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Old May 4, 2006 | 08:32 AM
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my rear end on my 6 gen acrd is lower than the front. i have pro kit installed and planning on ordering in the next week koni yellow adjustable shox. would that solve the problem or am i not looking far enough into the rabbit hole?
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Old May 4, 2006 | 09:01 AM
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Default Re: Back end lower than front (tsouyporta)

I've seen others say the same thing about their pro-kit springs.

How much lower?
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Old May 4, 2006 | 11:36 AM
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Default Re: Back end lower than front (tsouyporta)

its pretty weird. my bro has prokit-s in the rear and sportlines in the front, still the front is slightly higher. maybe its becuz his subs in the trunk i dunt know. 17's rims with 1.5 finger gap.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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Default Re: Back end lower than front (lxaccord51oxl)

It's really quite common to have the back lower than the front. If you actually look at the body of the car, the rear wheel well is higher up than the front so when you lower the car on an "even drop" the undercarriage of the car will be lower than the rear giving it a "raked" look. This is the way my car is, the gaps above all the wheels are the same but the frame of the car in the rear is actually higher than the front. That's just how the Accords (and a decent few other cars) are. I'll post pics if you want an example, but most spring kits will make the frame level to the ground, not the gap above the wheels the same. In my experiences anyways.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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yea thats a good point. so unless i get a coilovers i'm not gonna be able to get rid of that? is there anything that corrects that other than a bandsaw to the fenders?
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Old May 4, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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Default Re: Back end lower than front (tsouyporta)

I belive the yellows have perches that are adjustable so you should beable to lower the front a little bit more

I hate that crap too same problem on my illuminas and s-techs
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Old May 4, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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Default Re: Back end lower than front (tsouyporta)

if you get coilovers, you can pretty much do whatever you want from lower to higher and even it out to what you like. jus make sure you get the good coilovers with shocks unless you like to BOUNCE.
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