355 Spring Ride Height Adjustment Procedure?

You need the Hill Engineering wrench LNS-01 - order through Ricambi. I would go to a good alignment shop, with a laser alignment/measurement table, so you can be absolutely sure of your height measurements. It might also be a good time for a 4 wheel alignment.

http://www.ricambiamerica.com/index.php?cPath=600_100042

 

Its just time consuming usually the nut is frozen to the rubber sleeves and it makes the spring want to turn as well, I sprayed pb blaster liberally and it helped. To keep the aspect ratio the same as factory concerning rake for front end I went 12 turns down front and 14 rear this lowered the car an inch all around.

Plan about 40 minutes a wheel.

 

Thanks for posting the number of required turns! I always wondered about the ratio, too. Good man!!

 

Do you need wrench LNS-01 AND LNS-01A or just LNS-01? Not clear to me looking at the Hill Engineering page. I would tend to think you would need two wrenches.

 

LNS01 knocks off the lower (small) ring nut. Once loose, that one should spin pretty easily down the shock. LNS01A moves off the wider upper nut, which compresses or releases the spring.

 

I have not done this on my 355 yet, but have on my BMW with Bilstein PSS coilovers. Assuming you measure carefully, you will still probably need to adjust each corner at least twice, to get it spot on. So figure 20 minutes per corner, depending on how tight each nut is, then you will need to go for a short around the block drive to settle things, then measure and adjust as needed. After, you may wish to have an alignment, depending on how much you raised/lowered and how recently it was last checked.