front end higher than rear!?
03-07-2005, 08:01 PM
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front end higher than rear!? I installed BMR lowering springs (1"), BMR bolt-in LCA brackets, a BMR adjustable panhard bar, and Bilstein HD's a few weeks ago. As the car "settled" I had to readjust the panhard bar once because the rear was visibly off center. Now it looks like the rear is lower than the front. Is this correct or normal? Any help or insight would be appreciated!
03-08-2005, 01:58 PM
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I dont know anything about Bilstens but are your front adjustable coilovers? When I installed my QA1 shocks and stock springs I had about a 6" gap in the fender well and the tire. Turned out when I let the car down, the Spring cup on the new shock was catching on the Kmember. I had to notch out my Kmember and it settled just fine!
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Mine looked retrograde after the Hotchkiss install, even
though the drop was dead-on 1" all around (I measured
it before & after with the tape).
Gabriel Hi-Jackers, with dual Schraders up under the
license plate cutout so's I can jack the right side
separate from the left ala drag-bag, was my solution.
Too bad WebShots flushed my install writeup (all my
files, in fact), or I'd point you to it.
Which reminds me, WebShots sucks. But anyway,
worth considering if you aren't already riding on a
set of rear shocks you're highly invested in.
though the drop was dead-on 1" all around (I measured
it before & after with the tape).
Gabriel Hi-Jackers, with dual Schraders up under the
license plate cutout so's I can jack the right side
separate from the left ala drag-bag, was my solution.
Too bad WebShots flushed my install writeup (all my
files, in fact), or I'd point you to it.
Which reminds me, WebShots sucks. But anyway,
worth considering if you aren't already riding on a
set of rear shocks you're highly invested in.
03-24-2005, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by fast01
I installed BMR lowering springs (1"), BMR bolt-in LCA brackets, a BMR adjustable panhard bar, and Bilstein HD's a few weeks ago. As the car "settled" I had to readjust the panhard bar once because the rear was visibly off center. Now it looks like the rear is lower than the front. Is this correct or normal? Any help or insight would be appreciated!
I also have the BMR springs with Bilstein HDs - the rear looks lower than the front (ugly) - it has nothing to do with the shocks....
I added a 1/4" thick rubber spacer under the rear springs, 1/2" would be perfect...
04-03-2005, 04:02 PM
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You may just need to lift the rear up a little. Try putting one or two of these in each rear spring.
http://gmocart2.gmotion.com/store/me...ing_suspension
They cost about 5 bucks and are easy to try.
http://gmocart2.gmotion.com/store/me...ing_suspension
They cost about 5 bucks and are easy to try.
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might be a dumb question but did you re-install the rubber spacer that sits ontop of the spring. If you dont have one installed the car will sit 3/4" lower in the back. one other thing do you have anything in the back of the car (speaker box/amp/battery) that stuff will add weight to the rear and of course make it sit lower.. Springs are made for stock weight, any changes you make add/remove, will also change the height.
