is what adjust the height of the coil.

BCR Adjusting DIY

should take a shop about 2 hours to do the install since its pretty simple to swap out corners.
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