# Raise a car 1/4"
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [April 9, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336 "2012-04-09T10:19:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/41 "2012-04-11T10:29:00Z")
those mr gasket screw in shits I pictured work fine. they are screwed in 1/4 turn with a 22mm socket or wrench, and stay put. Wayyyy back I had them in my static dropped ranger’s front to bring it up a bit. They wont come out and do what they are supposed to.
All they are doing is locking 2 coils together into one really.
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/42 "2012-04-11T10:50:59Z")
I recommended those for rear springs in Stallmers turbo civic to try and get more traction. They would have worked great and could be taken out for the ride home.
And that pic of all the nuts a spacers concerns me. That car will get a little lower with every pot hole
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### Author:  [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/43 "2012-04-11T13:11:11Z")
> [@Not Another Bike Crew Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-another-bike-crew-thread/49065/4):
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> the thing I would worry about is this…
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> The cup molded into the bottom of the strut body, that cradles the spring, that that rubber johnson would sit in, would now put the bottom most coil on the spring ABOVE or damn close to above the top of the molded cup on the strut body. Long sentence but I think you know what I am trying to say.
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> So, if there is any bind in the upper mount and steering the car wants to twist the spring, its just asking to kick the coil spring out of that rubber thing, since there isnt a steel lip to retain the spring on the strut body.
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> Unless you tackwelded a few tabs on the side to prevent that after you installed that rubber guy.
Check the pics there are no cups on my struts. Its fully flat and also the spring sits snugly over the body of the strut so there cannot be any torsional movement on the bottom. it will be flat metal surface against flat rubber surface and the rubber surface will cradle the spring so the spring doesn’t slip of the rubber. The springs fit tightly around the shock body at the spring seat one the top hat is on there is absolutely no moving the spring in any direction. Those twist in things have to affect how the spring operates. Those seemed mad sketchy to me. I’m basically just lifting the bottom of the spring up with a hard rubber .5" spacer. Apparently alot of Saab 9-5s use there because of suspension problems in the rear so it should be a non issue
> [@Ollie"](#):
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> I don’t understand that… Do you mean putting one above and one below the spring? How does that create spring tension? Or do you mean inbetween binding coils maybe lol idk. Jw how that’s supposed to work
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> Anyway I’d just use a flanged spring seat grommet. Pref hard rubber or urethane. order/trim it to fit and slice it to match the spring seat. I guess the spring could still spin and push it out like mike said unless your suspension is like mine and only droops like .5" Lol
This is going to be used pretty much as a spring seat grommet, but I guess they can also be stuck between top coils on a sagging spring to re-lift the car and gain back spring ride quality (i think that is sketchy)
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/44 "2012-04-12T06:17:16Z")
I see… I looked at the pic again I see what your mean. The ID on the spring is just a c hair larger than the OD on the strut body, holding the spring in place.
yeah you would be fine with the rubber johnsons then! go for it.
The crank in steel spacers work good. you put them in, in pairs. one across from the other between the same coil. All its doing is locking 2 coils together, making them NOT flex, AKA adding preload. I had mine in the front of my old ranger for 20Kmi on some lowering springs on the static kit I had in it. Never had a problem, and the springs looked 100% fine when i took them out.
Also, the come in and out in less than a minute… not like the rubber piece.
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### Author:  [@Phate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phate)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/45 "2012-04-12T06:20:14Z")
> [@The "Oil Prices" thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739/386):
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> The crank in steel spacers work good. you put them in, in pairs. one across from the other between the same coil. All its doing is locking 2 coils together, making them NOT flex, AKA adding preload. I had mine in the front of my old ranger for 20Kmi on some lowering springs on the static kit I had in it. Never had a problem, and the springs looked 100% fine when i took them out.
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> Also, the come in and out in less than a minute… not like the rubber piece.
How much do those cost? I might have a use for those if I actually get around to putting some power in my accord and bring it to the track. Those in the rear plus the limiter straps I made (if I can find them) up front should make it launch pretty well for a front wheel drive failboat.
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/46 "2012-04-12T06:25:22Z")
$8-12 a set
Mr. Gasket coil spacers. Advance has them IRC
LOL get like 10 of them and just put them in every coil out back! LOL
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### Author:  [@Phate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phate)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/47 "2012-04-12T06:30:49Z")
> [@it was a rough weekend for team sahlen at lime rock park](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-was-a-rough-weekend-for-team-sahlen-at-lime-rock-park/49122/3):
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> $8-12 a set
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> Mr. Gasket coil spacers. Advance has them IRC
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> LOL get like 10 of them and just put them in every coil out back! LOL
$20 drag suspension setup, lol. I don’t plan on doing anything too serious with it in a straight line, but if I can do something stupidly easy that takes next to no time that could make it do a bit better, why not?
Threadjack over
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/48 "2012-04-12T06:36:09Z")
cut a 2X4 the right length to fit between the control arms and the frame… jack it up, stuff it in there, ratchet strap that bit tight so it doesnt extend and fall out…
insta-drag rake
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/49 "2012-04-12T11:08:33Z")
Since its proven to work on Cobalts…
just hold the front bumper on with ski boot buckles and when you come home, get out, detach the bumper, drive in the driveway, and reattach the bumper.
[http://shift518.com/showthread.php?t=30040](http://shift518.com/showthread.php?t=30040)
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### Author:  [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/50 "2012-04-12T11:11:05Z")
such a god awful idea
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