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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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now im new to coilovers now my only question is on lowering springs the spring is gonna be roughly the same size as your stock springs just a few inches lower, but i just got coilovers and the actual springs are like half the size and the "seller" said they would "most def. fit"....is this how coilovers are supposed to be?
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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yep
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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mmk thanks
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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Just make sure you put the coil-overs together properly...99% of people that bitch about how bad their coil-overs ride have improperly installed them :P
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by slo_crx1
99% of people that bitch about how bad their coil-overs ride have improperly installed them :P

How do you do that?
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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read the instructions, that is if they come with!
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by slo_crx1
Just make sure you put the coil-overs together properly...99% of people that bitch about how bad their coil-overs ride have improperly installed them :P

hell yeah! My friend was wondering why his car was stif and bounce like a jack in the box. I look under his car. and the coilover was installed upside down. The sleeves were on top of the coils.
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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The short springs are usually a LOT stiffer than the full-length regular. Between sleeve and spring not compressing a lot under vehicle weight you should be fine.
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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if you got ching chong meow coilover you might be fucked either way
I had some for less then a month, installed exactly the same way my current ones are, and the ---- ones would literally toss my car into the air on the freeway :1
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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china is worthless. I just got scamed on a skateboard on ebay. Walmart quality counterfit bullshit



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