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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 07:29 PM
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as you all know i got a 3.25 drop on bilstin shox..

anways i walk outside today, hit up some wendys and as i am going down my drive way i hear a thud sound.. blah whatever ignore it go to wendys come back. . i park on the street and i notice the front driver side of my car is higher then it should be.. blah ignore it i assume it the ground that is not leveled..


so whatever i go to wrk n **** i park it on level ground.. and i have a 3 almost 4 finger gap WTF!!!!! how is that possible.. how did the car just raise it'self like that .. the front driver has like a 3 / 4 finger gap and teh pass has a 2 almost 3 finger gap? hmmm this is crazy! had these springs on forever and now problem...

any idea what it can be?

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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 08:12 PM
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sounds pretty odd....did you check out the strut assembly to see if anything looked odd. This is unlikely but perhaps the spring got stuck on the strut's shaft preventing the strut from compressing? I don't know but make sure to get that **** checked out quick styles.
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 10:47 PM
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 01:43 AM
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yeh it could be that the spring is no longer sitting right, cant think of anything else it could be
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 05:18 AM
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could be something stuck in the spring
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 05:53 AM
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Make sure the nut that goes on top of the strut rod is still there...
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 10:34 AM
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Sounds like the spring came unseated.


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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 11:39 AM
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ya it sounds like the spring but it also sounds like were the strut and lower bracket connect all that holds the strut in on the bottom is a bracket pinched together by a nut and bolt if those come loose the strut will slide around..
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 12:04 PM
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just woke up and turned the wheel cuz it's still raining


******* camber slipped on one side and the control arm stabbed the inner part of my inner fender blah! so' tha's the reason why it's that high, it's just stuck there. . i sat on the driver side fender but ti dont move up or down.. so now i gotta take it apart and get me 2 new camber kits.. blah this is the 2nd one that breaks on me.. ****** progress products!

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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 04:28 PM
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this time when u install, there is a body lip under the fender right about where the upper control arm ends, bend/tap that in a little. I had a car not fully seat because the control arm cam to rest on it.
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