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coilover spring rates

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coilover spring rates

Post by rightfoot »

hi just had a 3 link put into the front of my solid axle hilux along with 10 inch travel coilovers. the coilovers I bought where secondhand and but in good condition but seem to be a bit stiff in the front of the lux. just wanted to know if anyone has done a similar conversion and what spring rates they are running? I don't want it to be a super slinky with heaps of body roll but still want good articulation.
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Post by WICKED »

Valuving will affect it too.
What works for some one else won't work for you, base point only. You need too set them up for your car, weight, setup, ect
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Post by rightfoot »

ok thanks for the reply. Any experts you know of that I can send them to, to get set up better for my needs?
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Post by Fakey »

What coil overs are you running?
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Post by evanstaniland »

Best way is to get your rig weighed on corner scales
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Post by Elmo »

Yep as Evan said, weight at each corner.
Even better if you know sprung and unsprung weight, but that might be getting a bit technical if your car is already built
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Post by hammey »

Just shoot into any half decent mechanic with a plateTronic setup and weigh the front end, weigh the diff n wheels then give eibach a call.......
You will get asked a lot of questions but it wont take long to do.
End result is good but the valving is the icing.

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