Super stupid question about coilovers

Ryan998

I'm in edmonton now and the road is terrible here. I'd like to know that if a put coilovers on my Z, can l uppering my Z a little bit with coilover to make the suspension softer than stock when daily driving (espacially in winter)? I saw my bro did that to his s60 polestar's stock coilovers and it did feels better.

Thanks.

scope22

Yes you can raise your car with coilovers

cv129

Best solution is to buy a daily driver. Or, you just have to get used to how the Z rides...it's a sports coupe and doesn't weight 2 tons However, in the spirit of the Z love, I'll chime in with my 2 cents:

When you said "uppering", it's easily assumed you meant raising the physical height of the car. The Polestar S60 came with adjustable shocks, your brother adjusted the damping, not the ride height.

• One option is to keep OEM springs, but switch to Koni Yellow adjustable shocks. I'm not sure that helps enough, however.
  
• If your butt is really too sensitive to the bumps (no joke intended), you need a softer spring. Any off-the-shelf aftermarket coilovers will use much stiffer springs that the stock springs(to avoid bottoming out, among other reasons). So I doubt coilovers solve your problem.
  
• You have a sports pkg car with 19's rims and tires with stiff sidewall. If you don't mind giving up the look, switch to 18' wheels, then use tires with taller and softer sidewalls.

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sandersd

Ride height and damper action are separate and independent adjustments. Either can be changed without affecting the other.

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jabo5779

I believe if you call the manufacturer of the coilover set you are interested in they can give you a + and - range from stock(in mm). I thought I saw a set that was only - from stock for both the upper and lower range, so some coilovers might not go higher than stock. Something to confirm when you call them.

There are other ways to skin a cat though. Have you looked into different tires? Wider tires with more sidewall could help the issue without raising the car. If you raise the car you might want more sidewall in the tires anyway to fill the gap.

Nithmo

I'm in Edmonton too.. and I'll be honest, as good as it looks to have a lowered car... I haven't lowered my last 5 cars.

Sure, coilovers are adjustable. But I found it would generally take me a few days until I was happy with the ride height, and ensured it was equal at every corner. 99.8% of people will NEVER adjust their coilovers once they set the height right. It's a pain to do so.

Theoretically, yes, you can adjust them. Will you? Well, that's the other story.

Also, those 19s will likely be brutal in the winter. They have very wide tires on them, on a car that weighs very little in comparison. Traction will be brutal in snow. You need to get a dedicated winter set of wheels/tires, and get the thinnest tires you can possibly get. The thinner the tire, the more concentrated the weight is on the surface touching the road (less surface area), the more the car sinks into the snow and "bites" into the snow for traction.