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HI Guys, Pre-load can be confusing but I would like to clarify the more preload you add (nothing else changed) the higher you car will be. To measure your preload you need to know the free length of your spring, lets say 200mm (what MeisterR uses on the aerodecks). Out of the box it should have 2mm of preload. The spring length in the coilover unit should measure 198mm. If you add more preload, say 10mm total the spring will measure 190mm and your car height will be higher. The reason being is the weight of the car. Let say with 0mm preload the weight of the car compresses the spring down by 50mm when it is sitting on the road. Also lets say the coilover length is 400mm so with the weight this compresses to 350mm. If you add 10mm preload the spring is compressed to 190mm but the coilover length remains the SAME at 400mm. Then add the weight of the car and this weight needs to act on that preload before it compresses the spring more. So the result will be the spring will still be compressed by 50mm but the coilover length is now at 360mm. These figure are made up as I don't know the weight of the car of the actual length of the coilover unit from the top of my head but the principle is the same. More preload equals more height. Hope that make sense. Edwin

cheers! maybe I will sell them one day!

Well guys last night I waved goodbye to the aerodeck. Swapped it for a ek coupe. Felt I'd got the deck to where I wanted looks wise and just had the urge for something else. Was gutting watching it drive away but it did look awesome lol I plan to still use the forum! Met a lot of nice people and it's a great place to come read an chat. Il get a project thread up for the coupe soon.

One to watch definitely!

Been talking about it on s2k wondering what they will get up too ...

I'd probably lose my license trying to drift all the time

Ahhhhhh I really wanted to get motd today and be driving. But s**t just didn't go my way.. Knew it would fail on the hand brake. Was doing nowt. Suspected the cable had stretched. Turns out.. ewww looks so gross and ugly and rusty anyway glad it's gone. New one in.. hands down that is the most awkward job I've ever had to do on a Honda. Using jacks no room to work.. had to drop exhaust and remove the heat shields. But I now have a Honda with a perfect strong handbrake... I know crazy. Also cleaned and regressed rear brakes. Ns both sliders were seized. Nightmare. I'll say it again no idea what that guy did to my car. Also when i fitted the new front discs i slung the old pads back in. That night i coukdnt sleep worrying about uneven brake wear. Lol. so ordered some brand new nissin super street pads and whacked em in today. Window was f**ked aswell. Mechanism was completely twisted. Repaired it but sure it will f**k up again needing a new one. It will fly through an mot now. I've fixed everything. And I have to say it fires up beautifully and really purrs.

Time seems to go by so quickly guys. Nick was one of the good guys, and a credit to this club and everyone who knew him. Hard to believe it's been a year since he passed away. Been 2 years since Dawn passed away too, and still feels like it was yesterday. That's the effect good people like these have on us all, and we'll never stop missing them Bet they've both been watching us in the club from up there (and knowing them, probably taking the pee!). But at least we had the pleasure of knowing them and being a part of their lives, and for that, we'll always be thankful

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