Coilover/handling

[Leroy]

Hey if anyone has time to help, I am a newbie first set of yellow coilovers on an ep3, drive great, hard ride, like it was on rails. After tracking at a garage the steering is much much looser now, nothing embarrassing but much preferred the stiffer ride, due to the language barrier I am dubious to take it to have him adjust the ride height unless I'm certain that's the cause, I have tightened the dampeners, still feels a little bouncy and steering wheel has far more play. Has the ride height just been tampered with to cause this change in handling? Many many thanks

[Duncan]

Hi Leroy can you break that down a little:

is ep3 a civic?

when you say "tracking at a garage" is that a wheel alignment?  Was there any information provided with it like before and after alignment settings?

They almost certainly will not have changed ride height unless it was an expensive alignment, you would have noticed.

Assuming all that is true, it is mostly likely they reduced toe out at the front (and possibly rear) to setting which are nicer for tyre wear.  Without having the settings its just a guess though

[Leroy]

Hey thanks for the swift reply, yes Civic, wasn't an expensive alignment , there was no before/after information, I got them to change some sensors and got the tracking done while it was there, on return it drives lovely and straight the offending light switched off but the steering is drastically lighter and is definitely not as hard and sturdy on the corners. I have tightened the dampeners all round, hasn't stiffened the steering, I'm not sure what toe in is but I will try and communicate with the gentleman that did it, I appreciate the help