How do I raise omnipower sport coilovers?

[pyaarawala]

How do I raise omnipower sport coilovers? There are 3 perches, those black circular thingies. One right under the spring (kinda big), one smaller one immediately under it, and one all the way at the bottom of the thread. How the hell do i raise this thing?

I've tried turning the whole coilover, like removing the thread out of the bottom part, but someone told me it might screw up the damper. Then I tried to turn the top-most perch counter clockwise, which seems to be compressing the spring only, and I don't think the car will get higher like that. This youtube video shows an F2 coilover and the guy says that those are adjusted by turning the bottom-most perch up, and then turning the whole shock-like silver part at the bottom up, making the overall coilover size smaller. but I can't do that since it's already installed on the car!

Please someone help ASAP. I don't wanna break these coilovers and have no idea how to raise it.

 

[pyaarawala]

By the way, it seems to me like if I loosen the bottom most perch, then I can twist the entire coilover thread part and lengthen the coilover itself. But how much can I do that? Because I'm afraid if I take out the coilover too much then there won't be enough of it left in the damper part on the bottom, and that could be dangerous. But is that right? If I loosen the bottom-most perch and then loosen the coilover resulting it making the coilover assembly longer, which ends up raising the car...

Do you guys understand what I mean? It's hard to explain by typing and describing...

 

[henreeezy xp]

uh.. loosen that bottom perch. have the top perch tightened then turn the perch below the top one which should turn the whole coilover. i THINK that's how ive done it...

 

[pyaarawala]

No the one right below the top one seems to just be a lock. It's just like the bottom-most perch. Turning that doesn't turn the whole coilover. In order to turn the whole coilover I have to grab the thread part of it and turn it by hand. By doing so I can make the thread of the whole coilover come out or go in, depending in which direction I turn it. But I'm not sure if that's right. And if it is right, I'm not sure how "out" I can bring the coilover.

 

[henreeezy xp]

wait. i think turning the top one (locked by the one below it) is lowering it. if u're raising it, you shouldnt have to unlock the very bottom one at all. dam im not sure, easiest way is to take it out... if its the front, it shouldn't take u more than 1/2 an hour.

 

[kn0x47]

u answered your question in your second post. messing with the perch for your spring will change the preload on the spring. i dunno how much you can lengthen it tho

 

[Sketch o5]

you raise them by doing everything you did to lower them, backwards.

 

[kn0x47]

^^ great visual aid. ...and file name

 

[pyaarawala]

you raise them by doing everything you did to lower them, backwards.

Okay. That's really good, but I can't twist B at all while it's already mounted on the car. However, I can twist the thread part in between A and C. Is that the same as twisting B as if the coilover were off the car?

Also, how far out can I bring the thread part? I want to raise the car to a pretty high height. Because the roads around the area I'm going to are disastrous. Stock height should do just fine. Now the thing is, based on common sense, if I bring the thread out too much from B, then there will be less of that thread inside B, right? And the less there is, the less stable the entire coilover will become. How do I know how deep the thread is inside B? How far deep is it in there, so that I know the amount I bring it out, will be a safe amount? Does it automatically stop turning or something when it's reaching its limit?

 

[Sketch o5]

Okay. That's really good, but I can't twist B at all while it's already mounted on the car.

thats why you take out that one bolt at the bottom that holds the coils in.

However, I can twist the thread part in between A and C. Is that the same as twisting B as if the coilover were off the car?

kind of. but i wouldnt recommend doing it that way, you could potentially end up damaging the shock itself. i was even told by B&G when i had their coils on my gti, to not do it that way.

Also, how far out can I bring the thread part? I want to raise the car to a pretty high height. Because the roads around the area I'm going to are disastrous. Stock height should do just fine.

i forgot what B&G told me when i had their rs2 set up on my gti, but id say you should be safe with at least an inch worth of threads into the sleeve.....but if you wanna be really safe, id go with and inch and a half.

i highly doubt you will get stock height out of them tho.

Now the thing is, based on common sense, if I bring the thread out too much from B, then there will be less of that thread inside B, right?

yes.

And the less there is, the less stable the entire coilover will become.

eh, kind of. but if you leave enough thread going into the sleeve, you should be fine.

How do I know how deep the thread is inside B?

look at it. where it ends, is where the shock stops being able to go further down.

How far deep is it in there, so that I know the amount I bring it out, will be a safe amount?

spin the sleeve all the way off...it only takes a couple seconds. take some form of a ruler and measure up on the threads on the shock, mark it with say....a sharpie, and put the sleeve back on until it gets to the mark, and lock it with the locking ring.

Does it automatically stop turning or something when it's reaching its limit?

going down, yes. coming up, no....it comes out.