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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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whats wrong with this picutre...




i put sportlines in the car, and now the front is lifted up quite a bit
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:19 PM
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i put sportlines in the car, and now the front is lifted up quite a bit

Either you left the jackstands under the car or didn't index the springs properly.
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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Look almost like there isnt a motor in there!! Did you compare the new springs to the old springs when you took them out?
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by chevymec
Look almost like there isnt a motor in there!! Did you compare the new springs to the old springs when you took them out?

yea the eibachs were a good size smaller to... can they just not be in the spring pocket right ?
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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yea the eibachs were a good size smaller to... can they just not be in the spring pocket right ?

That has to be it, my PRO KIT, sits about 3 inches lower than that! LOL
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 92MaroRS
That has to be it, my PRO KIT, sits about 3 inches lower than that! LOL

how the hell is there more then one way to put them up in the pocket tho, i just put them on the control arm and jacked it back up..
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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You should be able to look at the springs and see if they arent in the right spot.
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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how the hell is there more then one way to put them up in the pocket tho, i just put them on the control arm and jacked it back up..

There are indentations that the spring fits into on the control arm. if you don't get it in the right place you can get the 4x4 look.
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 92MaroRS
There are indentations that the spring fits into on the control arm. if you don't get it in the right place you can get the 4x4 look.

i see, well time go rip it apart again i guess lol, fun
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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GM 1LE (WS6) springs are 360 lb/in for the front and 130 - 170 lbs/in progressive for the rear. to strogn for all
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 10:51 PM
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drive it around first, they might actually "pop" into place. I drove my car around after i was done big POP sound, i guess it was the spring adjusting itselt. Anyway my springs are not perfectly indexed between the holes, but they both sit equal about an inch lower(front). I have pro-kit.
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 11:12 AM
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This might help, Ed Miller has some good pictures of where the indexing holes are in the A-arms for the front springs. Scroll about halfway down the page to see them:

Yahoo! Photos - taramiller72's Photos - 88 Camaro Rebuild
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Old May 1, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Benm109
This might help, Ed Miller has some good pictures of where the indexing holes are in the A-arms for the front springs. Scroll about halfway down the page to see them:

Yahoo! Photos - taramiller72's Photos - 88 Camaro Rebuild
Thats definitely good to lnow and something I would have never thought of....
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Old May 2, 2006 | 01:43 AM
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GM 1LE (WS6) springs are 360 lb/in for the front and 130 - 170 lbs/in progressive for the rear. to strogn for all


You sure on that front spring rate?
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