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    Spring Sag?

    So today i was looking at the wheel gaps of my car. after I first dropped her, I had about a 1 finger gap in the rear with my system in the trunk, and a 2 finger in the front. this was about a month ago.

    today after checking again. my driver side rear has a NO finger gap and is basically TUCKING the tire. while exciting.. im not really sure if thats how it should be... my passenger rear is just about the same but a little higher. the fender sits just about even if not a centemeter below the top of the tire.

    I have Eibach Sportlines on Stock struts. I suspect that the rear struts might have blown hence the car sitting lower...?
    I've heard of springs "settling" but it settled maybe half an inch or so..? any of this sound familiar or normal to u guys?
    Patiently Waiting.


    MRT

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    carry a lot of stuff int he back? i carry all my tools and have an extra transmission in the trunk and my rear sits pretty damn low as well. the struts still work great, just the spring kinda retained the natural position which was the squated position from the increased amount of weight.

    blown struts will cause a corner to sag though.
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      #3
      The car could be sitting unlevel because of the stock struts. I'm sure the stock suspension was sagged as well because of its age and having a driver in it most of the time with no passenger to even out the weight.

      When my cb had a stock suspension, it leaned to the driver's side. Like wed3k said, the suspension may just be used to that and the stock struts are worn unevenly.....or they could be blown....and if they're not, they will be soon. Stock struts on sportlines isn't a good idea, thats too much of a drop.
      There are no black and white suspension answers!!!!!!!!!!!

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        #4
        yeah thats a big no no when lowering a car. Your stock shocks are most likely blown and therefore can't support any weight anymore. Upgrade to some KYB GR2s at least. KYB AGXs are nice too, I've had mine close to 4 yrs lowered on GC coiloves and they still work awesome

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