need to go lower with coilovers

[njaremka]

Wouldn't more coils be a stiffer spring?

not necessarily. spring rate is determined by coil diameter, number of coils, wire diamter, and free length.

 

[jdmsp03.5]

yea thats the kit i got. and no the springs dont look compressed. i just cant figure out why the other guys with protege 5's and mp3's can go so low and i cant. my shock is like 1 inch from being bottomed out in the front and i need to go alot lower cause if it cant tuck to the wheel then i dont want it lol

 

[diabolichippo]

Can you post some pictures?????
I have actually seen some people mess up the install.
You did remove the oem spring top hat right?
I only ask because i have seen it reassembled w/ the oem top hat sitting on the GC tophat.
My reason being is because if your struts are bottomed out, the sleeves are threaded all the way down; however your car is not sitting as it should be.
LMK

 

[jdmsp03.5]

Yea I removed the factory top hat and I know I didnt install the coilovers wrong cause I sent pics back to ground control and they told me everything was installed correct. Do the tokico illuminas have a longer shock travel or a lower mounting point so the shock doesnt bottom out as bad

 

[lowtege]

i think i know what you're talking about. i ran into the same problem. the coilover sleeve with the threads is sitting on top of a metal hat thing. the rear "metal hat" can be tapped off with a hammer. but the fronts are not moving at all. its because the bottom of your coilover sleeve is sitting on top of that. not on that big round plate on your strut. your factory springs are wide enough to fit right over and sit on that round plate, but the coilover sleeve doesn't clear that "metal hat". so the space between the top of that "metal hat" and that round plate will always remain because your spring isn't sitting down all the way. i havent figured this out. in the process

 

[jdmsp03.5]

if your talking about the metal hat on your strut at the top of the strut body you tap that off and slide the coilover down then tap it back on. the coilover sleeve sets on the spring perch. its not supposed to set on the metal hat. i just need to know if theres a diff strut that has a longer travel than the tokico blues.