Huge Rake?
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It was actually resting the inner fenders on the tires, didn't leave it that way. It's all fixed now,. And yeah the geometry is all out of whack but that's more math than I feel like tackling this evening.
If all of your other components check out, as in the bushing aren't in some kind of terrible bind (which you'd notice instantly) I'm going to have to agree. With as low as the car sits in the front compared to the rear I'd say you've got the front springs in the rear and the rears in the front. Doesn't explain why the car sat like it did when you bought it unless those springs were mismatched r out of another vehicle as well. Other than springs, it's kind of hard to screw up the suspension enough for 4x4 stance like that.
Ok....taking bets. Who thinks the front springs were installed on the back and the back on the front?
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gearheadboy
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The last or bottom coil looks small though. And fat the rest of the way up. Fronts are so much smaller around, and the same size the whole way. Not fronts in rear. I think made for the wrong car, wrong package or wrong part number.
Or perhaps wrong year of car? Out of an SN95 or S197 perhaps?
OP...have you got the part number handy?
gearheadboy
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ok they are the correct springs and the rear springs are on the rear and fronts are on the front... that still would not explain why it had the rake when it was stock.
Unless the previous owner had his in wrong and you just followed suit when you replaced them?
Has the car ever had any rear end damage? Any evidence of an accident?
gearheadboy
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Well obviously it had some bogus springs in it when you bought it. No question. They were the wrong springs, prolly sn95 or something. After all your checks it appears that as MFE92 stated way earlier, you need to cut your springs. They actually don't look way off in comparison to stock, especially if the front was up where it should be. Being its a coupe, the fronts are low and the Eibachs run long according to MFE92's experience, I'd say you just have all the right combo for RAKE. Pull them cut a coil or 1.5 coils and reinstall.
Make sure the bottom pigtail end on the rear coil points towards the driver side on both springs, this is the correct orientation for the rear springs, removing the isolators will drop the car some, but for a set of lowering springs that car still appears to sit high in the back
you can try cutting the coils, I'd start with half a coil, I recently lowered a 94 silverado and the front was off, ended up cutting 1/2 coil on one side and it leveled the truck out, no 2 vehicles are the same and there is always some fine tuning to do when lowering suspensions , or at least that has been my experience in the past
you can try cutting the coils, I'd start with half a coil, I recently lowered a 94 silverado and the front was off, ended up cutting 1/2 coil on one side and it leveled the truck out, no 2 vehicles are the same and there is always some fine tuning to do when lowering suspensions , or at least that has been my experience in the past
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