Questions about Swift custom rates rear springs

[Pete.J]

I am going custom rates and height swift springs for my car..

First question:

What rear height adjuster have people here bought for their cars? I am thinking about going with the HP Autosport height adjusters. But I noticed they don?t have notches for the height adjusting tool to grab onto! So how am I meant to turn them with the springs in place? Unless I am expected to remove the rear shocks every time I need to adjust the height :


Second question:

I noticed that the swift 60mm ID rear springs are flat at the ends. So they won?t sit well in the stock spring mounts. I am uncomfortable installing the springs with no mounts at all, just like that, metal on metal!

What have people here done to rectify this? I can?t seem to find any E8X/E9X rear spring mounts that can support aftermarket flat-ended springs sold by any vendor! If there?s one, I?ll be grateful if someone can post a link.

Here are a couple of pics to better elaborate the problem:



You can see how the bottom rubber mount is curved, and isn't designed to take a spring with flat bottom or sharp edges.



Thanks,
Peter.

[ShocknAwe]

You either mount them bare on the camber link, or get flat isolators, mill them to fit the curved base of the link and set the springs on those.

As far as the height adjusters, I have TCK adjusters, which I can spin with my hands if the wheel is removed. Just push down on the hub and turn.

I have various pictures in my build thread. Link in signature.

[Suprgnat]

"Rear Lower Spring Perch for Race Springs" courtesy of fe1rx

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=955487

Originally Posted by PeterY

I am going custom rates and height swift springs for my car..

First question:

What rear height adjuster have people here bought for their cars? I am thinking about going with the HP Autosport height adjusters. But I noticed they don?t have notches for the height adjusting tool to grab onto! So how am I meant to turn them with the springs in place? Unless I am expected to remove the rear shocks every time I need to adjust the height :


Second question:

I noticed that the swift 60mm ID rear springs are flat at the ends. So they won?t sit well in the stock spring mounts. I am uncomfortable installing the springs with no mounts at all, just like that, metal on metal!

What have people here done to rectify this? I can?t seem to find any E8X/E9X rear spring mounts that can support aftermarket flat-ended springs sold by any vendor! If there?s one, I?ll be grateful if someone can post a link.

Here are a couple of pics to better elaborate the problem:



You can see how the bottom rubber mount is curved, and isn't designed to take a spring with flat bottom or sharp edges.



Thanks,
Peter.