Raceland Classic Coilover installation
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If I’m going to the work, I want ride height adjustable suspension
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I didn’t want lowering springs, only to find out I don’t like the final ride height after settling
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I didn’t want to spend over $800 for fully adjustable coilovers (Tein, Megan, etc), This ended up being the wrong thinking, more on this later
Important info
Nobody ever talks about this and the downside! In order to raise or lower the car I have to move the spring perch collars up or down. This affects preload, and thus makes your car stiffer or softer solely on the basis of how high or low your perch is – NO BUENO! You want “normal” preload of the spring/strut by virtue of having the spring perch at the manufacturer’s recommended preload setting. This allows the spring to articulate normally and the strut dampening to happen as designed. The solution is ride height adjustability via the shock tube such as that found on BC Racing BR Series coilovers. If I had realized this, I would have considered Rev9 (bare minimum), Teins, Megans, or BCs – in that order.
REARS
For the rears you have to remove the trunk interior to get to the three 14mm bolts that hold the rear strut. The Raceland Classics re-use your factory top hats. Yet another advantage for the more expensive coilovers, they come with their own rear top hats. Here’s how I got the top hat off the rears without a spring compressor.
FINAL RIDE HEIGHT 1-FINGER GAP
BLOWN STRUT AFTER 18 MONTHS
After 18 months on Raceland Classics I discovered a blown upper strut. Rather than warranty them I sold them in the Marketplace and decided to upgrade BC Racing coilovers.
