Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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cheers
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Snyx
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Registered: 5th Jan 03
Location: Bristol
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Fitted a set of coilovers to my Honda CRX, wounld't have been any harder/easier to fit springs+shocks since they're essentially the same configuration as coilovers 
[Edited on 16-05-2004 by Snyx]
[Edited on 16-05-2004 by Snyx]
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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easier - you dont need spring compressors 
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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straight swap then?
sum1 told me u gotta sort the camber settings too etc?
hows bout setting the height?
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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How low are you going? You dont necceserally need to sort camber unless your going lower than 60mm and if you do bring the wheels out to a more positive camber then you have issues with the tyres catching the arches as ive found. Height is easily adjusted by jacking the corner and removing the wheel. Then just loosen the lockring with the c-spanners that come with the coilovers and just wind them up to the desired height by hand/c-spanner. Drop is usually trial and error, make sure you measure each coilover to check you have the same drop each side and bear in mind it will get lower over the first couple of weeks as the springs bed-in.
Once you feel as though you have them set exactly how you want take a trip to the lazer alligners and have the tracking sorted and just get a camber and castor read-out for referance. Once thats done spray the coilover legs and treads with something like Hamerite Waxoil to give them a protective coating against the elements.
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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I had to get the camber done on mine cos when you fit the new strut, it bolts on at the bottom, and the top bolt is the one for adjusting the camber. You cant just bolt them on, you have to set the camber. But generally, they are very easy to fit, first major technical thing ive done on my car all on my own, and its a great feeling when youve done it!
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
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Yeah I forgot to metion that as the guy says above some come with an elongated top hole to adjust the camber, so this would need to be done when you get the allignment done but no biggie. Again watch how nuetral you set the camber because it brings the top of the wheel outwards and can catch the arch more often.
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