ok so tonight i installed new drop zone front springs and gabriel ultra struts from autozone and all was going smooth until i lowered the car to the ground to check out the new ride hieght and thud, the car went all the way down on the jack. after a quick inspection under the car i noticed the car was sitting all the way down to the bump stops. now it was low before i did the swap, but i was told someone cut the front springs and thats why there was no clearance or travel. is there something i am missing? can bad strut mounts do this. did the geniouses at az give me the wrong struts??? WTF??

please help out. i have to drive this thing to work tomorrow afternoon

 

Sounds like a spring problem to me.

JamesC

 

what could have happened. theres only one way the springs can go right?

 

Perhaps they gave you the wrong springs. Or maybe not. Check the following link:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/susp...y-car-now.html

JamesC

 

no, it sounds like everyone elses cars sat on thier bump stop too. unfortunately i just took mine off for more travel. i gues i will be putting those back on with prob 1/2in taken off. i spent all night trying to get the rear straight only to notice the "bolt in" lcarbs are moving, so those will also be welded in tomorrow. this has become an all weekend event and all i installed was stuts/shocks f/r and and ajd panhard bar and lcarbs.

hopefully tomorrow it will all be done and i will be able to get it aligned...