Afternoon all.

This afternoon I finally got my new front suspension bits fitted, it only took me about 3 months!

Anyway, I've just put the wheels back on and when I started to lower the car down off the jack, I noticed that the wheel was getting stupidly close to the spring. See pictures below -





I can't even fit my fingers between the wheel and spring!

I'm pretty sure that this isn't normal.

Now, the way I interpreted the instructions, that came with the KW's, about how to set the ride height to it's highest setting was to wind the spring down so that there was a gap of 15mm from the bottom of the thread to the base of the spring perch (15mm was stated in the instructions as the minimum amount of thread which should be left).

Now, have I been a complete 'tard and got the instructions the wrong way round, and should I have wound the spring up the shaft to achieve a higher ride height? I think this is most probably the case but I would just like someone to confirm it for me. Going by the instructions again the maximum amount of thread which can be exposed is 55mm.

I think I have been seriously affected by the heat because I seem to be doing everything wrong today!

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

i have about 3mm space between spring and tyre, so you will def. be fine

and the higher you wind it, the higher your ride height


kw v1 with 17*7 rims on et15, i have put a spacer of 3mm to make sure i have enough space (so et12 in the end and no more problems)

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helper springs arn't there to aid spring rate thats why they are fully compressed. take the load off momentarily and they can only go one way which is what they are there for to keep everything seated

A stronger helper spring can give a more progressive feel.. which in turn could give a bit more rebound Especially on V1's

I know its main use it to keep tension in the strut on full extension using such short springs..

anyone know what poundage the KW main springs are?

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i think standards are about 347lb mabs

347lb?! holy f*ck!!

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Bring on the Trumpets.

Do you just wind the seat up higher then?

Mine have about 5mm between the tyre and strut too, I thought it was odd but checked a mates golf and his is the same, I was a bit worried about winding them down some more

347lb is bloody hard if thats what they are.

Not that you can do it on 6s but i run h&r camber bolts on mine at 1.3neg i wouldnt want to go any less TBH just incase they slipped if i hit a f*ck off pothole Tyre against strut =

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runs the right length spring for the piston length

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Bring on the Trumpets.

You can get the springs from anywhere, not just KW. Just measure the diameter/length/number of coils/thickness just so you know what you currently have.

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Nothing to see here

yes you can, loads of people drive without helper springs around here

and yeah, kw is hard as f***
(got a kw v1 with the springs of a v2)

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I imagine they would unseat when jacked up, any other way i could get it lower ?

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Run a shorter main spring and a longer tender.

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Depends what size the KW springs are?

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