Hello guys I just got some Hotchkis springs installed on Saturday, the car still looks like stock height for now.
I have until this Saturday or Sunday to go in for alignment, does anyone know how to make the springs settle all the way in a week?

Thanks.

Edit: Included pictures of what it looks like now.

 

fat chicks?

 

drive damn hard, push the Z hard.....don't hit any walls

repeat as necessary

 

drive like you just got set of springs..

 

normal driving will settle your springs just fine

 

I was under the assumption that good springs don't settle.

 

They don't. They will however seat. After a fresh install, the springs will need to seat in place as well as the rest of the suspsension will be relaxed and stretched. The springs will seat, not settle

 

It has been 3 days, does my car look any lower than stock?

 

You tell us?

 

I seriously can't tell, didn't take any before pictures.

 

In your mind does the car seem lower??? Cause without pictures only your mind can tell.

Rule 1. when doing any mod before & after pics, (are a must) plus hopefully pics of you doing the work are you only evidence....not counting the ideas in your mind that is.

 

I had new springs and such put in 2 months ago..and TODAY I looked at the car and said "Oh...it looks lower..cool". I was tryin to notice a difference in the first few weeks but didnt see any, probably because I was lookin too hard. It Was probably that way the whole time, but for some reason today was the day I really noticed.

 

i agree, at least a month or more. in fact, i drive 100 miles a day with the hotchkis and for the first month the drivers side was lower than the passenger cause i rarely have anybody with me......2-3 months later it looks great!

 

I noticed mine when I reached for the door handle. It was not where I was used to it being. I drove mine back and forth over speed bumps at low speeds. The springs seated after only a few passes.

Just to be sure, park it next to a stock Z. I went to the dealership and found an open spot next to a stock Z. This is about a 1" drop and I think you still have to look hard to see.

 

Did anybody have enough snap to measure your car at all 4 wheels, to get a baseline measurement on the setup???
If each corner of your Z is at a different ride height this would not be a smart or good thing....right????

If no (measuring all 4 corners of the Z before changing the springs & swapping out the sway bars)then how can you truly tell if your car is sitting lower or not??

 

I was fixing a visible fender-gap issue due to shorter tires. The RS-R springs made the fender-gap look stock again, as planned. The fact that I can't get my jack under the car, w/o driving the two front tires onto 3/4" MDF sheets, shows me the car is indeed lower than it was before the springs.

I also used horizontal lines in photo software to show that my Z is lower than the 07 stock Z's. (I already knew it was lower but this helped me quantify it.)

 

So did you physically measure all 4 corners to see what the ride heights are, are they the same on both front corners, also on both rear corners? By the pics I can see the Blue car is lower than the stock 07 Black Z model, just asking if the ride height is the same height. If not, how do you adjust the kit to even up the ride heights if necessary?

Also looking at the pics I see the 07 Black Z is not as low as your car??? The Daytona Blue Z is not a 07 model, see the hood tells us this, what are the original rides of the 2 different years of Z cars, also are they the same model ( base vs: track or enthusiast)???

Just want to compare apples to apples, & not apples to Heroin!!!!

 

thats what I was going to reccommend

 

It wasn't even at all corners when I first put the springs on. After a few speed bumps, the fronts and rears looked good (and still do). I didn't measure the car, before and after, but I can't get my jack under the %$#*&@# car now and before it was no problem. So the car is lower for sure.

*edit* I just measured each corner from the bottom of the splashguard to the ground.

Driver front=3-3/8" Passenger front= 3-1/4"

Driver rear=6-1/2 passenger rear= 6-3/8"

 

+1 on the fat chicks!