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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 01:56 PM
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So i ordered and installed my godspeed hyper-rs coils about a month ago. When i ordered them i called the sponsor on here and he said you can basically lay the frame on the ground. Well... i have the springs adjusted all the way in(all the way low) the coil turned as far as it can go up the screw, as well as the fronts like that as well. i still have gap in the rear wheel well, and about an inch in the front is there something I'm not doing right? please help if you could and i did search and really haven't found anything on why they wont go lower.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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Post pics of the suspension itself. No one can see how you have it set up. I'll give you my input when u put up pics
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:11 PM
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i dont have my jack now but the bottom part of the coilover is threaded all the way up the threaded part of the coil( making the length of it shorter) so that should give me a lower ride height I'm assuming. the rears are also threaded all the way up just like the front( making the whole assembly shorter i assume would give me a lower height) and the spring in the spring bucket is sitting and the top part which has the threads is threaded all the way up to the top making the spring the lowest i would assume
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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take one of the collars out
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:16 PM
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collars out of where? im running out of threads before the collars are in the way
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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my old coilover setup, in the rear spring bucket, there were 2 adjusters, you could take one of them out and it would make it lower.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 02:24 PM
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i do have 2 in the spring bucket i could take one out but what is that like a quarter of an inch, the guy told me i could lay the frame so either theres something wrong or the guy lied. Should i of ran the colorers higher the first week so they break down and in better then lowered it or doesnt that not even matter
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 03:09 PM
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he was exaggerating, sorry
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 03:17 PM
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Well I'm not one to be an a-hole about brands, but you shouldnt have bought junk coilovers. Godspeed is known and glorified eBay parts. Sorry to hear about the retailer lying to you.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 03:34 PM
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^beat me to it
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 04:09 PM
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who is this vendor?

your first mistake was godspeed anything.

get your refund
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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Fairly certain that there's nothing wrong with the setup, but you might be able to fix that with different springs in addition to removing locking collars.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 05:22 PM
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Why are you so obsessed with "laying frame"? All that you are going to accomplish by lowering your car that much is destroying the underside of your car and decreasing your handling.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Daytondakid13
So i ordered and installed my godspeed hyper-rs coils about a month ago. .
Here is where the problem started. Second is not adding pics of what actually counts.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by sportbiketed
Why are you so obsessed with "laying frame"? All that you are going to accomplish by lowering your car that much is destroying the underside of your car and decreasing your handling.
frame on ground = no handling
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by sportbiketed
Why are you so obsessed with "laying frame"?
Hellaflush, fatlace, cannibeat and illest status... Is what a lot of young kids are doing, they don't care it's all about static w/etf that means.

+1 to Godspeed is garbage.

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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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I don't want to lay the frame that's not what I am wanting to accomplish I simply want to run about 3 degrees of camber and once I get my 19's back from powdercoat to just make them sit good within the wheel well. Honestly that's all I want to accomplish. If I get around to it tomororow I will get pics of the setup. The vender I will talk to first before I put his name up on the forum.
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Hellaflush, fatlace, cannibeat and illest status... Is what a lot of young kids are doing, they don't care it's all about static w/etf that means.

+1 to Godspeed is garbage.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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yeah man...i spent a little more on tein street basis coilovers, and they're that low out of the box.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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I guess research the next time you want to do something before you just buy a product. I don't know what else I can add to this. Sell them and buy a better setup for what you are looking for?
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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Oh. Buy their engine damper. That'll fix it.
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