Mengsta i already got your PM bro. im definatly coming to you soon

 

Thanks! sounds good, and all PM's have been replied.

 

And just to keep this forum on topic, yes B+G and Stance should be the lowest coils out there, besides the fact that you can run cut springs or shocks with no springs at all!

 

I cant wait to get my new tires in so I can re-lower my car. When a few people have the Stance coils I wanna see reviews!

 

I still cant believe people would do something so dense as removing one of the lock rings for the perch just to slam their car lower. That is downright stupid.

 

^Is there any coilover in particular or all coilovers? How would it be bad with a setup like Function Form, B&G and the like?

 

Well, if it has 2 rings, one is the perch and the other is the lock ring. The lock ring is there to keep the perch from moving. Springs twist when they compress and over time (Especially when you are running down to the last thread) the perch ring can come completely off the threads. I have seen this happen WITH a lock ring that just wasnt tightened completely, on a car that wasnt dumped (it was lowered properly for handling, not slammed). Luckilly it happened while driving at 10 mph and not at highway speeds or it could have been ugly.

The perches are structural members. Removing one pretty much negates the structural integrity of the unit. I prefer not to sacrifice that on something that one corner of my car is resting on.

 

pm'd you on the sciko forum mengsta, glad this thread came up, I didn't know stance was going to make tC coils

 

Seems like it shouldn't be an issue to fully threaded coilovers like I mentioned above as they run 3 perch rings. The lowest one can be taken out an the remaining 2 can lock and just tighten down the thread to the lower body(don't know what to call it). Now I've read of one that has taken the lock ring off from a Raceland coilover, def a no no. That coilover runs 2 perch rings like TRD, Progress, H&R, not fully threaded.



Edit, TRD and Progress run one ring that locks with a set screw.

 

Just pre ordered a set of stance coilovers

 

CLEAN!!

 

I know everyone is jumping on the slammed craze, but guys be sure to check your axles a lot if you DD slammed. Our cars do not like being that low, the boots tear on the CV shaft and all the grease leaks out from the angle it's put at.

 

^ thiss

 

^^Anything that can be done to prevent that(besides raising the ride height)? Maybe an oversized boot that won't tear with the axles angled too great?

 

Well I did some research and the FJ Cruiser guys have the same problem, only except theirs is from raising the ride height, jacking up their cars. The angle bends, boot stretches and leaks etc. A guy on there said he bought some hose clamps that fit around the end to tighten it and had no problems.

So I did the same thing, and so far so good. I bought small hose clamps, and tightened them around the ends of all the boots. After that, took some liquid tape and sealed the end of the boots so no grease could seep out. This helps with the ends but if the boot tears then you're screwed unless you catch it right away and change the boot which is a pita.

Just check for axle grease at least once a month and you should be fine.

 

^ Can you take a picture of what you did to your boots?

 

Ill try to remember next time im under there

 

i tore both my inner CV boots completely in half from being lowlow.
GETSOME.

 

Did you do anything to prevent it from happening? Or did you just fix it the boot after it tore?

 

duct tape :p