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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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I recently put eibach lowering springs on my 02 camaro only on the fronts with bilstein shocks and the car honestly hasnt been lowered at all ... Its the exact same height as it was before when eibach says its supposed to lower it 1 inch in the front... Any ideas????
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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you sure you had stock springs to start with?
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 02:49 PM
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Oh man I had sooo many problems with this. Have you drove around yet so it can settle? Sway bar endlinks tightened down correctly? Measure from ground to fender on each wheel and post that pls.
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There were definiately stock springs to begin with... The sway bar end links are brand new polyurethane and ive been driving for weeks now and still nothing :/
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What's the height from the ground to the top of the wheel well
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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pics? and aren't eibachs known to be off height wise? either lower or higher
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The fronts will take some miles to settle. The rears look great as soon as you let the jack down.
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