Stupid question of the day, coilovers?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Hall1836

As you tighten the coils do you raise or lower the body, in addition to compressing the spring?

As you move your spring collar up, your car will go up higher as well. But it's not a 1 to 1 ratio. Meaning if you want to move your car up an inch you will move the spring collar up by less than an inch -- maybe three-quarters, maybe two-thirds, but you get the idea. That's on my car, though. Your car's spring to results ratio will be different, but still similar.

EDIT -- After getting your ride height perfect you should do final adjustments with your car on scales. Getting your corner weights just right makes a tremendous difference in the way the car drives.