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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 10:35 PM
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Quick question

Ok so my moog coil springs i installed look really good in the car but i think i disnt install them right. The front of the car is sitting up way to high i noticed that the bottom of the spring isnt sitting covering one of the drain holes is there a way to spin the spring with out undoing it all again of do i have to suck it up an disassemble it all ???
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 11:16 PM
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Re: Quick question

Originally Posted by soarestransam
Ok so my moog coil springs i installed look really good in the car but i think i disnt install them right. The front of the car is sitting up way to high i noticed that the bottom of the spring isnt sitting covering one of the drain holes is there a way to spin the spring with out undoing it all again of do i have to suck it up an disassemble it all ???
Here is what you may be able to do. Get a spring compressor, and hook it up, compress the spring just enough so that you can rotate it, then undo it when you get it where the spring is supposed to be. Naturally you will have to let the suspension hang when you do it. Be careful that you don't compress it too far or it may fall out.
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 09:43 AM
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Re: Quick question

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Here is what you may be able to do. Get a spring compressor, and hook it up, compress the spring just enough so that you can rotate it, then undo it when you get it where the spring is supposed to be. Naturally you will have to let the suspension hang when you do it. Be careful that you don't compress it too far or it may fall out.
I was thinking of undoing the top strut bolt an supporting the a arm on a jack an lowering it down this should take the load off the spring just enough to spin it of course ill have to undo the caliper so i dont break the line an all
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 10:17 AM
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Re: Quick question

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I was thinking of undoing the top strut bolt an supporting the a arm on a jack an lowering it down this should take the load off the spring just enough to spin it of course ill have to undo the caliper so i dont break the line an all
Could do that, but I think the upper pocket will come into play as a obstruction when you let the arm pivot. Also because of how its designed you could lose the spring in the lower pocket. Based on my experiences so far with trying to install springs, you do not want to have to go through the trouble of installing them in the pockets again. My suggestion was based on the assumption that you didn't want to take anything apart. It can be done as I was able to remove my front springs with the suspension assembled. Though that was compressing the spring quite a ways. In your case I would only compress to the point where you could turn the spring in the pocket.
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 10:28 AM
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Re: Quick question

Originally Posted by soarestransam
Ok so my moog coil springs i installed look really good in the car but i think i disnt install them right. The front of the car is sitting up way to high i noticed that the bottom of the spring isnt sitting covering one of the drain holes is there a way to spin the spring with out undoing it all again of do i have to suck it up an disassemble it all ???
Also remeber it takes a little time for your new springs to settle to there ride hight, like about a month or so.
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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 09:49 AM
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Yea i know but i do need to get them to sit right in tthe bottom cause the front rode height looks terrible ill do it the way i stated above an of it dont work ill use a spring compressor to see if i can spin it that way
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 03:03 AM
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Re: Quick question

the holes are garbage..just spin the spring until its sitting at its flattest point.
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