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Old 07-13-2013, 05:40 PM
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I have my set of H&R springs just sitting in my garage waiting to be installed. Havent been able to get a set of the spacers yet and was wondering if anyone had any pics of a V lowered without the spacers. I just thinking throw the springs on and then get the spacers in there when I can find a set....thoughts?
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i have seen it, its lowered in the front and stock in the back after you start driving. looks pretty funny with such an extreme rake. just make a set out of a stack of washers welded together
these were going for 40$ back in the day
https://ls1tech.com/forums/cadillac-...g-spacers.html
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I ran those for about a week. They work ok, but they werent quite enough for h&r springs. The rear was about 1/2-3/4 of an inch to high after i drove it a few miles. I ended up making mm style spacers and it sits perfect now.
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This is my V which is lowered on H&R springs without MM spacers... I don't find the rake unappealing.


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Perfect thanks for the pic man
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What's the point of changing the rear springs just to be at pretty much stock height?...get the spacers.
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Luckily one of the forums members came through and sold me his spacers. I was just itching to get my car lowered, right now it looks like I could do some rock crawling!
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Originally Posted by tmonttt
This is my V which is lowered on H&R springs without MM spacers... I don't find the rake unappealing.


What size tires are you running tmontt ?
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Originally Posted by 06vLo
What size tires are you running tmontt ?
In that picture, it's on stock sizes. 245/45/18's all the way around.
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Medium length answer: You CAN run H&R springs without MM spacers (or other similarly functioning spacers)... BUT... It puts your self leveling nimovat shock OUT of its intended operating range for normal every-day driving. Your resulting ride height may look okay, but the resulting ride quality may be quite undesirable. This is however, highly subjective, and everyone has a different opinion on what "good" ride quality is..

Short answer: Do whatever the fk u wanna do....



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