ride height stance
01-23-2010, 02:15 PM
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ride height stance
ive read a couple threads on lowering and highering the car but im still not sure about it. what i want is the look with the front lower then the back. ive been looking at kits that lower the front more then the rear but i want to know maybe if theres something cheaper then a whole kit like something i can use to just lower the front. and if im just lowering the front do i really need the LCA relocation brackets and adjustable pan hard bar?
if anyone has any suggestions let me know or any pictures of their car with this kind of stance.
thanks
if anyone has any suggestions let me know or any pictures of their car with this kind of stance.
thanks
01-25-2010, 08:22 PM
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Re: ride height stance
Springs are how you do it.
Much easier in the rear. You just release the top shock mount and lower the axle. In the front you have to open the suspension, tricky! Instructions posted somewhere here. They start with "Be Careful".
BTW, in a few months I will have a pair of front Eibachs available.
Much easier in the rear. You just release the top shock mount and lower the axle. In the front you have to open the suspension, tricky! Instructions posted somewhere here. They start with "Be Careful".
BTW, in a few months I will have a pair of front Eibachs available.
01-25-2010, 09:23 PM
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Re: ride height stance
Springs are how you do it.
Much easier in the rear. You just release the top shock mount and lower the axle. In the front you have to open the suspension, tricky! Instructions posted somewhere here. They start with "Be Careful".
BTW, in a few months I will have a pair of front Eibachs available.
Much easier in the rear. You just release the top shock mount and lower the axle. In the front you have to open the suspension, tricky! Instructions posted somewhere here. They start with "Be Careful".
BTW, in a few months I will have a pair of front Eibachs available.
01-25-2010, 11:01 PM
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Re: ride height stance
You mean the mean aggressive look from the 80's that sucked for traction?
01-25-2010, 11:17 PM
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Re: ride height stance
i just want the front lower then the back. like idk what to call it i guess a drag look. traction isnt much to me i have a 2.8 v6 and its by no means a race car. im going with all beauty with this car lol
01-25-2010, 11:24 PM
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Re: ride height stance
Easiest and cheapest would probably be a pair of air shocks in the back.
01-26-2010, 06:37 AM
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Re: ride height stance
I always free it from the bottom, as it seems easier. 
One cheap and easy way to raise the rear is to use a fourthgen spring isolator, which will get you an inch or so, IIRC. At considerably more cost, Moog 5665 rear springs will do the job.
JamesC
One cheap and easy way to raise the rear is to use a fourthgen spring isolator, which will get you an inch or so, IIRC. At considerably more cost, Moog 5665 rear springs will do the job.JamesC
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