A buddy of mine just installed 2in lowerings springs on his DA. The rear springs didnt get compressed like the front when everthing was tight, but still in the air. What is the deal with this? Is this normal?...thanks

 

Does it look like a top fuel dragster? (slammed in the front / jacked up in the rear)

If so you probably put the rear springs in the front and the fronts in the rear.

 

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Ok thats hard to understand. He said when the front was put back together and tightend up (but still on jacks) the springs were compressed at not loose at all. But when the rear was assembled and tightend up (but still on jacks) the springs were compressed at all. obvioulsy when the car was put on the ground they were compressed....whats the deal???

 

no not at all....i looked at the springs and they have R for rear and F for front. The car looks fine, rides fine.

 

anyone???

 

bump

 

its fine.

what springs?

anyway, its fine.

 

H&R race...ok cool thanks

 

H&R race are low. its typical.

its not fine that youre that low. but thats somewhat subjective.

 

What do you mean its not ok that its that low. Its still about 3-4 inches till the pinchwelds touch the ground

 

hmm.. nevermind.

(ignorance is bliss.)

 

so it is normal for the springs not to be comprssed until on the ground???

 

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What you are experiencing is not uncommon when you use a spring that is set up to lower the car quite a bit and often has a relatively short free length and aybe a pretty big rate increase over stock. If the spring falls out of the perch when you jack it up and the wheels are off the ground, just make sure that when you lower it back down that the top coils go back and seat in the right place.

Rarely when you are driving the car will the wheels come off the ground long enough to unseat the springs. If so, you have a bigger problem than unseated springs. Maybe not the most preferred situation but no uncommon with short slowering springs.

 

Thanks for your help!