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Old 12-14-08 | 03:38 PM
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Does anyone know why my rears are too high up??? I lowered as much as possible already... It came from a supra so maybe is that why? Cuz the supra has huge tires in rear?
Old 12-14-08 | 05:39 PM
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Maybe try to raise the front?
Old 12-14-08 | 05:49 PM
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Meh a little high. Did you just install it? if so give it a couple of weeks for the springs to settle in and it might lower the rear a little more...

edit: hah beat Kaydee to it!

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Old 12-14-08 | 05:50 PM
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I would say wait for it to settle...because I've seen the pic on the B/S and remember it being lower than this
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Lets hope so that it settles in, i don't want it to look like a dragster LOL
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rub a dub dub...please come back with a thread asking why your radio and wipers stay on when the car is off. lol

reroute the chassis harness on the driver side inner fender well.

let the springs settle. do you have the pictures of the suspension out of the car? is the shock body itself threaded and goes into the lower mount or is the shock threaded and it has the spring perch on it. i dont think that sounded too clear. sorry.
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Originally Posted by 5sp_jzz30
rub a dub dub...please come back with a thread asking why your radio and wipers stay on when the car is off. lol

reroute the chassis harness on the driver side inner fender well.

let the springs settle. do you have the pictures of the suspension out of the car? is the shock body itself threaded and goes into the lower mount or is the shock threaded and it has the spring perch on it. i dont think that sounded too clear. sorry.
LOL the only part i understand is "let the springs settle" hahaha
Old 12-14-08 | 08:33 PM
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if u want shake the rear of the car with the springs set to stiff i did this when i keep changing from 20's to 18's it takes awhile for the car to adujust to a new ride hide
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wow that is low lloyd, you might want to lift it up a bit til the rears follow that front drop. give it a week or so. it looks awkward right now but will look good later on. and yeah, my homeowners assoc. is still clueless where all the oil came from that day you bird killer
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hahaha, yea sorry, just tell them some idiot was running around with loose oil. Im goin to raise my fronts tmr cuz it my day off. U can come by eric if u want.
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Thanks, I'll be around your area on the 27th for detailing on the sc, I'll stop by if you're around.
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You probably need to rotate the threaded shock body instead of just adjusting the spring perches.
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Originally Posted by chrispy
You probably need to rotate the threaded shock body instead of just adjusting the spring perches.
I wish, but that isn't how Tom's design is...
Here the pic... U can't rotate the threaded shock.
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Originally Posted by chrispy
You probably need to rotate the threaded shock body instead of just adjusting the spring perches.
thank you. that is exactly what i was trying to explain earlier but i failed mainly to being tired and partially to being foreign

since you cant turn the shock body be careful how much you lower the car. you are effectively shortening the shock travel which, if done to the extreme, can cause it to bottom out and be damaged as well as really crappy ride quality.

how are the tom's coilover anyways so far?
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