DIY Coilovers Preload ?

[illuminarias]

Hi, I recently bought a set of AR Racing coilovers from rev performance and I installed them on my neo. The workshop however used a very high preload which resulted in a very very very bouncy ride. I've undone the preload (loosen the spring completely) and tighten it to a point where the springs to do move ( up down left right ), and tighten another 4mm. Now the car is much less bouncy than before, but it still bounces quite a lot compared to my friends ride with coilovers . Should I go with a 0mm preload or should I add more?

The dampening is at it's hardest (32). I do not mind if the car is stiff when going through bumps or potholes, but I do not want it to be bouncy.

Any ideas? I couldn't find any info about coilover set ups for a neo, and the neo section seems dead :C

 

[^pomen_GTR^]

Hi, I recently bought a set of AR Racing coilovers from rev performance and I installed them on my neo. The workshop however used a very high preload which resulted in a very very very bouncy ride. I've undone the preload (loosen the spring completely) and tighten it to a point where the springs to do move ( up down left right ), and tighten another 4mm. Now the car is much less bouncy than before, but it still bounces quite a lot compared to my friends ride with coilovers . Should I go with a 0mm preload or should I add more?

The dampening is at it's hardest (32). I do not mind if the car is stiff when going through bumps or potholes, but I do not want it to be bouncy.

Any ideas? I couldn't find any info about coilover set ups for a neo, and the neo section seems dead :C

what was the spring rate? for such a light car like satria, with spring rate 6k front and 4k rear already good enough


but u can try reduce the damping stiffness setting to about half and see

 

[illuminarias]

what was the spring rate? for such a light car like satria, with spring rate 6k front and 4k rear already good enough


but u can try reduce the damping stiffness setting to about half and see

Yep, if I'm not mistaken that's the spring rates. The dampening will contribute to the bounciness? I thought it'll only make it stiffer?

 

[^pomen_GTR^]

Yep, if I'm not mistaken that's the spring rates. The dampening will contribute to the bounciness? I thought it'll only make it stiffer?

if the damping too stiff yess it will introduce to more bounciness due to suspension travelling slow (too much dampened movement) so it couldn't catch up with the road surface level

 

[illuminarias]

if the damping too stiff yess it will introduce to more bounciness due to suspension travelling slow (too much dampened movement) so it couldn't catch up with the road surface level

Thankyou, so far I've reduced the dampening on the front and it seems less bouncy :)