i dont understand what could be the problem but. i have lowered my skunk2's all the way down on my car and im not even tucking tire in the front. i dont understand?is something installed wrong maybe? the top hats? something i can check? usually i see guys tucking rim almost with skunk2's coilovers whats the problem here? here are some quick pics.excuse all the grim and dirt i live in canada.

 

front went rear , rear went front?

installed wrong?

 

no thats not it. i checked and the sleeves were put on correctly because the longer ones are in the back and shorter ones in the front.

 

umm im pretty sure that the longer ones go up front. you know because of the weight from the engine

 

nooo thats not true? bcuz the rear shocks are bigger???

 

what he said. longer ones are for F. its a FACT

 

what? for real? i coulda sworn someone on h-t told me the longer ones are for the back?? omgg thats why!!!!!! no wonder! because my rear i can tuck the rim no problem the front i cant even tuck tire! ****

 

nice

 

then if the longer sleeve is supposed to go in the front, is the longer spring supposed to go in the front as well?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ludaboy93 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">then if the longer sleeve is supposed to go in the front, is the longer spring supposed to go in the front as well?</TD></TR></TABLE>

The longer springs go up front, the sleeves are all the same. At least all my Skunk2 sleeves were the same length.

Did you cut your bumpstops?

Putting the lighter springs in the front on accident wouldn't have made you ride taller, it would have been shorter. The springs for the front are stiffer to compensate for the weight of the engine up there.

Are the sleeves sitting where they should be sitting?

 

yes the bumpstops are cut in half. the longer springrs go up front????????? what

 

lol crazy man, the longer ones in the front and others in the rear. I've mis-matched my TEIN S.Tech's and was curious of why it wasn't even lowered, till I switched the rear to the fronts and vise versa. G'luck

 

You might need to replace new shock.. This shock is already blown, see the oil all over the coilover..

 

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ok, everybody has an opinion, but thats the beauty of opinions in themselves, everybody has one, but nobodys means ****!

your SHORTER sleeves are going to be placed up FRONT w/ the metal ring installed on them correctly, (not the perch, the little brass coupling that you have to lightly hammer on) and the LONGER sleeves go in the REAR, theres nothing to them, only the sleeve, perchs, and springs

AND TO ANYBODY who wants to put in their two sence and tell you otherwise... i just got off the phone with skunk2

A SOLUTION TO CORRECTLY FIX YOUR DELEMA; skunk2 sells replacment racing springs, you need to measure how long your springs are (non-compressed) and how wide they are, then you can call em up, order new springs with this formula:

example only you got 12'' long springs x 2.7'' wide in the front, and want to drop the front another inch... order springs that are 11'' long x 2.7'' wide w/ the same tension rate (skunk2 normal is around8-9k, so if you want somthing softer or harder, you have to let em know) should run ya around 120 chickens, maybe a goat... and your sister!

 

sup guys. i checked out my springs and the longer ones are in the back and the shorter ones are in the front. the ones up front measured to 7" and back springs are 8" is that right? or do i switch them.

 

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I think that the longer ones go up front..since EVERY ONE has said that longer ones go up front....just switch em out and see....

 

i realize that yes maybe the longer ones go up front. but how would that benefit this situation? if iam trying to go lower in the front wouldnt putting a longer spring not make sense?

 

heres wat i would do.. there are no longer springs when it comes to coilovers.. all the springs are the same length, just the spring rate is different.. the 8ks go in the front and 6ks in the back.. if u wanna go lower, flip the sleeves so the threads go all the way down and theres no stop.. if u wanna go even lower take the rubber part in the top hat out, and take one spring perch off..

 

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the springs are 2 different sizes tho i measured them. 8" in the back and 7" in the front

 

when i had slip on coils the springs were the same length just different rates.. look at the last 3 numbers.. 008 would be in the front and 006 would be in the back.. or the bigger number would just in the front..

 

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the last three numbers on the front springs are 010 and the rear reads 008

 

if u wanna go lower, flip the sleeves so the threads go all the way down and theres no stop.. if u wanna go even lower take the rubber part in the top hat out, and take one spring perch off..

 

ill be taking 1 spring perch out probably for sure. how much lower do u think taking 1 spring perch out will bring me

 

about a quarter of an inch i think.. u should flip the sleeves too since ur gonna be taking everything apart