fender to ground height with pedders in front is 25"

fender to ground height with pedders in rear is 26"

currently on pedders springs with koni yellow rears

235/40/18 dunlop starspecs on 18x8 enkei pf01s wheels







getting springs in mail on friday should have them installed by saturday with koni yellow front inserts and will be updated with new measurements and pictures saturday/sunday

 

Prepare to be amazed

 

bout time you got koni yellow fronts installed :P

 

haha i was waiting till i got the money for new springs lol mine as well install them at same time

 

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can i use this as the tag line for the next run? cheers

 

wow car looks great, looking forward to seeing the difference on the YYZ's.

you will love the Yellows all around. i have them on SSc's and the car is a blast. i have the set to about what wang suggests.

careful, i didnt realize when i bought them that the front adj, is opposite the rear, as i ought mine second hand and I didnt get the knob right away. i went full hard up front, Holy Harsh! just pay attention! you'll know it if its wrong.

 

Fine by me. As long as you keep making amazing products that is...

 

thanks and haha yea i read the insturctions and at least you dont have to take them off the car to adjust them! what do you have the fronts set at then?

 

Fronts around 3/4 off full soft, with YYZ.

 

^ this, I was going to say a 1/4 from full soft, same difference

 

Am I impressed with how the YYZ's have handled so far? yes, they are fantastic





what I'm not so pleased about is the fact that I have a whole new set of clunks/rattles that seem to have appeared since install when going over bumps, damn cobalt and its clunky suspension.... n everything is torqued properly so I'm at a loss as to why such a mild drop spring would cause these clunks to occur.. I have stock Fe5 shocks/struts, YYZ, and hardcore bar (if that even matters, it shouldnt)

 

side shot with yyzs installed?

 

are your end links good/ tight?

 

You should not have any clunks at all. Mine is silent, though my steering rack makes some noise at low speed. You need to make sure the spring hats are turned the right direction at the top of the springs. The tab should point inwards, towards the engine. If you want to rule out swaybar issues, remove one endlink altogether, and see if the noises stop.

 

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yes the endlinks are good and tight. torqued according to spec

spring hats were turned facing the engine just as you said so I know thats correct, I can quadruple check them just to be certain. They basically seat themselves in at the proper angle when installing as long as put in the correct general spot right? by that I mean they cant be off 10-20 degrees in either direction can they? i used john's "no spring compressor" method, so its pretty next to impossible to see up there and get them aligned to a specific angle, I just know they are facing the right general direction

if i throw ^that^ out as a cause, really the only thing that this could be coming from would be the endlinks (like you mention) so I may have to try the "disconnect & drive" technique your describing to see if endlinks are to blame


the sound when going over any type of small rapid bump is hard to describe, but its definately a plastic on plastic or metal on plastic type of sound.. NOT metal on metal for sure...

 

18x8 PF01's on 235/40/18 BFG KDW




driveway entrance w/ hardcore bar






like I said, I'm extremely happy with how they handle! just not a fan of this clunking issue I'm having at the moment

 

I too am having slight "clunking" issues. It's not bad but noticible and starting to annoy me. I also didn't use spring compressors but swear the top hats are pointed inwards

 

gotta be LCA bushings man! they make that almost plastic hitting noise, check em out!

 

^^ this. I agree. or like Wangspeed says, end links. Powergridinc.com for them. And the control arm bushings if stock, are fubard no doubt... no doub t at all especially with auto x

 

I have the stock LCA's and 2 events on them and other than that I have no idea what the previous owner put them through (i bought it at 40k and now am at 53k)

whats the easiest way to go about checking them?

also: could bad LCA's cause bad inner tire wear? cuz I noticed I had almost heavy negative camber type wear and my alignment shouldnt have been kicked out that bad from anything

 

When i had my car on the lift we couldnt tell the bushings were bad at first then I had my buddy drive the car by me and hit the brakes hard, you can literally see the wheel jump forwards and backwards in the wheel well, thats the easiest way to see it.

 

this would probably explain why i get a braking vibration every so often that I cant explain now wouldnt it..........

looks like I'm off to spend more money on Powell Products... I cant stop spending money on his stuff it seems

 

I'm getting the same rattle up front that Matt (padlock) is, but I find it hard to believe that my LCA bushings are already wore out. My car has 16k miles on it, a handful of autox events, and one track event.