pro-kit problems
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Staging Lane
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From: Springfield, Mo
pro-kit problems (update w/pics) (fixed) i just got my springs installed yesterday and my rears sit lower than my fronts. everything went in fine except pep-boys broke one of my struts when put the springs of the struts, so i have one new strut. the springs have been used so they should already be settled in. does anyone know what the problem is? i can put three fingers in the gap of the front but only two in the back.
Last edited by sleep-ez; Aug 31, 2005 at 01:21 PM.
The front is NOT almost stock height. If it is, then something is wrong, most likely the springs are not seated completely in the notches on the spacer and upper mount. Also if you mreasure your rockers you will likely see the rear is not lower than the front. The Pro-kit looks that way sometimes because of the cut of the fenders. The rear opening is not as large as the front and when you lower the car it makes the rear look even smaller. This is not uncommon for Pro-kits and I've proven it to a few who had them and thought the rear was a lot lower that is a visual trick. You might not like it, and that's your call, but there isn't anything wrong.
I think you have two issues. Make sure the fronts are not installed turned from where they should be and not seated properly (my guess). If they are wrong, it will make the front too high.
I think you have two issues. Make sure the fronts are not installed turned from where they should be and not seated properly (my guess). If they are wrong, it will make the front too high.
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That's how most pro-kit's sit. Although yours does look alittle to high. Take a complete side shot of your car and post it up. That way we can get a better look at what is going on. Also meausre from the ground to the top of the wheel arch front and rear. I will do the same on mine and post the measurment's that way you can compare. My springs have probably 30k miles on them so my measurement's might be alittle lower. Here's a pic of the gap up front on my car. Sorry don't have a complete side shot.
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Originally Posted by Sam Strano
I think you have two issues. Make sure the fronts are not installed turned from where they should be and not seated properly (my guess). If they are wrong, it will make the front too high.
Listen to this man.
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Originally Posted by ashzero
i think getting them professionally cut would be the answer
As far as the Eibach Pro-Kit, how many miles are on them? I have a set on my car with over 100K miles, and my car sits like yours. Unfortunately, it' s not really a settling issue, but the rear springs are sagging. I intend to go with the DMS springs the next go-round.
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holy ****, someone look at the third picture of the full car, the front wheel is real far back, like finger width in between the back of the tire and the fender, the front of the wheel has a huge gap from the front of the wheel to the fender. Has this car been wrecked or something wrong?
If your wheels weren't positioned like that in their wheel wells before having them installed (one positioned way forward, one positioned way rearward), then it's time to take it back to the installer. It's very possible that they just installed the springs just to install them without observing the finished result was. Basically, they installed them incorrectly like Sam suggests.
It also appears that once they reinstalled the front suspension, they screwed the caster up. It might not be possible to adjust caster to that point (extreme positive on left, extreme negative on right) but it helps to check the alignment, because it looks like a severely canted thrust angle.
It also appears that once they reinstalled the front suspension, they screwed the caster up. It might not be possible to adjust caster to that point (extreme positive on left, extreme negative on right) but it helps to check the alignment, because it looks like a severely canted thrust angle.
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Originally Posted by PSYKOZ28
holy ****, someone look at the third picture of the full car, the front wheel is real far back, like finger width in between the back of the tire and the fender, the front of the wheel has a huge gap from the front of the wheel to the fender. Has this car been wrecked or something wrong?
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i dont know if this make any difference but pep boys compressed the springs on the struts for me. but the ended up stripping the driverside strut, so i had to get a new one. now if i remeber right i dont think that the spring was position enough in the right direction. the bottom of the spring didnt match up with the strut. the pass. side sits where it should when i got to looking at it more, its just the driverside.
How much do you want to bet the upper control arms are in the car on the wrong sides........
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I'd also like to take this opprotunity to point out why you have to be careful with the internet. The title of this tread is Pro-kit problems. That's not the case, as that is not at all a spring issue. But yet, the minute that's read by someone they assume that's the case. Pro-kits have gotten a bad rap in some circles because of folks who have used them in an incorrect manner, and this just makes that worse. Sure some folks won't like some parts. But this isn't a parts problem, and it's no more fair to Eibach (one of the lines I sell) than it would be to BMR or DMS (which I don't sell for other reasons).
PLEASE be careful when you guys read posts, and take the information contained in them with a grain of salt.
PLEASE be careful when you guys read posts, and take the information contained in them with a grain of salt.
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