Lowering a Pontiac G8 GT with Megan Racing Coilovers

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We add a set of Megan Racing EZI coilovers from Coilover Depot to our 2009 Pontiac G8 GT. This will give us precise control over our ride height as well as our compression and rebound settings. We walk you through the install from start to finish and show you what it takes to install these on any G8 and lower it to what ever ride height you desire.

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23 апр 2023

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@danielp6629 11 месяцев назад

The front bushings are notorious for compressing. (I bought my ‘09 new and mine were shot literally when I picked up the car , rumor was it was how they were strapped down on the boat coming over here. It’s usually a good indicator if you see any space under the hood your bushings are shot. Your gap could have been from that alone and that also causes clunking and creaking when turning. Always a good idea to replace bushings and bearings anytime you have it apart. I’ve changed mine 3 times in 70k miles FWIW. I am going from tein lowering springs with Fe3’s to maverick man coil overs so watching a few videos 😁 thanks for the video

@wigletron2846 10 месяцев назад

Have you installed the maverick man coils yet? I'm torn between pedders, mav man, and tein/caprice shocks.

@ChaseChristensen8 5 месяцев назад

I checked the strut mounts and they were just fine. The clunk has something to do with the Megan Racing coilovers and how they mount.

@DivineG8 2 месяца назад

@@ChaseChristensen8I have Megan Racing coilovers with new strut mounts and no clunking noise 🤷‍♀️

@DivineG8 2 месяца назад

@ChaseChristensen8 but I also replaced the sway bar links not to long before I put them on.

@recollectionsnzdigitalcontent 2 месяца назад

I have BCs in mine and I ended up doing the same as you in the fronts where they essentially 'hang' from the top plates with the exposed bolt holding it all together. Previously had them set up like in the earlier part of your video and had constant clunking. Highly recommend SuperPro upper mounts as the factory rubber ones do let go and that rod supermans into your bonnet...

@100moula9 Год назад

Went with the pedders xa set there nice, a must if your still on stock suspension! The weight savings alone is worth it! Only negative I experienced is the smallest pot holes bang so hard with the stiffer set up even at the softest settings, but the G8 doesn’t feel like a boat anymore ,it darts like a coupe!

@wigletron2846 10 месяцев назад

Do the pedders front struts come complete with mounts? I know the rears don't.

@100moula9 10 месяцев назад

@@wigletron2846 Mounts? Not sure what you mean, the fronts came fully assembled using factory top plate, and factory knuckle bolts although I bought 2 new bolts isn’t necessary, just drop the old put the new ones

@wigletron2846 10 месяцев назад

@@100moula9 the strut top mounts. Some coilovers don't come with them. If yours were fully assembled and just bolted right in then yours came with mounts. The megans in this video don't have mounts.

@gocart17 Год назад

Awesome car. Been heavily debating making the jump to coilovers on my G8

@ChaseChristensen8 Год назад

Thanks man! It’s definitely nice to be able to set the ride height. I drag the car a lot and being able to crank them up to clear radials and then lower it down for street is nice.

@gjjgjhvbggg1268 Год назад

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@phogetta1 Год назад

I installed whiteline sway bar and coilover. Their installed but i keep hearing clunking sounds

@chadbealer4708 9 месяцев назад

What size tires are you running?

@Sin3xtreme 8 месяцев назад

my fav car ,best thing holden even done was put a chev in the VE commie

@adriangarcia4278 10 месяцев назад

Hey bro you wouldn’t happen to have an extra spring collar from your old setup they only sent me one when I ordered these

@jrbrooksify Год назад

Would you be interested in selling the old coilover set?

@zacharypoccia5024 Год назад

Had a shop do the same coil overs on my 08 g8. Now the front has a clunk when going over larger bumps. Any thought? I was thinking a spring. Don’t want to take it back to that shop. Want to do it myself

@ChaseChristensen8 Год назад

Yeah, unfortunately I have now done this twice with these same shocks and I have the same problem. I thought it was shock mounts but I inspected those and they were fine. I think it’s an issue with how they mount and the possible space between them. It only happens once in a while so I’ve just learned to live with it.

@justinchambers6341 Год назад

Hey y’all I had a similar clunk in the front of my car. Turns out it was the sway bar end links. Since I had it torn apart, I just replaced the entire front suspension with SuperPro end links, sway bar, upper and lower control arms.

@wigletron2846 10 месяцев назад

Could just be the megan shocks themselves, they're known to blow easily.

@DivineG8 2 месяца назад

Likely the strut bushing (should always be replaced when doing this) or the sway bar.

@phogetta1 11 месяцев назад

I just installed mine but keep hearing clanking at low speed. Is that normal

@DivineG8 2 месяца назад

Did you replace the strut bushings up front?

@phogetta1 2 месяца назад

The 2 rear struts were blown. Pedder replaced them through warranty. Just got them installed 3 days ago. No more clanking

@jeremyholmes1218 5 месяцев назад

How do you like the megans?

@ChaseChristensen8 5 месяцев назад

I like them a lot. Honestly the ride on them is fantastic and I love the adjustability. Other than the one blowing out, I’ve loved them.

@Johnny_Chingas13 4 месяца назад

@ChaseChristensen8 Reading some of the comments about clunking on the fronts is that what you were talking about with the gap when using the washer and nut originally? Maybe that's why they only use the one nut to hold everything down?