buddy club n+ help

[NcSi]

what is the preload on them?

[Highrev1]

I don't fully understand the question but I will try to help you out here.

Eitherway the idea of preload is Crap. The idea that you can change the spring rate by preloading it?

"Think about it for a moment. Springs as we all know are rated in LB/IN (KG/cm) meaning a given spring will compress X"'s per LBS applied to that spring. simple right? so.... Have you altered how much weight is being applied to that spring by altering the height of it? if not then how can the spring compress any more or less at any ride height along the collars adjustment range? Remember, the upper hat is attached to the dampers pistion (which is a moving part), so when you raise or lower the spring perch (not the bottom perch) you end up changing the dampers stroke range rather then compressing the spring(unless you completly top out the damper). IN reality, the only thing you've done by adjusting the lower collar is adjust the shocks stroke range, something that can also be done by shortening the damper." A ZZ quote

Now there is a way to arrange the weight of the car around its suspension to make it equal to all corners and thats corner weighting the car. But in that instance the weight of the car is shifted onto the spring to compress it.

Understanding Corner Weights

A HELPER SPRING

Now a helper spring is somthing complety different, and the N+ don't have them so this is just for my own good feeling to try to educate the forum. All that is a flat spring that takes up room so the springs don't have slop in them when they are not under load. These helpers compress completly flat basically they are there to keep thing nice and tight, keep noises down too, as you can read from the article TUV requires them.

Helper Springs

[NcSi]

what the preload of spring measurement is and what the height drop between the locking perches is?

[Highrev1]

Originally Posted by NcSi

what the height drop between the locking perches is?