How do you guys with lowered vehicles keep the rear springs from falling out when the rearend hangs? Is there some shorter shocks out there that I dont know about? Thanks.

 

how short are your springs man? when I had the intrax (2" drop), prokit (1" drop) and now even my ground control (3" drop) my spring doesnt fall out O_o did you cut your stocks or something?

 

no, I didnt cut anything...yet. I have the Eibach Pro Kit and plan on possibly chopping the springs a tad to get an extra inch or so but thats irrelavent right now. The problem is that IF I were to lower the car any more than it is, the springs would flop around on their perches at full suspension travel and possibly fall out. As it sits now I can let the rear hang down with the shocks attached and easily turn the springs by hand -ZERO compression of the springs. If the springs were shorter.....then what? Hmmmmmm...

 

You justy have to reset them each time you jack up the car then let it back down. I run lowered springs with a 225lb rate and they will damn near fall out when the car is raised. I've had them in the car for about 8 years and never a ping, pop or clunk for the rear springs in everyday street use. They will never unload that far to fall out of place, even with the harshest dips and bumps. I have always run high rebound shocks/ not stock ones, it will not drop out fast enough- the car would have to be airbourne for at least 2 secs for it to drop an move. You would have to be Evil Kinevil.

 

The Bilstein Sport shocks are made for lowered cars and are 1" shorter then stock.

 

From experience, I've discovered that shocks seem to last longer if the opperating range of the rod is more inboard in the shock body without grounding out. If the rod is extended outward more, my experience has been that the internal valving has a greater sideways bind and will wear out sooner. This is why I perfer a slightly longer shock. Again-- As long as it is not grounding out.

 

Hmm....well......Ok. Ill give it a go.

 

Don't catch air.

 

I seen racecars with small chains attached to the suspension, and chassis to prevent excess drop??? where springs would fall out without them.

Ron

 

sounds kinda ghetto to me.....

 

Nascar Winston Cup uses them & that probably goes the same for Busch, ASA, & ARCA.

Thats where I saw it.

Ron

 

Hmm, Interesting. Ill have to keep that in mind. Thanks for the input Ron.

 

Yeah the stock cars use them so that they don't have to lift the car as far to change tires, the suspension only has about 2" of rebound, so they give em 2" of jack and they're of the ground.

Unfortunately there's nothing to attach a chain or cable to in these cars, the shock just sticks through a hole in the sheet metal floor pan which often breaks out from the normal stress and flexing from the action of the shocks. If you keep good shocks installed your floor pan won't last long, mine only made it about 300,000 miles before the holes broke out.

 

Mine were so thrashed I could easily compress them with my hands and one of them didnt extend back out afterwards. I think they were drag shocks but they were too far gone to tell. But on the upside.....no stress on the mounting hole!!! HEH HEH.