Koni/Strano Installed But...
#41
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Shocks shouldn't matter at all for how the car sits. The only suspension things that should matter with how the car sits are springs, isolators, or perches (worn or not), you can compress shocks just by pushing on them, they just control the rate at which they compress/rebound....sometimes cars sit different than others, no matter what the suspension mods are.
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never really noticed it before, but the 98+ front fender openings are hideous. they could have at least made them SOMEWHAT round.... looks like someone hooked tow chains to the fenders and pulled the car on a rollback.
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Lift your hood, stand on your radiator support and bounce up and down. That's what I do whenever I need to settle my front-end after it's been off of the ground for whatever reason.
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If you're happy, I'm happy... but now it looks high to me in the back. I thought it looked pretty good before. Proof positive that "to each his own"
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Here's a pic of mine with the Koni/Strano setup, camera isnt that great lol the rear sits lower then the front. Ive put atleast 2000 miles or more on it since the install. So settling isnt the issue for me lol For now, ive just left it alone till i do more front suspension mods.
#54
You know, I've got the Koni/Strano's and have come to the conclusion that some cars (mine!) sit differently from others. The only time my car sat perfectly level was with the factory 4x4 springs. I'm convinced that mine sat higher from the factory than most others, too. New lowering springs didn't lower mine that much (overall) and my SLP springs' rear "sag" or "nose high" attitude, is the way my car was built. I wonder if my rear spring perches were welded, from the OE supplier, "lower" on the axle than others', at this point. I believe it's called production tolerences.
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There are absolutely production tolerances at play here and pewter2002 is right on. Look at the huge variance in ride heights of stock cars. This is why nobody will say their springs will lower the car *EXACTLY* any amount because you just cannot know for sure. Take 20 cars and some will not sit like the majority. Can be due to extra weight added in the rear, dead or missing spring isolators, spring perch locations varying a bit, springs having a little variance (but that's never more than 2% and one reason I stick with Vogtland for making my springs, much tighter control on that than others... Eibach is only withing 5% of their RACE springs)....
Mike's02Z28M6's car is what most cars look like. Empatho's is definitely the exception and I'd start by wondering if the isolators are in the car. Of course the lighter front end makes it sit a bit higher too, which certainly will make it look "nose high", but the springs were not designed with cars who've stripped weight from the front. Can't cover every instance.
Mike's02Z28M6's car is what most cars look like. Empatho's is definitely the exception and I'd start by wondering if the isolators are in the car. Of course the lighter front end makes it sit a bit higher too, which certainly will make it look "nose high", but the springs were not designed with cars who've stripped weight from the front. Can't cover every instance.
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^ while 2% may not be much, what ever happened to Six Sigma?
A six sigma process is one in which 99.99966% of the products manufactured are statistically expected to be free of defects (3.4 defects per million).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma
A six sigma process is one in which 99.99966% of the products manufactured are statistically expected to be free of defects (3.4 defects per million).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma
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Ahhh, that's not a defect. How come all engines don't put out exactly the same horsepower?
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Mike's02Z28M6's car is what most cars look like. Empatho's is definitely the exception and I'd start by wondering if the isolators are in the car. Of course the lighter front end makes it sit a bit higher too, which certainly will make it look "nose high", but the springs were not designed with cars who've stripped weight from the front. Can't cover every instance.