Supension dilemma

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:59 pm

King springs have a nasty reputation of sagging.
Mine have sagged over the years. i ended up raising the hts on the konis.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:14 pm

Also check hts
measure from centre of wheel to the centre of the rear lip of fender

I'll measure it as well tonight.....

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:06 pm

rear passenger side 330mm
rear driver side 320mm

also seems to be pretty common to have the passenger side higher with the Koni & king combbo.

bahhh only 10mm probably nothing for a weekend warrior

Garry · Postby **Garry** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:28 am

The driver side tends to be a bit lower on the stock springs as well. My NA was about 10mm lower on the drivers side.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:53 pm

sounds like your delima isn't that bad. are your bump stops trimmed?

thats what my car looks like

The NA

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:55 am

Slugoid wrote:Why is the drivers side lower?? With the driver in it will be even lower....wouldn't it be better if the drivers side was slightly higher?? I dunno, I'm not an automotive engineer.

The car is old, probably had one occupant (driver) most of the time and thus the springs have sagged. Mine was like that too but new springs fixed it.

r0gue · Postby **r0gue** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:00 pm

If we assume that you have King Lows in there and not replacement OEM's from King Springs, then yes the spring will look compressed.

Your problem is caused by the rebound of the spring not being dampened by the shock absorber. So a cheap Monroe w/- a King low spring will always bounce a little, even if the shock is brand new.

What you need is to upgrade the shock to something better. Minimum would be Monroe GT gas, preferably Koni or KYB - something of a better calibre than the ole cheapo shock.

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:54 am

Slugoid wrote:I think I have King lows (yellow).

Colour is no guide - mine are yellow but standard ride height.

Slugoid wrote:........but could sagged springs contribute to more bouncing?

Nope, the shocks stop the bouncing - that's their job.

sabretooth · Postby **sabretooth** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:54 am

Tons of pics of Kings + Konis here: Shocks - Koni adjustables install (NA).

On the coils of your springs, look for a small tag on the springs (take the wheel off if you have to). The model number should be there, eg KM-FL52. These will tell you which model spring you have.