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Old 05-29-2002, 12:10 PM
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Default has anyone gotten a shop to machine a perch setting on your shocks?
i'm looking for a ballpark price if anyone has one
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They do it for like $15/shock or something like that

at leaset i know they do it for the S4 bilsteins
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Default sweet....
you wouldn't happen to know if it's reliable too... i won't have problems with my shocks down the line because of it?
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Default Should be ok...
as long as the shocks aren't overheated when the machining is done. That could damage the seals and require a rebuild.

I had a pair of Koni's machined. Shop charged me for their time...took a tad over an hour being very very careful.

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great, thanks
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Default Oh, one other thing...
The ride height will not change the same amount as the new perch height. In my case, the ride height dropped about 1.0 inch for every 0.7 inch drop in perch height.

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Default well, i'm actually looking to go up, not down...
but i'll definitely take that into reccomendation. thanks
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Default that's what i did
Had new grooves placed 1/4,1/2,and 3/4 above the stock perches and it's working great for me. have a little bit of adjustability w/out shelling out the $$ for coilovers.
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Default exactly what i was wanting...
everytime you want to change it though, you have to take it off and recompress the spring though, right?
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