blarghsid

I need to raise up my suspension -- I'm out in SF and the set up from the previous owner is borderline undriveable in the city. Where can I get a set of suspension adjustment wrenches for the OEM suspension??

tgavem

You can buy a spanner wrench at any automotive store or Amazon

However, they are useless. My tip is too:
Use a cleaning product like WD40, and a rag and clean threads really good. Take a small mallet and a blunt chisel and loosen lock ring. Once loose with clean threads, easy to turn up and down. Mark everything and count threads/turns, then you know car is still balanced per previous set up.
After adjusting, tighten using the hammer and the chisel. I also put one or two dabs of locktite on the shock threads just before tight. On the driver side, make sure the swaybar link is vertical, if it is leaning forward after last adjustment and if your lock ring is no solid tight, after some driving and cornering, it could loosen. Passenger side is not as important as threads are opposite.

If you plan to remove shocks from car, always loosen everything before removing shocks from car, much easier.

https://world.ohlins.com/app/uploads...I_POSMI101.pdf





Here are Ohlins instructions, easy to follow.

993GT

^good advise

StephenB

I used a Williams 474 spanner with a length of jack handle in lieu of the Ohlins supplied wrench to disassemble my stock units. I did wire brush the threads first and apply PB Blaster overnight.

blarghsid

Thanks for the replies everyone, will take your advice into account. StephenB -- thanks for the photo, I got some Seafoam Deepcreep so I'll make sure to hit it with that before I mess with it.

32krazy!

after you lube the threads hose them down completely and lube again. a single piece of dirt can strip the threads and cause a night mare

black04

Changing ride height might help a very small amount when going in and out of driveways and such. But these cars are borderline undriveable in the city because of the stiff suspension.

blarghsid

I can handle stiff suspension, I'm used to that already. I just can't handle obliterating the front lip on my annoying driveway all the time. This is just to hold me off until I buy KW HLS for the car, lol

Don't worry, I knew what I was getting into when I bought the car. I just want to avoid damage to the thing, aching back is something I can live with

black04

Be advised because of the trigonometry of the situation, a 10mm increase in ride height may only give you an additional 1mm of front end clearance. So it may not be worth the effort.

My problem with front lip clearance was solved by the previous owner. I recently was informed on this forum that my front lip was missing. 13 years and I never missed it.

RossP

Front lips on GT3s should be considered consumable items. As long as you are not constantly ripping it clean off ~$300 annually, or bi-annually for a new lip (Cup lip) is pretty reasonable IMO.

There are also products like this out there:
https://www.griotsgarage.com/product...xoC_T8QAvD_BwE

black04

Or just 2x4 lumber. All you need are two 1 foot pieces. SERIOUSLY

Ride height adjustment is not the answer. Your car is likely not set up incorrectly and trying to adjust the ride height without corner balancing will do more harm than good.

I have the same problem as you with my driveway.

Martin S.

My car was lower than stock ride height. I took it to Suspension Specialties in Torrance, a division of Johnson's Alignment, and had it raised to stock, corner balanced and aligned. It took about 4 hours of labor...problems have been less noticeable since the chore was done.

blarghsid

Thanks everyone for their input -- I'm taking the car over to Trackspec out in Fremont, CA to get professionals working on it.