[Black04Tibby]

Installed the coils Tuesday (june 18.) still need an alignment badly. Steering wheel is cocked hard to the left at the moment and car pulls a bit to the right. Rims are off of a 2010 Sonata SE with factory rubber for the 17" wheels. I have 3mm spacers in the rear to help fill the fenders. Unsure of whether or not I'm going to stance it any more than it is, if so I will roll the rear fenders and add a 10mm spacer and move the 3mm up front.

Does anyone know of a particular alignment machine that is able to align lowered vehicles? The one I have at work is not able to due to the type of mounts on the sensors (wraps around the tires instead of mounting to the rims).

Here's the link...http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235746&highlight=

 

[davej]

those wheels look great! I assume 99% of wheel shops will be able to do an alignment for you. You aren't extremely low and they will be able to do it no problem.

 

[Black04Tibby]

those wheels look great! I assume 99% of wheel shops will be able to do an alignment for you. You aren't extremely low and they will be able to do it no problem.

THe wheel shops around here don't speak very good english if any at all. And most of them don't have room for an alignment let alone the budget for it. I'm most likely going to take it to a Firestone location and buy the lifetime alignment for like $160.

On your car, how hard was it to roll the rear fenders and where did you get the roller from? Someone told me to just use a baseball bat and go slow but I'd rather do it the right way.

 

[Mr Tuscan]

Bad English in Texas, really, I did not picture that!

Whats the change using coilovers I am not too up on the tech of it?

Coilovers = Springs ?

Nothing to do with shock absorbers I take it.

Is it the coil overs that lower it, what's the change to the ride?

Sorry about all the questions its just something I have never really got my head round but always contemplated changing the feel of the ride and lowering sometime.

Cheers

 

[Jake89]

Bad English in Texas, really, I did not picture that!

Whats the change using coilovers I am not too up on the tech of it?

Coilovers = Springs ?

Nothing to do with shock absorbers I take it.

Is it the coil overs that lower it, what's the change to the ride?

Sorry about all the questions its just something I have never really got my head round but always contemplated changing the feel of the ride and lowering sometime.

Cheers

They are not the same thing, sorta. Basically when you buy lowering springs you will keep the stock struts / towers (however it is highly recommended you replace the struts as well if lowering the car. Coilovers basically are springs with a strut tower (basically). The coilovers allow for adjustable ride height where as lowering springs do not. I hope that clarifies some things.

Btw OP the sonata rims looks sick!

 

[Black04Tibby]

Bad English in Texas, really, I did not picture that!

Whats the change using coilovers I am not too up on the tech of it?

Coilovers = Springs ?

Nothing to do with shock absorbers I take it.

Is it the coil overs that lower it, what's the change to the ride?

Sorry about all the questions its just something I have never really got my head round but always contemplated changing the feel of the ride and lowering sometime.

Cheers

A coilover suspension consists of a spring and a shock. The coil spring is place around the shock absorber. The two items in conjunction control the compression and rebound of the suspension. Mainly seen on cars due to the fact that there isn't enough room for fitment of larger suspension components.

The coilovers offer a stiffer ride than stock and also stiffer than just replacing the springs. Most, if not all, coilover suspension upgrades allow the ride height to be adjusted by either turning a set of threaded collars (Racelands) or a threaded insert (needs verification).

On the Tiburon, both the front and rear consist of a coilover on each side.

Hope this helps.

 

[Mr Tuscan]

Perfect, thank you

With the adjustment of ride height I assume this also adjusts the ride harshness?

Are they one and the same in adjustment or is the spring adjustable independently of the shock ?

Many thanks

 

[Black04Tibby]

Perfect, thank you

With the adjustment of ride height I assume this also adjusts the ride harshness?

Are they one and the same in adjustment or is the spring adjustable independently of the shock ?

Many thanks

On the Racelands brand of coilovers, the spring sits on the adjustable collars. When you move the collars up and down it changes the spring preload. They use a progressive spring meaning that once it moves past the initial load required to compress it a certain amount, the weight needed to compress it further increases exponentially. So with the Racelands, the more you compress the spring the stiffer the ride becomes. I noticed a nice difference when I lowered my car further, the ride softened up a bit and became less harsh.

 

[Mr Tuscan]

Thanks for the response and ooops sorry if I thread jacked was not my intention :/

 

[Black04Tibby]

Thanks for the response and ooops sorry if I thread jacked was not my intention :/

perfectly fine, no thread jack at all. I have no problems answering questions to the best of my ability.

 

[h8isgr8]

On the Racelands brand of coilovers, the spring sits on the adjustable collars. When you move the collars up and down it changes the spring preload.

There is no pre-load on the racelands; the coils are only loaded by the weight of the car. There's the same amount of weight pressing the top of the coils down regardless of how high or low the collars are.

To be able to pre-load a coilover it has to have a threaded shock body.

 

[Black04Tibby]

There is no pre-load on the racelands; the coils are only loaded by the weight of the car. There's the same amount of weight pressing the top of the coils down regardless of how high or low the collars are.

To be able to pre-load a coilover it has to have a threaded shock body.

So the fact that the coil spring sits on top of the collars and sits against a fixed position on the top of the shock doesn't indicate an adjusted preload when turning the collars? The collars are threaded on the body of the shock.

Not trying to start anything just want to make sure that I'm not giving out wrong information.

Just talked my boss who's an avid off-road guy, he explained the coilover a bit better. For some reason I was thinking that the shock was a fixed length and there was going to be no expansion of the shock itself when the spring is compressed (which would result in a very harsh ride). You are correct, the preload does not change, only the ride height.