how do i adjust coilover sleeves?

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how do i adjust coilover sleeves?

By suprame
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:06 pm #80316 ive searched everysite i can think of (civic-eg, honda tech, clubcivic) top to bottom. but cannot find how to adjust coilover sleeves. i was just wondering if it was the same, or different. i wanted to do mine this weekend. but cannot till i figure out how.

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By Greasedmonkey
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:19 pm #80319 Same or different as what?

On the sleeve, depending on what brand you have, you spin one of the collars away from the other and then spin them both down or up depending on if you want to go lower or higher. You will need the special wrenches that come with the sleeve kit though.
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By suprame
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:22 pm #80321 my coilover sleeves only have one collar though, so is that bad?
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By Greasedmonkey
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:27 pm #80324 are they ground control?

With only one collar, you will need a Allen wrench to loosen the allen bolt that is tightening the collar down to the sleeve. you will need to find where the bolt is to determine what size allen wrench you need. Then just loosen the bolt and spin the collar which ever way you want it.
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By suprame
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:47 pm #80332 so the sleeves came with the car, and i havent even looked at them till now. the allen key bolt i need to loosen is stripped. now how the hell do i loosen it?
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By suprame
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:10 pm #80338 that sounds like one hella long day.
would you think i could just weld something to the bolt and turn it?
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By teal_dx
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:04 pm #80356
suprame wrote:that sounds like one hella long day.
would you think i could just weld something to the bolt and turn it?


I think that would be more work, and a very tiny area to weld on to. But you could try that if you like to weld and can get a good weld in a tight area :thumb:
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By suprame
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:10 pm #80361 haha i dont like welding at all, just thought it would be easier/ if i were to drill out the bolt, where could i get new ones? just sears, or would it have to be from a suspesion store??
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By teal_dx
- Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:12 am #80394 I'm not sure how small they are, but I think a hardware store may have them. Or you could call the manufacturer, I'm sure they could ship you a new set for a little more $
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