coilovers

[misty]

i know that the length of coilover is 13 open and 9 closed but could you use ie 16" with 11 closed or would this upset the car in some way

thanks for reading

[mr henderson]

Yes it would, the car would end up riding too high, on the bumpstop, with no suspension travel left if you tried to run it at the normal height.

[Big Vern]

In therory it's possible but essentially a bodge!

You would need to move the chassis mount 3" further away from the wishbone mount, so will need some chassis re-design, then fit a 1" spacer metal spacer under the bumpstop to limit travel to the 4" (3"+1" bumpstop) of the original design.
Getting the spacer on the damper rod will depend if you can 'undo' the damper top mount.

It's a lot of faffing around so the 16/11 dampers would have to be good AND cheap.......

BV.

[misty]

many thanks to all i will just keep it normal
many thanks