my damn coilovers came with japanese installation manual, so it's fvked up.

 

Ok, I'm in the middle of installing coilovers and I set the front height to where I want it by adjusting the damper length. Now I attached the bottom of the damper to the lower arm, but I cannot get the damn endlink to go back into the hole. The lower arm sits higher and the endlink it now too long to go into the sway bar hole.

Am I doing something wrong or are adjustable end links necessary?

Pic of my problem (It will not go in any of the sway bar holes):

 

maybe you set the dampner too low? or try removing the bottom of the coilover from the lower arm...then put the endlink in, and then put a jack under the arm to get it to compress slightly to slip the bottom of the coilover in there.

workin' kind of late/early, aren't ya?

 

The way I was told to adjust the height was to adjust the damper length. I could make the damper longer to make it fit the arm, but I would be raising the car. I thought about putting the endlink in first, but it looks like the pressure needed to jack up the lower arm in place for me to attach the shock would break the endlink or mess up the sway in some way.

It's weird because I've never heard of anyone having this problem.

 

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I have heard and seen the endlinks breaking because the car is low. you should def get the enlinks...

 

Ok, is there a way to change the front height without taking the coilovers out? My coilovers are setup like Tein Flex, so I have 2 locking nuts for the spring perch and one for the damper. If I loosen the damper nut, how do I change the height with everything in place?

 

you have to lossen up the lowest perch then you can adjust.

 

Adjust it how?

 

try rotating the sway bar. if you have to loosen the mounts, then so be it.

 

I think there's a load on the sway bar. Do you only have one wheel off the ground?

 

wow... ok, endlinks added to my shopping cart! lol