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Post by xbrandonx » Thu May 13, 2010 9:54 pm

yep "professional" i know everyone can make mistakes but hey... total bummer that i gotta go back.. ill get pics up soontime.

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Post by xbrandonx » Thu May 13, 2010 10:24 pm

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the ones in the middle are installed on the front the ones on the sides are in the back

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Post by fixitmattman » Thu May 13, 2010 10:29 pm

Un-compressed the springs are pretty easy to mix up. The rears are actually longer than the fronts. You would think it's the other way around, but no.
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Post by OB » Thu May 13, 2010 10:45 pm

Yep they're backwards :banghead:

My apologies Josh, good call. Doesn't make sense that it would sit that way, but it is what it is. I really wanna see pics of them on the struts to see where the ends of the springs are sitting.
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Post by xbrandonx » Thu May 13, 2010 10:46 pm

to be honest, im kinda glad theyre backwards rather then me having to spend more money. NEW PICS UP TOMORROW haha thats a weight off my shoulders lol
thank you gentlemen!
EDIT: here are pics of the rears
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Post by glasswars » Thu May 13, 2010 11:46 pm

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Post by esfan » Fri May 14, 2010 12:21 am

Cool! glad you found out the problem and solved !
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Post by OB » Fri May 14, 2010 12:44 am

Tell that professional friend of yours to check his certs :thumbup:
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Post by nerox » Fri May 14, 2010 4:03 pm

I Have SPAX springs with 35mm Drop.

Here is the pic i took when i bought them:

The BACK springs are at the TOP of the pic.

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this is what my backs look like fitted

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cant get a photo of my fronts, not enough room in the arch to get a camera in properly.

and this what it looks like all fitted



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Hope this helps a bit

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hmm

Post by rmc03 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:50 pm

this is really interesting, I'm considering purposely putting a set of rear springs on the front to slam it down more. thanks for the idea haha

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Post by SlvrACR » Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:40 pm

Ya my buddy just did the same thing on his car and thats what it looked like.
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Post by k-b-s-neon02 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:41 am

i actually had the same problem when i changed out my springs.... had em on reverse..... then switched em now the car sits well...
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