Safe Height Limit For Hsd

[SargeRX8]

Hi all just a little query. I've got HSD's on my car(the green/black ones). I've read some places suggesting that the height can be controlled by the preload and by the lowering and raising the cylinder tube. Now the way the car is sitting is lower than standard height and lower than my friends R33 which sits on BC coilovers. I wanted to raise the car up a little more but what what I recall theres only about an inch of thread left in the lower mount. Is it unsafe to wind them out a little further? Is there any other way to get a little more ground clearance out of this?

[GTSBoy]

So long as the spring is captive at full droop it's all fine.

[Ben C34]

So long as the spring is captive at full droop it's all fine.

Which it would always be with coilovers.

[GTSBoy]

No......you can wind lower perch down so that the spring is loose. That is what I meant by captive. Not simply that you can't loose it. It must not rattle. That's captive.

[Ben C34]

Ah. So not like cut springs falling out the back if a commodore?

[GTSBoy]

The consequences can actually end up nearly as bad. If a spring cocks over in a coilover it can rather interesting to drive on with one side jacked up and the other not. Not as severe as dragging the fuel tank on the deck perhaps......

[blind_elk]

If you're concerned about running out of thread, you could fit some helper springs.