Winding down coilovers.

[StevieG-09]

Right i may sound like a right c**k now. I was lowering the front end of my car today and i was turning the two bolt things you use the C spanner to turn upwards away from the floor. Is this the wrong way as the front seems to sit higher than it was before :S Can someone tell me if its the right way or do i need to be twisting them down to the floor for it to be lower?

 

[Slammed172]

Lol, twist them towards the floor !!! Easy mistake, just remember, to lower, twist downwards.

 

[StevieG-09]

Damn, im a tw*t! I started off twisting them that way but then thought maybe i should be twisting them up as i would be compressing the spring smaller then. O well will be a shorter job tomorrow then.

On i get..

 

[Slammed172]

You would think, but the strut is being pushed down, while the spring is being pushed up, thus making them higher.