Those of you with megan coilovers please chime in

[DeathBeard]

I have a set of 150mm megan coilover rear springs..these will be replacing the original 190mm ones the kit came with...I have the rear shocks as low as they will go , however they are still too long and don't keep the spring in place under decompression..I am thinking of going with a 06 honda fit rear megan shock as it is 40mm shorter...please let me know what you guys think

[1.5]

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[ilikerice]

must be a sedan thing..

[DeathBeard]

For me it's a liftback thing..Anyway below are pictures just taken...You can see even when the shock is fully maxed out on the lowest setting the spring is still a good 40-50mm too short

[DeathBeard]

scary some of you would drive around like this, seems like a nightmare waiting to happen

[DeathBeard]

Here is the 190mm spring for reference

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by DeathBeard

I have a set of 150mm megan coilover rear springs..these will be replacing the original 190mm ones the kit came with...I have the rear shocks as low as they will go , however they are still too long and don't keep the spring in place under decompression..I am thinking of going with a 06 honda fit rear megan shock as it is 40mm shorter...please let me know what you guys think

You say you have them as low as they will go, but in the second image I still see a lot of thread showing. Can you not spin the lower mount into the body any further?

[1.5]

Yeah Jason you can force it but it naturally like locks about 20mm+ out.

Deathbeard again my question is, when driving, when would your suspension ever be this unloaded? Are you jumping? Even on large bumps, the weight of your car is not going to travel against gravity that much to cause your springs to be fully unloaded.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by 1.5

Yeah Jason you can force it but it naturally like locks about 20mm+ out.

That should be an easy fix... Back the mount all the way out of the shock, cut the unneeded thread off, back the jam nut off to clean the cut threads, reinstall at lower height. If you need it to be even shorter you could find a thinner jam nut, there is not much of any load on it, or even just ditch the jam nut and go with loctite. With no spring on the shock there should be very little twisting force, and if the upper mount is tight it should not spin.

[1.5]

Yea I think thats what Miles is trying to do, for me, I dont have a need to make my shock any shorter, It never bottoms out and it has enough droop to allow my tires to fall back to earth if I do catch any air. I think he is trying to use his shocks to hold his springs in place even when the car is fully jacked up.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by 1.5

Yea I think thats what Miles is trying to do, for me, I dont have a need to make my shock any shorter, It never bottoms out and it has enough droop to allow my tires to fall back to earth if I do catch any air. I think he is trying to use his shocks to hold his springs in place even when the car is fully jacked up.

My rears hold my springs in where the car is off the ground. I Have a 2" droop limiter installed inside the shock. Also negates the need for a heavy rear swaybar.

[1.5]

I would never do that with a daily, again. I already learned my lesson when I blew a shock because I shortened my shock so much it had less than 1" of droop. Miles now has blown his shock twice doing that. I just want to try and help deathbeard before he goes through the same pains lol

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by 1.5

I would never do that with a daily, again. I already learned my lesson when I blew a shock because I shortened my shock so much it had less than 1" of droop. Miles now has blown his shock twice doing that. I just want to try and help deathbeard before he goes through the same pains lol

I have never seen a shock failure due to lack of droop. Sounds like you need to figure out what the actual point of failure is, or upgrade.

[1.5]

Well by that I mean like when your wheels leave the ground and then droop back down to earth, if you have the shock short enough, the shock valve tops out before the wheel touches the floor. This constant smacking of the shock valve against the top of the shock causes the o rings to pop out of place and then the fluid poors out.

Both Miles and I have had it happen where the top o ring blows, both times were set so short. You could hear the shock topping out on some bumps too.

[DeathBeard]

Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar

You say you have them as low as they will go, but in the second image I still see a lot of thread showing. Can you not spin the lower mount into the body any further?

The bolt is maxed out and won't turn anymore as it is physically coming into contact with the damper itself

[DeathBeard]

Originally Posted by 1.5

Yeah Jason you can force it but it naturally like locks about 20mm+ out.

Deathbeard again my question is, when driving, when would your suspension ever be this unloaded? Are you jumping? Even on large bumps, the weight of your car is not going to travel against gravity that much to cause your springs to be fully unloaded.

Can't say but I wouldn't risk it as it would be catastrophic at highway speeds, also certain driveways and lots of articulation can also make it pop out, megans kit has alot of improvement needed imo

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by DeathBeard

The bolt is maxed out and won't turn anymore as it is physically coming into contact with the damper itself

Shorten the bolt.

[1.5]

Originally Posted by DeathBeard

Can't say but I wouldn't risk it as it would be catastrophic at highway speeds, also certain driveways and lots of articulation can also make it pop out, megans kit has alot of improvement needed imo

I havnt had a problem at all yet. My fat ass keeps my springs tight lol There are always high tensile zipties