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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 09:06 PM
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Lowering spring problems

I just purchesed a new shinny set of eibach pro kit lowering springs now on the box there supsota lower my car 1.50-2.75 depending on the spring sag i guess well i got the front ones in yesterday and ill be putting the back ones on tomorrow but my problem is that the car now sits dramaticly higher as in 2 or so inches higher!! please help i hate looking like a 4x4 camaro i did what the instrutions said which was to put the eibach logo so right side up (which put the flat part of the springs up by the shock tower) is this right? i need help!! im going crazy, cuase i had also just put in a new 36mm sway bar which i love and i gave it all the preload it could take just becuase i like alot of preload then work my way backwards to how i like it and i figgured sence i preloaded it in the air that that might have had something to do with it but when i nutralized my swaybar and moved the car around alittle it did nothing for it, so yea any help would be great on this matter
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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 10:33 PM
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i just put lowering spring on my car (well just the front) and they did sit about stock height for 2500 miles until they (settled) wait a month and see what happens. I also went over some nasty railroad tracks when i first got them and they made a loud clunking noise (they must have seated themselves better than i did) and the car got lower. drive around with your new springs for a while and see what happens.
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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 11:58 PM
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make sure they are seated right, and that the isolators are on right also, use tape to hold them in place.
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Old Dec 2, 2003 | 11:35 AM
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Old Dec 2, 2003 | 11:37 AM
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ok so i completly removed them and re installed the fronts and its still so high up that i can fit my whole hand into the fender well standing up (all five fingers up and down) and i made sure they where seated proporly and the back is fine and i like how low it is and im exited that the front is suposta be lower but i dont know what to do ive drivin on them for alittlle while now and i just am lost here at this point my front end is higher then the rear!!!
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Old Dec 2, 2003 | 11:58 AM
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if it is sitting that high either

a) the springs are defective, and you got the wrongs ones (less likely)

or

b) they are still not seated properly.
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Old Dec 2, 2003 | 12:58 PM
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well how do i check to see if there seated proporly becuase i tryed hard turns ive tryed hard breaking and ive got me and my girlfriend to shake the front end alittle and its still doing nothing im going to give eibach a call and see what they have to say but im fairly sure the springs are set properly
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Old Dec 2, 2003 | 01:00 PM
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you need to take it back apart, and index them properly.
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