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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 10:20 PM
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Exclamation Got my BMR springs installed...

Well, they handle really well. Car is tighter than before.

BUT, the springs lowered my car 1.5" in the rear, and 1" in the front. I measured the car at stock height, and the rear was actually 0.5" higher than the front. So now my car sits even. Unfortunately, the wheel wells compensate for the stock half inch difference because the rear wheel well is lower than the front wheel well.

Now the back of my car looks like it is sagging. I was thinking of getting some Eibach pro-kit springs for the front, but I don't want to go too low since I was planning on LT headers.

What do you guys think? I might post this in the autocross forum as well.
Old Aug 20, 2003 | 09:50 AM
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This is going to be hard to explain, but at both the front and rear of the car, at the top of the springs, there is a piece of rubber that is molded to the top of the spring. Take a look at this picture:

http://www.metalreviewcentre.com/images/Pdrm0444.jpg

You can see that that piece of rubber fits where the spring ends. The picture is of the rear spring, but the front spring looks similar.

Anyway, if the spring is not seated with the end of the spring where the indentaiton in the rubber is for it, one spring could be sitting higher than normal. If this is the case, one or more springs may look higher.

I'm not saying this is your problem, but it sounds like it, and is an easy mistake to make. I'd check into it.
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