HELP! i lowered the 90 20V, but the rear is about an inch higher than the front!
06-06-2003, 09:40 AM
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HELP! i lowered the 90 20V, but the rear is about an inch higher than the front!
and it looks really odd......
any way i can further lower the rear?
it has intrax springs with bilstein sport shocks
i DID notice that i has rear strut bearings that were in the mounts...but taking thoes out would only shave off about 1/4 an inch......
any help would be good! thanks!
any way i can further lower the rear?
it has intrax springs with bilstein sport shocks
i DID notice that i has rear strut bearings that were in the mounts...but taking thoes out would only shave off about 1/4 an inch......
any help would be good! thanks!
06-06-2003, 10:31 AM
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Whoa!!! I have the same setup on my 20V CQ and I certainly...
don't have the problem you have. I think you may have the springs reversed. Either that or who ever sold the springs to you didn't send the right ones.I have the typical German slammed car look.
06-06-2003, 10:44 AM
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Springs may be reversed....
I have heard about this before on this forum. I think one set (fronts?) are progressive, and the other set (rears?) are not progressive. Check that out.
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06-06-2003, 04:03 PM
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I did the SAME thing :(
This is from the 20v.org site:
** Beware that the Eibach springs are linear in the front and progressive in the rear. This is opposite from what you might expect, so be sure your installer knows which ones go one which end.
I'm not sure if this is true for the intrax as well... but I did progressive in the front, and the linear in the rear like a "normal" car.. but found out RIGHT after I put them on that the springs I have(eibach) need to be reversed.
best of luck to you!
** Beware that the Eibach springs are linear in the front and progressive in the rear. This is opposite from what you might expect, so be sure your installer knows which ones go one which end.
I'm not sure if this is true for the intrax as well... but I did progressive in the front, and the linear in the rear like a "normal" car.. but found out RIGHT after I put them on that the springs I have(eibach) need to be reversed.
best of luck to you!
06-07-2003, 01:00 PM
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Don't remove mounts, some kits are designed to lower like this, Intrax does kits like this...
with the front end lower than the rear, 60/40 style, ugly as sin. Make sure the springs you got lower the car the same distance all around the vehicle, check P/N's of the spring kit with Intrax's catalog too.
Cheers,
Cheers,
06-09-2003, 06:58 AM
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it suppose if you went with the koni's, you could've adjusted it down a few notches...
...but it looks like you may need to break out the grinder and chop a few 'dead-coils' off to get it where you want it....
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