Avant coilovers fitted

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Finally had my KW coilovers fitted yesterday went for KW street comforts & I can honestly say they are an amazing drive. It’s like driving on a magic carpet now.

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In the pics above I’m running 5mm rear spacers but need to change those to 10mm & I’ve also fitted 12mm spacers on the front. I’ll get pics later after I’ve washed it.
 
After a good clean I also raised the front 5mm. Now I’ll be on the lookout for a set of 21’s.

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Sweet! thats my mind made up then! what was the overall drop over the S Line setup? and why the spacers? to prevent catching or for aesthetics?
 
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Where did you get them exhaust tips from mate? I like them. Seen some on Ebay from Hong Kong but dubious of quality.
 
Sweet! thats my mind made up then! what was the overall drop over the S Line setup? and why the spacers? to prevent catching or for aesthetics?

It’s lowered about 40mm from standard. The spacers are just to fill the arches out till I get a set of 21’s.
 
Where did you get them exhaust tips from mate? I like them. Seen some on Ebay from Hong Kong but dubious of quality.

Yeah from EBay & quality & fit is ok for the money.
 
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After a good clean I also raised the front 5mm. Now I’ll be on the lookout for a set of 21’s.

How much effort is it to change the ride height? From what I've read you have to jack the car up to adjust? Is it also a wheel off jobbie?

Next question, how did you decide on the damper settings to use?

Sorry for the questions. I've never had coilovers and am thinking of having them fitted.
 
@rjwojcik when I adjusted mine I did jack it up & remove the wheels but I’ve only done it the once as once it was set I’ve not needed to adjust it. On my KW’s they have a 16 stage damper setting & they recommend setting to 9 but I have been wanting to stiffen them up to 12.
Most budget coilovers come pre set for damping but it depends what ones your looking at.
 
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