Wow was the rear shocks and springs 10 times easier to install than the front!

But the gap is still very large in the rear, the tire to fender gap. Is it because of my LCAs set to the position for better launches on the Relocation Brackets? (the bottom of the 2 holes) I wouldn't think so since it never made my car higher in the rear...

Let me know fellas, I'm gunna take her for a rip around the block in a minute.

Thanks

 

give em a few days to settle in. My buddies Mustake did that

 

Yea i agree, it'll need time to settle. Those springs are pretty strong and will take some time to get used to all that weight on them. Hopefully that solves it.

 

yeah give it a few hard launchs and itll help

 

Also make sure the rubber cups which go betwen the top of the spring and body are positioned correctly.

 

I was pretty **** about the rubber bushing things that sit on top of the spring, made sure they were seated correctly

It seems like I can hear the suspension in the rear at times, like a ka-chunk chunk when i hit certain bumps. Not sure quite what that could be, might pull that carpet back and check the nut on top of the shocks.

Thanks for the replies guys.

 

When I put my new lowering springs in I installed them just like the factory ones were when i took them out.

The factory ones had the cut end of the spring on the bottom pointing directly straight across the back to the driver's side, perfectly parallel to the rear axle. This is how I installed my DMS lowering springs.

Should they be set differently? Also a fella from DMS, not Eric, suggested that instead of the stock spring dampener use a good durable garden hose and insert the top coil of the spring through it, so you don't have the added height of the stock dampener. Although he did say that over time the springs will settle with the stock dampener.

I just read some rear springs posts and it said somewhere that the bottom cut end of the spring has to face forward? Also I know I have the dampener sitting on the spring right, I was very careful of that.

Thanks and sorry for the long post.

lbrowne

 

Your lucky. My Eibach pro kit makes mine seem like an Impala low rider. I don't like it, too low. But I guess I'll live with it. My rear makes the same noise as you stated. My front is so low I think I keep blowing seals on my shocks. Now I have to spend even more money I don't have to get a set of re-valves to fix it. I've also heard the open part on the springs must face forward.

 

Mine has the same cluck in the rear over bumps now too. Any idea what that is about. And my front does sit lower than I expected too.

 

Hey 1QUIK, what front shocks are you running? Have you had any probs with them, as in bottoming out or even seal failure? I've come to realize my Gab's are P's O S, but just wondering about you.

 

I bought a set of takeoffs from SLP, the Decarbon shocks. No seal failure and no they don't bottom out either. I don't drive the car much either. I couldn't afford the revalved Bilsteins at the time so I went with these until they wearout. It has a fairly nice ride too.

 

My shocks are certainly not bottoming out, thats for sure. She still has a nice ride.

Now for the question I had in my post that maybe on one seen.. .. Has anyone ever used garden hose on the top rung/coil of the spring instead of the stock thick rubber dampener?

Here is how my car sits now, I love the height of the front.

http://members.shaw.ca/leobrowne/images/lowered.JPG

 

i just lowered my car about 2 weeks ago with the bmr springs and new kyb shocks, i was following along with gmhtp how they cut 1/3 coil off the front to give it the nice stance and left the rear alone, my rear seemed to sit a bit higher than i wanted but it seems it has setteled down about 1/8 inch so the car looks good and has a nice stance, plus i have 315.35 in the rear so i really cant go too much lower.. i say let it settle for 2 weeks and if you dont like it i say ditch the factory spring rubber, and make something a little smaller out of a hard peice of rubber..

 

Nice car. Unfortunately mine with the Eibach pro kit sits about an inch lower in the front and the rear. I think the stock springs are going back in.

 

I have the DMS installed as well and my rear is significantly higher than the front. I have put well over a thousand miles on them and multiple trips down the quarter mile and they have not settled in at all. They are installed correctly. I'm trying to figure out what to do about this situation.

See pic :

http://www.carolinafbodyclub.com/iro.../hottie-ss.JPG