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Suspension lift.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:40 am
by poprock1
Some recent posts have discussed adjustable suspension. I can remember the road test when this car was released which said that it was adjustable very quickly with a spanner. Is this on the 89 L series wagon or only on MY or Brumbies? With 290kg's of batteries behind the rear seat of the Subelec L series the sills are still parallel to the ground but not much travel left .
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:21 am
by RSR 555
I have not seen adjustable front suspension for an L.Series but the rears on the early L.Series (I think 85 to 87) had 3 different settings on the rear shocks. The L.Series doesn't have the wind-up setup like the M.Y.Series but I can't see why you couldn't use the bottom piece of the M.Y. and the top of the L. but this is just the front. The rears you'll still need to find the early model ones as the M.Y. uses a torsion bar and unable to fit in a L.Series without some major work.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:23 am
by Alex
ive seen adjustable as per the MY on the early L-series.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:49 am
by brumbyrunner
With the weight you're carrying, surely a heavier coil would be a safer solution.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:05 pm
by shuffbag
L series does have front and rear adjustable sus. well touring wagons do, the base plate on the rear has 3 stages. you just compress the spring and rotate it to the level desired.
the front has two nuts under the base plate that wind it up on threaded rod. no need to compress the spring but jack that corner up and wind them the same amount.
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:57 pm
by tex
K mac do some for falcons and commodores as their alternative to coil overs
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:42 pm
by Phizinza
shuffbag wrote:L series does have front and rear adjustable sus. well touring wagons do, the base plate on the rear has 3 stages. you just compress the spring and rotate it to the level desired.
the front has two nuts under the base plate that wind it up on threaded rod. no need to compress the spring but jack that corner up and wind them the same amount.
All L's I've seen with original L front struts don't have adjusters. But MY struts can be used in L's with the strut tops swapped over.
85 (and maybe 86) L's had adjustable rear like you explained, but the replacement shocks don't have this.
For the rear, if you don't plan on offroading you can get late 80's Honda Accord front springs to fit in the rear. Stiffer and raises it up by an inch with standard load. If you bump stop it often these can pop the spring perch off the shocker and cause a heap of dramas!