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Old Jun 27, 2014 | 07:29 PM
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My 02 z28 has been lowered for 4 years now with eibach pro kit but always bothered me the way it sits. The rear is lower than the front or the front is higher than the rear however you wanna look at it. I'm thinking about cutting a tad off the front spring . What you guys think ?
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Old Jun 27, 2014 | 08:12 PM
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1" drop lower control arms. Or stock springs in the rear.
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Old Jun 27, 2014 | 08:57 PM
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new springs, the Eibach rears are known to have sagging issues.
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Old Jun 27, 2014 | 10:41 PM
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I called Eibach and told them my 10+ year old springs appear to be sagging - passenger rear. They gave me an RMA to send the set back to them to be put on their spring Dyno. If they are out of spec, they said they'd replace the defective under warranty. Not sure when I'm going to do this since its the driving season.
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Originally Posted by poolsmillrods
My 02 z28 has been lowered for 4 years now with eibach pro kit but always bothered me the way it sits. The rear is lower than the front or the front is higher than the rear however you wanna look at it. I'm thinking about cutting a tad off the front spring . What you guys think ?
Are you sure that the pro-kit you got, was the one for the LS equipped cars, and not the one for the LT equipped cars? The front springs in an LT kit are made for the heavier engine, and if installed in an LS car, would give you a higher front end.
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Old Jun 28, 2014 | 11:39 AM
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Haven't thought about having lt springs vs ls1 springs.
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Old Jun 28, 2014 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by poolsmillrods
Haven't thought about having lt springs vs ls1 springs.
If the car is level, side to side, but not front to rear, that would be my strongest suspicion...
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 10:43 AM
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Have you confirmed that the spring isolators are in above the rear springs? if not, they will make 3/4 -1"of difference in not being there and cause the car to sit "bulldog" as you are describing
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Originally Posted by BMR Tech2
Have you confirmed that the spring isolators are in above the rear springs? if not, they will make 3/4 -1"of difference in not being there and cause the car to sit "bulldog" as you are describing
Good point, as I sometimes make assumptions, and in this case, assumed the OP knew about these parts, and their need to be in place....
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