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Fedex guy delivered a present the other day. How do I preset the ride height.

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Old 01-13-2008, 12:55 AM
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Default Fedex guy delivered a present the other day. How do I preset the ride height.

I decided to replace my Stasis Streetsports with a set of Vogtland GTs from Startup Racing. Hopefully this will stop the pogoing in the back when going over large bumps as well as stop the suspension from bottoming out because of the added weight over the rear axle from my stereo.

Anyway, I'm trying to preset the spring perches per the instructions on Startup Racing's web site. It says to go 3.75" of threads for the front and 1.75" for the rear. I assume you measure that from the bottom of the locking collar to the bottom of the threaded portion of the shock body. Is that correct?

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<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/19077/vogtland_gt.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/19077/front_preset.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/19077/rear_preset.jpg">
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Default I'd love to hear some responses too. Their website does have those

measurements, but someone here said that ended up being a bit low.
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did you sell the streetsports?
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Not yet. I was trying to sell them locally.
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Default Yours look a lot nicer than mine..

<img src="http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/jsapat/DSC00259.jpg">
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Default i think im at 2.25" in the rear and 4.25 in the front. thats just about the only way i can get over

a speed bump with out scraping the exhaust or hitting a dip and not scraping my front bumper. what it says on their website is WAY too low to drive on ****ty roads or in driveways and such. id have to go out and measure to see what kind of ride height i have. ill let you know.
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So you're running standard Vogtlands? How do you like them?
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What's your ride height?
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id set it up a little higher. adjusting it down is ALOT easier!
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i cant help you with the threads but im riding at 25 3/4 in front and back


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