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So I dropped the back of the car yesterday

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Old 05-13-12, 07:57 PM
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Angry So I dropped the back of the car yesterday

And now it has a reverse rake= front sits higher than the back why yesterday it was perfect and even what happened?

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guess nobody knows what is going on with the car or why the front is raised
Old 05-13-12, 09:06 PM
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You must have lowered the rear a decent amount to be able to see that the front is raised. Just lower the front some more. It's because your front suspension is like a fixed height, so lowering the rear drastically will raise the front bumper. It's the same as lowering the front drastically, and you will see that the rear bumper is raised.
Do you understand?
Think of it like a bar that is horizontal to the ground with 2 legs. Lower 1 leg and the opposite end of the bar will raise
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Old 05-13-12, 09:23 PM
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^Pretty much exactly what happened. If the car was sitting evenly all around then adjusting the front or the rear without compensating for the other side would result in rake. Just lower the front now!
Old 05-14-12, 06:14 AM
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Maybe its just me but I still don't see a reverse rake. Can't really go off of fender gap because these cars have a bizarre arch discrepancy.
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It looks fine to me. That's actually how mine is. Any lower in the front and you can't turn, so the reverse rake thing works.
Old 05-14-12, 10:06 PM
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did you drive the car around / jump up and down on the car yesterday before you saw that it was nice and even? suspension needs to settle every time you de-compress the springs completely (i.e. when you jack up the car). It probably settled itself overnight.
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I am glad you took off the honda style wheels, and put on those 430 wheels, very classy looking car my fellow. Anyways, bust out the digital caliper, or a tape measure.
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just so we're clear...

before "it was perfect and even" and then by your own admission you "dropped the back of the car" and you don't understand why the front was now higher than the rear?
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^^ lol... yeah. this thread is shenanigans.
Old 11-18-12, 10:06 PM
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brought back this thread because this how the car sits now plan to go lower
Old 11-20-12, 07:47 PM
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suspension just settle its norm
Old 11-20-12, 07:51 PM
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it looks fine to me.
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