IThaJokaI

Anyone know what the weight of a 240 rear is? talking about front-rear axle weights.. not the wieght of the axles lol...

Im having an issue with coil overs and trying to figure if I would be able to spin the coil down enough to get me as low as I wanna go if I use 240 coils with how light my bed is...

norachelhere

so, you want me to put a scale on my jack and jack the rear end up and see what it wieghts or what?
I'm not exactly sure what you're looking to find out...
Are you wanting to know what spring rate we all use on our coilovers?
Also, if you adjust the coilovers down so they are shorter, they adjust against themselves, so it doesn't matter what the car weights, it will still get lower.
Maybe I'm just not getting exactly what you're asking...

osama tim laden

lordofthemiasma

lol ^

norachelhere

^^ thats what I was thinking... thats part of the reason why I was so confused about what the OP was trying to ask...

IThaJokaI

I need to know the weight of the back half of a 240... Or in other terms, rear axle weight(the weight the axle supports.) I know my bed is a lot lighter than a 240, but how much is what I need to know. Because your cars compress a coilover due to their weight. And they are so low when spun down because of that. But if you have a 500lb/in spring and you take 500lbs off the rear, you will be 1" higher than when you still had that 500lbs...

So Im trying to determine if I will be able to spin the coils with my rear axle weight to be as low as I want.

osama tim laden

Wat ?

RyanS13

IThaJokaI

If you cant speak and or read English then go somewhere. That was perfectly legible and in perfect grammar...

norachelhere

you're using crazy minitruck slang
no one knows what the hell you mean by spun down or spin the coils...
I'm also wondering what it is that you are picturing in your head when you think of the coilovers.
Its as if you think the spring sits on the chassis of the car. If that is the case, you are mistaken. You can take the whole coilover off the car and it won't effect the ride hight it is set at. The spring rate doesn't affect ride hight like you think it will. You are right as far as how much weight does it take to compress the spring, however that doesn't have shit to do with the ride hight the coilover is set at.
Step back a sec and think of how a coilover works. Not a mcpherson (sp?) strut, or a screw over ebay coilover or anything like that, but a real coilover. I'm pretty sure that once you figure that part out, you'll realize that you're asking a pointless question.

you also ought to look up what the common spring rates are for the popular coilovers. That should lead you to the answer you are looking for...