QUOTE(degreeoff @ Aug 14 2007, 09:04 AM)
Should be a circlip around the lower perch for the spring. move that up or down in the grooves cut into the shock....IF you have stock springs that leave tension on the perches when jacked up it may be a bit of a challenge as you need to remove the shocks and then have the springs compressed to remove...PITA!
josh
I thought so too, but when I got under there, I managed lowering the car one notch without removing the shocks.
I jacked the car up, put it on a jackstand, removed the tire. Then, I used my floor jack with a block of wood on top to raise up on the control arm. When the car just cleared the jackstand, I lowered it a bit to be sure most of the weight was on the jackstand.
There was plenty of room to put my spring compressors on the spring. Once they were snugged, I slowly let the floor jack go down. Voila! The spring was compressed, and I could get that circlip off and put it down a notch.
Caveats- I was lowering the car, and I have new 100 pound springs and Bilstein shocks. Not sure I could have raised the car a notch with this process. Oh yeah, and I was already on the 3rd notch from the bottom, lowering it to the 2nd notch. I don't think this would have worked if I started any higher than the 3rd notch. So I guess it only works sometimes, and I got lucky. Worth checking out though.
Related comment- I am AMAZED that that little runt of a circlip holds the back of the car up!!!!