Adjustable length rods and maximizing sensor range

[Speedkills]

I picked up a set of adjustable length rods a while back with the intent of using them not for lift, but to adjust my sensors to allow maximum adjustment with my Gap tool. I decided I should finally get around to doing this, then realized I actually have no idea how to adjust them optimally. Anyone want to share their adjustment technique? I'm also curious, what sort of adjustment range are others getting out of theirs and is it the same all over, or different front and back?

 

[morrisdl]

FIRST: write down your current calibration settings (just to be safe). Using IIDT put the suspension in tight tolerance mode. Measure your wheel hub center to fender arch on all four corners. Mine was about 19.25 inches all around (on-road mode).

I did this a while ago so from memory: I think the easiest way is to reset all the calibrations to 175. Adjust each corner rods to restore the height to proper levels. I had to go around the vehicle twice to get it dialed in.

My original calibrations were:

	Driver	Passenger
Front	175	185
Rear	155	156

Usable sensor limit is 150 to 250. So my original calibration could move -5 to +65. So 70mm total.

My current calibrations:

	Driver	Passenger
Front	175	177
Rear	175	176

With my adjusted calibration suspension can measure movements -25 to +73. So 98mm total. About +1 inch increase.

 

[Speedkills]

This is awesome, I'll give it a shot, thank you for the detailed writeup. If anyone else does it differently, let us know. The usable sensor limit was stumping me, where did you find this info? I found something about .5v-4.5v, but nothing about the translated values when I was searching around.

 

[Speedkills]

So I just did this yesterday and it worked great. Since I had adjustable rods I just set the config to 175 per corner, then adjusted the rods until the height was correct. I now have much more usable range, thank you.