Fenix Nexen
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Got the knuckles separated using the bolt trick and installed the coilovers
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Fenix Nexen
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I don't know what the benefits of a rear sway bar is and would love a pros and cons
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Rear sway bar without a front should move the car more from understeer toward oversteer. In my case with the rear non-ss swaybar, it seems the car is pretty close to neutral with maybe a slight bias toward oversteer. Quite a lot of factors figure into this and I barely ran the car before I added the swaybar so I can't really compare with and without. But for spirited road driving I like where it is at. I can't comment on more aggressive race course driving.
Fenix Nexen
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I do want to do spirited driving. I have no experience with rear engine vehicles and no experience handling oversteer either. If a sway bar helps then I'll most definitely use it
Ark :D
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For what it's worth, I am a spirited driver making more power than you will, @Fenix Nexen and I don't really experience either understeer or oversteer, to the best of my knowledge. I don't think it'll really be much of a thing for street-only.
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Rauq
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Something looks off on the top of the coilover assembly: http://dfkitcar.com/forum/index.php?threads/coilover-options.764/post-13095
Aftermarket rear coilover strut
We were finally able to get our hands on a pair of coilover Cobalt strut replacements and we really like the results. The coilover is single adjustable like the front shocks and uses a common sized spring to make it easy to buy different rates. Also, unlike the stock Cobalt struts, the ride...
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Fenix Nexen
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The spacer is coated black nowSomething looks off on the top of the coilover assembly: http://dfkitcar.com/forum/index.php?threads/coilover-options.764/post-13095
Aftermarket rear coilover strut
We were finally able to get our hands on a pair of coilover Cobalt strut replacements and we really like the results. The coilover is single adjustable like the front shocks and uses a common sized spring to make it easy to buy different rates. Also, unlike the stock Cobalt struts, the ride...dfkitcar.com
Fenix Nexen
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Oh okay good to know
- Gtstorey Goblin Guru
Like I said, there is a lot of other pieces that go into this, such as wheel/tire combo and even alignment settings. And of course, even the how tight the roads are where you are doing your spirited driving will make a difference. I would make sure the coilover is done in such a way that you can add in a swaybar so you can easily add one later.
Fenix Nexen
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Yeah that's what I'm thinking. Will see what happens when I get the rest of the stuff on
Joebob
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Even without running a sway bar, you should switch the sides as it will also give you a mounting point to hold the parking brake cables. You can see on the sticker FL for Front Left.
As @Rauq also mentioned, a good starting point is to thread the spring perch up to take all the play out of the spring at full droop and then thread in the bottom housing for ride height. Most start at ~4" measured inside the knuckle housing to the bottom of the shock insert.
Joe
As @Rauq also mentioned, a good starting point is to thread the spring perch up to take all the play out of the spring at full droop and then thread in the bottom housing for ride height. Most start at ~4" measured inside the knuckle housing to the bottom of the shock insert.
Joe
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Multiple reasons to swap them so I will be doing that. I measured 4.5 inches deep into the strut just as the assembly pictures shown. Will see how it's loaded when everything is attached but atm stuff is at powder coating for a few weeks
Fenix Nexen
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Swapped the struts. Inside the L15A box are these two spacers, where do they go?
Fenix Nexen
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Maybe. I'm tinkering on some parts right now and the front tie rods seem to be rusted on. Tried elbow grease and it's not budging. Front what I understand the front tie rods are used in the rear?
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