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Apr 9, 2012 | 06:12 PM

#11

moosestang

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From: Gainesville, FL

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Originally Posted by 157dB

Lowered springs with OEM shocks will wear the shocks/struts out pronto.
It puts them in a different riding height than was designed for them OEM.

Ummm, my car has been lowered with 1.5 inch springs for almost all of it's 40,000 miles and 6 years.

Apr 10, 2012 | 04:26 PM

#12

UPRSharad

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From: FL

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Originally Posted by 2012Kona

So I was up till midnight putting on new parts. Eibach LCA's, Adjustable panhard and Eibach springs. Bottom picture is of the rearend. Should I be worried about the leak where the axle tube meets the pumpkin? What about the weights on either side of the rearend? You can see one on the left side just below the panhard.

Overall installation has been going fairly well. Had to adjust some exhaust so that seemed to take a majority of the time. I decided to stick with the OEM strust/shocks. My understanding the Brembo kit has better the stock GT dampers. So we'll see.

Looks good. Did you cut the snubbers in the back?

Apr 10, 2012 | 04:33 PM

#13

2012Kona

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Originally Posted by UPRSharad

Looks good. Did you cut the snubbers in the back?

I haven't. Looked like there was plenty of room. I've been getting into it fairly regularly and haven't felt it hit the stops. Hitting the track on Friday hopefully. Will know more then.

Apr 10, 2012 | 05:01 PM

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Diabolical!

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Originally Posted by 2012Kona

I haven't. Looked like there was plenty of room. I've been getting into it fairly regularly and haven't felt it hit the stops. Hitting the track on Friday hopefully. Will know more then.

You'll want to cut them before you go to the track. If you launch hard and hook, you'll slam the hell out of the bump stops. I thought a bomb went off in my trunk the first time it happened to me. Also, the "leak" is normal. As for those weights on the rear axle, yank them off. They're just dead weight.