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So I just recently picked up a z and realized the car has excessive body roll and handles terrible. My wife's suv has less body roll I think. So I decided to maybe raise the car up a little although it's not slam I wanted to see would it get better.
I immediately noticed it's a tight fit to get the wrenches in there so I'm wondering did the previous owner installed the springs the wrong way?? From the looks of the pictures I found online it looks like it's the other way around. Sorry for the noob question.
Shouldn't affect the ride if they are upside down or not though. It does seem counter-intuitive to have them installed in such a way that the adjusters are not reachable.
The car drives straight as a bullet and feels tight. Just has excessive body roll. I had a g35 years ago that was stock and it handled better. So that doesn't play a roll installed that way?
Thanks everyone. Do I need to remove the strut also or I can just remove the spring only and install the correct way? Any specific instructions or link somewhere for a diy?
But you'll want to support the arm, remove lower shock bolt, remove control arm bolt from hub, lower the control arm slowly, then you should be able to slip the spring out, remove the upper cone, flip the spring and slip it back in/reassemble.
those dampners have 30 positions of adjustment. The lower the car is the tighter the springs will be which yields a lower center of gravity which= less roll. dont forget to stiffen the dampners! to achieve the ride you want with less body roll you will sacrafice ride comfort.
The lower the car is the tighter the springs will be which yields a lower center of gravity which= less roll.
Not necessarily. It also lowers your roll center. Generally speaking when lowering a car you end up with much stiffer springs which helps control body roll.
Not necessarily. It also lowers your roll center. Generally speaking when lowering a car you end up with much stiffer springs which helps control body roll.
Your roll center is still way off.
just stating a fact for his coilover setup captain obvious.
those dampners have 30 positions of adjustment. The lower the car is the tighter the springs will be which yields a lower center of gravity which= less roll. dont forget to stiffen the dampners! to achieve the ride you want with less body roll you will sacrafice ride comfort.
Actually the spring when compressed under weight will be at the same place. Next it's a linear spring, as it compresses the rate stays the same last thing, as the lower the Z, you will gain more roll because the roll center will be off, you can only lower the front about 3/4 inch and the rear about 1 inch before you start adding more roll from screwed up geometry.
Thanks for everyone's help I installed it the correct way and the car handles like it should now. Body roll is barely there when taking an aggressive turn.
Only issue is I removed the rubber oem mount the previous owner used to install and now the rear sits lower. It's tuck and doesn't look right. I tried raising it by adjusting the spring perches but the height remains the same. I'm still a noob so I need to ask how do I adjust the rear to raise it?
Handling is terrible. Installed incorrectly??
