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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 01:04 PM
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Well I bought some Coilover kits, Maxspeed, Pretty Good deal on them so I bought On a small budget.

The Back of my Car Drops and Slightly Tucks but the front doesnt.
I think this is the problem , Can Anyone give me their opinions , Is this the Problem?
How do I fix? Those arent New Cambers! I paid for new! I never checked till i got home Any Help Please!

Heres the Car Dropped all the way and it wont tuck in the front , its about 1/2 inch taller.

The Jack is sitting under the Car .
(I put the jack on the back and then with the Same height put it under the front, There Was a GAP!!)

I dont know much about my Car. They were supposed to install new cambers on the front. Thats an old camber. Any Help Please I dont know much

I was dealing with this earlier but I had to much stuff going on!. Now I just want to drop the car and get it over with, Im taking it to the shop on Monday, Can someone post pics of there suspension. Something is definately wrong, and the car feels like its running out of travel space . I wasnt getting any play in tech so here it is.
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 01:13 PM
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lol dude i think you put the rears on the front and front on the back lol i almost did the same thing switch em before yo get flamed lol hurry!!! go!
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 01:36 PM
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Default Re: Suspension Prob! (ludesleeper)

is your car slammed? are all 4 coilovers adjusted to the same height? if so one question: do you have a audio system? if the anwser is yes, i think i've found your problem. or like ludesleep stated, you mixed up the front/rear. is that even possible? i hope it's not your first time modding your suspension.
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 01:40 PM
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i just noticed the problem!

Well I bought some Coilover kits, Maxspeed, Pretty Good deal on them so I bought On a small budget
you get what you pay for.
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 02:12 PM
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Ye I got a Box in the back. and an amp.
Ok, I didnt the work. A shop did, 75$ for install . I get what I pay for
Ok but is this how the car would look if they were put on backwards?
and post more pics of your rides I wanna see how Fugly my suspension looks.

Help! More help Please
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 09:03 PM
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i had the same prob with ractive coils. The solution for me was to get new struts too. I was told that my stock struts were bottomed out on the front and had more play in the back which is why the back was lower than the front. Apperently the strut is constucted so that the front has less " play" than the rear. I ended up getting Sunk 2 coilovers and Tockico Illumina shocks. They both eliminated the problem and allowed my car to be really dorpped without a terrible ride. Just a suggestion...If you are going to do something to yur car (especially to do with its performance) get good quality parts, it is worth the money, inexpensive parts for the most part are cheaply made. This is what i find anyhow. I found out the hard way.

Just trying to help
SiCkSrV

ps. I may be a bit off explaining the strut "bottoming out" thing. I had the same problem but may have fu cked up what the mechanic told me.

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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 09:18 PM
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Default Re: Suspension Prob! (SiCkSrV)

Uhh... even if the guy put the coilovers on backwards (Front on Rear and Rear on Front) i'm sure he measureed out the perches on the sleaves to be equal, if anything the front should be SLAMMED more cuz of the spring rates... AM I RIGHT???? i mean front is heavier so if the lower spring rates were mistakenly put on the front then the problem should be vice-versa
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Old Feb 23, 2003 | 06:37 AM
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i had the same prob with ractive coils. The solution for me was to get new struts too. I was told that my stock struts were bottomed out on the front and had more play in the back which is why the back was lower than the front. Apperently the strut is constucted so that the front has less " play" than the rear. I ended up getting Sunk 2 coilovers and Tockico Illumina shocks. They both eliminated the problem and allowed my car to be really dorpped without a terrible ride. Just a suggestion...If you are going to do something to yur car (especially to do with its performance) get good quality parts, it is worth the money, inexpensive parts for the most part are cheaply made. This is what i find anyhow. I found out the hard way.
thats exactly what you have to do, your probably on stock shocks correct? get some koni's or kyb agx or something. i learned the hard way too when i had vis vspec g2 coilovers on stock shocks. it looked the same as yours. it's better to be patient and save up for some quality parts for your ride. cheap coilovers =

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Old Feb 23, 2003 | 07:11 PM
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Ok I learned My lesson, But I still dont Know what is stopping the front from Slamming.. The Overarm thingy goes above the broken Plastic.

Cuz At the moment I dont got enough to replace my shocks, and I got my stock springs but I dont want to put them back on, if I dont have too...
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