Ridetech Coilover Ride Height Adjustment

[marolf101x]

First, don't worry about how close the lower spring nut is to the end of the coil over threads. Unlike other coil overs which have threads covering the entire body, we needed a smooth sealing surface to seat our air spring against when used in a shockwave configuration. This provided me the opportunity to set the maximum compressed height of the spring in the correct location to mitigate coil bind. In layman's terms, if you had more threads, and you spun the nut closer to the end of the shock, if you were to compress the shock the coils of the spring would hit each other. When this happens you have zero suspension, and it rides like hell.



Now, on to your vehicle.
You stated you have AFX spindles. What upper/lower control arms are you using?
Have you checked to make sure the suspension moves freely? (lift the vehicle, remove the coil over, disconnect the sway bar, you should be able to move the front suspension by hand without difficulty)
What does the car weigh?
Corner weights?
Unsprung weights?
What suspension do you have in the rear?
At ride height how long is the coil over? (I want to make sure your desired ride height is wihtin the operating parameters of the coil over. If it is, cool, we can work with that. If it's not, no spring change will fix it.)

Maybe some pictures would help?

Our standard front kit uses 8" 650# front springs. Unless you have something abnormal (unique suspension set up due to mixed parts, unusually light motor, etc) a change of only 50# is not enough to make it feel like a go kart.

Provide a little more info and we'll go from there.