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Lowering springs gone wrong?

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Old 07-05-13, 01:08 PM
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I might be missing something here but why wouldnt it be safe to ride on? the spring should be settled in unless he goes over a bump hard enough to move the spring outside of the perch. someone please explain to me this i am curious. I have personally ran springs in a seperate shock and bucket setup in my xb with no perch (got me as low as it can go) i havent had any problems with it ever. if i jacked my car up the spring would just fall out of its place. now that i understand is dangerous but this where the spring can't exactly fall out of place i don't really see much of a problem.
and i do agree though that running it that way will blow the shock quicker.
also heres the difference between the weights of the SC and the Supra according to wikipedia.
1,460 kg (3,219 lb) (non-turbo)
1,550 kg (3,417 lb) (turbo)
vs.
3,485 lb (1,581 kg) (1992 SC 300 manual)[3]
3,505 lb (1,590 kg) (1992 SC 300 automatic)
3,604 lb (1,635 kg) (1992 SC 400)

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Old 07-07-13, 02:11 AM
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Sorry guys, forgot to report back. Yes i mixed the front with the rears lol. No more gap. I do have another issue though. Now one of the rears sits alot higher than the other buy half an inch. What could it be? Blown shock? It sits fine in its perch. Cant judge by the ride because i have stretched lo pro tires that make the ride crappy.
Old 07-07-13, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Maik04
Sorry guys, forgot to report back. Yes i mixed the front with the rears lol. No more gap. I do have another issue though. Now one of the rears sits alot higher than the other buy half an inch. What could it be? Blown shock? It sits fine in its perch. Cant judge by the ride because i have stretched lo pro tires that make the ride crappy.
Make sure you drive it for about a week before you really judge it, they should settle quite a bit after driving. Although that being said, I have the same issue with my Supra struts on Supra eibach springs. Its weird, the front driver side is practically tucking tire while the passenger has about a finger gap. Same issue with the rear. I'm gonna try to swap the driver side strut to the passenger and see if that levels out the car. If not, its just gonna be that way, only I will know.
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