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Old 08-01-2009, 12:37 AM
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For some reason my rear suspension does not seem to settle down and my qa1's are fully extended so I have no travel in the suspension. I have Qa1's all the way around with 300lb springs in front and the stock springs in the back. I have replaced everything in the rear suspension with adjustable BMR parts. Any ideas why it's fully extended?
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How do you know they are fully extended, is the car resting on the springs?
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Originally Posted by spy2520
How do you know they are fully extended, is the car resting on the springs?
The car is resting on the springs. If I push down on the rear of their and then lift up I can feel the shocks top out. The way car sits there is no upward travel in the suspsion.
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How far is the top of the tire to the fender?
What do you have the shocks set to now, have you tried setting them to full soft?
The reason I'm asking is that QA1s don't auto extend, at least the several set that i've had didn't.
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Originally Posted by 99Bluz28
How far is the top of the tire to the fender?
What do you have the shocks set to now, have you tried setting them to full soft?
The reason I'm asking is that QA1s don't auto extend, at least the several set that i've had didn't.
The gap to the fenders is pretty big. On full soft the shocks will go down but there is no movement up from it's normal sitting position. Could my control arms be binding or something?
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Originally Posted by 2ktransam
The gap to the fenders is pretty big. On full soft the shocks will go down but there is no movement up from it's normal sitting position. Could my control arms be binding or something?
Possibly!
Put some jacks under it then loosen the LCA nuts/bolts, and PHB nuts/bolts , the remove the jacks and hopefully your car wil drop down then. If it drops down then re-tighten the nuts/bolts with the car on the ground or backed up on a good set of ramps.

Good luck!



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