Suspension Brakes 1st Gen Most liked posts in thread: Rear damper adj cable

  1. r34king

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    #2 r34king, Jun 28, 2016
    I have mine hidden behind the plastic panels. The only hole I needed was into the body cavity above the struts. Carefully drilling though. There are wire bundles on both sides.

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    #3 BlimeyCabrio, Jun 28, 2016
    For most cars, this is a fine solution, IMO. There is no need to futz with the adjusters often, if at all. Most folks I know with Colin's coils and the normal spring rates set them to like 8 clicks from full soft, and leave them alone. I run 12 or 13 clicks, with my stiffer springs.
     
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    #4 ScottinBend, Jun 28, 2016
    Paul,

    that was going to be my next question.....LOL I was going to start at 6 clicks from soft. And in the real world it's not that hard to drop the rears and adjust if needed, just like the capability to do it w/o having to.

    Once I get the car in the air I will take another look at whether or not to do the cables.

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    #5 BlimeyCabrio, Jun 28, 2016
    I definitely recommend doing them... But leaving them behind the interior side panels.
     
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    #6 ScottinBend, Jun 28, 2016
    Can you get them installed so they are accessible from the little storage doors? Seems a bit of a tight angle for that.......any reason not to extend them through the interior panel besides maintaining the looks?
     
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    #7 BlimeyCabrio, Jun 28, 2016
    Appearance is the only reason not to run them through the side panels. I don't know about the little access panels. And I don't have an R53 to look at. :)
     
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    #8 ScottinBend, Jun 28, 2016
    ;)
    Thanks for the help Paul.
     
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    #9 ColinGreene, Jun 29, 2016
    Do you still run the rear seats?
    Usually if i get asked to install them with the adjusters, i drill for the adjuster then i drill a hole in the plastic right around where the rear seat sits and put a office desk plug in the hole.
    The seat keeps the plug in and hidden and i remove them as needed.
    the click resolution on the adjuster is better when its straight rather than bent.
     
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    #10 ScottinBend, Jun 29, 2016
    No rear seats after this weekend. Decided to go back to no seats as I needed to remove the panels to get the hole drilled and am simply going to run the adjuster thru with a nice plastic grommit, if I can find the right size
     
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    #11 ScottinBend, Jul 2, 2016
    So here is the rear adjuster cable installed. There is a series of spot weld (?) holes, 5 of them, and you can use the center hole as a guide for the drill. And it appears to be enough room behind the panel to allow adjustments to be made from the cubby hole door on either side as the cable is hardly bent at all. So no drilling of the interior panel!

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