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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:09 pm 
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got my car lowered a couple of months ago, and it started bugging me as soon as i picked it up.

its got lowered king springs (not super lows) front and rear and monroe GTgas shocks and struts

but the problem i have is it seems to sit a coupl centimetres higher at the front thanthe back. i checked the receipt and the box for the springs, and they mached up. but what the??

i suspension from autobarn, and my mechanic fitted them. just wondering if this is 'normal', also a couple of weeks later when i was at my mechanic there was another eb exacly the same.

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:30 pm 
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I have the opposite problem, got mine lowered in january, and the back sits a couple of centimeters higher then the front. Though i'm not too fussed about it at the moment till i get the proper shortened shocks etc.

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:42 pm 
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in my ed ive got pedders lows at the rear, shortened pedders gsr shock shortened gsr struts and standard factory front springs. beleive it or not but the front sits approx 2cm lower than the back

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:54 pm 
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are you sure the fronts are 6cyl springs?

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:02 pm 
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i've had that on both my ef's, but when driving they sit even!?!

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:21 pm 
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u dont need shortened shocks for low springs

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:10 pm 
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my ef has superlows and it sits about 15-20 mm lower at the rear, but i have shortend shocks in the rear but not in the front

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:56 pm 
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what tha??? so some where, some thing has gone wrong.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:19 pm 
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dude dont worry bout it when i got mine it was the same as u described, its evened out a little bit but when drving its fine
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:31 pm 
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yeah - and also even small thngs like subs and things in the boot - can make a different but my ef sits lower at the rear on normal lows!! but i dont want to have super lows in the front and lows in the back it wouldnt work!
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:34 pm 
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Mine has King super lows all around, and sits ever so slightly lower at the back than the front, with the sub and tools it sits a little lower again. I hate it.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:57 pm 
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hornet wrote:
Mine has King super lows all around, and sits ever so slightly lower at the back than the front, with the sub and tools it sits a little lower again. I hate it.


lovell superlow fronts :wink:

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:20 pm 
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Do they sit lower?

Problem is my car is about 2mm above the legal limit.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:51 am 
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well ive got the opposite front sits lower than rear by about 2 cm

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:45 pm 
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uglybob wrote:
hornet wrote:
Mine has King super lows all around, and sits ever so slightly lower at the back than the front, with the sub and tools it sits a little lower again. I hate it.


lovell superlow fronts :wink:


would putting superlows on the front work, or would that effect handeling?

 

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