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Lowering Gurus wanted - The Gaz shock thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Moseley" data-source="post: 545932" data-attributes="member: 20098"><p>In the case of the Gaz coilovers in this thread and the Empi ones pictured, they differ from the ones normally seen on cars in that the adjusters are only fitted at the bottom of the spring. This means that rather than being able to alter the position of the spring on the shock but keep it under the same preload compression, the only means of adjusting the ride height is to compress the spring.</p><p></p><p>So effectively, the higher you wind the adjuster on the shocks (and the shorter you make the spring), the higher the van will sit. This is because the more the spring is compressed, the more it is trying to extend the shock absorber.</p><p></p><p>Does that make sense?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moseley, post: 545932, member: 20098"] In the case of the Gaz coilovers in this thread and the Empi ones pictured, they differ from the ones normally seen on cars in that the adjusters are only fitted at the bottom of the spring. This means that rather than being able to alter the position of the spring on the shock but keep it under the same preload compression, the only means of adjusting the ride height is to compress the spring. So effectively, the higher you wind the adjuster on the shocks (and the shorter you make the spring), the higher the van will sit. This is because the more the spring is compressed, the more it is trying to extend the shock absorber. Does that make sense?! [/QUOTE]
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