Despite posting this here, to remind myself and others, I failed to refer to them during the installation and now need to go back and remove the rear springs, to remove a rubber nub, on the oem top mount. At least, I knew I had to go back anyway, as we had not set the final ride height and just guessed at it, which left it at ~ a 1" lift, when I wanted 1.5-2".Just found this info, on Flatout's site. It would seem to be very useful to me, when I get my coilovers installed, in about a month.
https://flatoutsuspension.net/blogs/news/rebound?_pos=9&_sid=4cc2f294d&_ss=r
Note. (pic) I used the camber plates, set to the max negative, that the top of the shock would fit in the oem hole and did not use the supplied camber bolts, which both, my mechanic and I hate. I am currently sitting at 1 degree negative but need to go up another .5 to 1", so I'll see how much that changes. Camber plates added some noise, at low speeds but at Highway speeds, my aggressive Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T's, masked any increase, despite the tires not being overly loud.
Note. (pic) I opted for 14" front springs, instead of the standard 12's, which added some labor. You need to run all mounting hardware (end link mount, lock collars and spring perch) to the bottom of the threaded area, in order to get the springs on and the top nut started. This is easy to do but if you do it yourself, before taking them somewhere, to get installed, it will save them some time. You will then need to run the end link mount up, to expose ~ 3/4" of threads (my pic is at 5/8"), below the mount. If you then set the locking collars and spring perch's to the lowest height, you will have raised the car about 1.25". This is with 212lbs springs, so, a 200lbs spring would be slightly lower ~.3" and a 225lbs spring would be ~ .3" higher. Of course you don't need to set the spring perch, at the minimum height (my pic) and I will be raising it.
I need OEM alignment specs!!!! He did not have them on his machine and I couldn't find them on a forum search. We used specs from a 2020 Escape, which called for front camber to be between +.05 and -1.45 and the rear camber between -.4 and -1.9 and he set front and rear to -! degree.
Edit. I found the alignment specs, in a response to one of my old Posts. Front Camber .1* to -1.5*, toe 0 to .2* in. Rear, Camber -.4* to -1.9*, rear toe, .09* to .29* in.
Edit #2 I left the end link perch at it's lowest possible height, with .625" of thread exposed below the black collar. To do that, you need to shorten the adjustable end link to it's shortest length. With my 1.625" lift, I have 17/32" of thread exposed, above the blue collar, when it's tightened down to the top of the black collar. With a 14", 200lbs spring, instead of my 14", 212lbs spring, you should have an additional 1/4" thread exposed, with the same 1.625" lift.
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