Leveling car out, new struts on front
03-13-2011, 06:05 PM
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Leveling car out, new struts on front I just put a Eibach prokit on all 4 corners, and KYB struts on the front two. Now the stance is way off, the back is a good 1"-1.5" lower than the front. The struts just went in last weekend and I have put 130 miles on it, and don't really see them breaking in much more to level the car out that much?
I've done research on here and it seems like the ProKit sags after awhile, but mine are brand new and just put them on.
So my question is, if put new struts or shocks on the rear is it going to level the car out or should I just swap the springs.
The struts I bought for the front were kyb but don't think they are adjustable, and they were expensive $150 a peice and I really don't want to spend that much on the rear. If I bought some bilsteins or other kyb cheaper struts would that bring the stance back?
Or what's the cheapest/best way to bring it back? Hose mod and spacers? Will it bring it back 1"-1.5"? That seems kindof ghetto too. Or could a different brand strut that's cheaper than the kyb's?
What do you guys think? 02 SS.
I've done research on here and it seems like the ProKit sags after awhile, but mine are brand new and just put them on.
So my question is, if put new struts or shocks on the rear is it going to level the car out or should I just swap the springs.
The struts I bought for the front were kyb but don't think they are adjustable, and they were expensive $150 a peice and I really don't want to spend that much on the rear. If I bought some bilsteins or other kyb cheaper struts would that bring the stance back?
Or what's the cheapest/best way to bring it back? Hose mod and spacers? Will it bring it back 1"-1.5"? That seems kindof ghetto too. Or could a different brand strut that's cheaper than the kyb's?
What do you guys think? 02 SS.
03-13-2011, 07:13 PM
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That's what I thought about the struts, they don't set the ride height.
And honestly I don't know I had a mechanic do it for me, the reason I got new struts he swore he couldn't get the front spring off the struts because they were so
Rusted, it's a 2002 SS with 63,000 miles..
And honestly I don't know I had a mechanic do it for me, the reason I got new struts he swore he couldn't get the front spring off the struts because they were so
Rusted, it's a 2002 SS with 63,000 miles..
03-13-2011, 07:51 PM
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Yeah, its very common for the fronts to be rusted out up top, and if the rear upper spring isolator isn't reused the rear will sit about 1" lower. I'd contact the mechanic that did the install and find out if he reinstalled the rear upper isolators. Or better yet look yourself. 
03-15-2011, 11:35 PM
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Does anyone know if there are supposed to be lower isolators in the rear? I checked and they are on top but theres none at the bottom. I measured and I'm 1.5" lower in the rear and it looks bad...would my new front struts really relax that much over time to go down that much?
