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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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Hey guys, I just installed my roush rear springs, and everything went smoothly with one exception. The drivers side back wheel gap is about 1/4 -1/2 inch smaller then the drivers side front wheel gap. This situation is only the case on the drivers side, and I also notice that the rear end of the car is shifted out TOWARDS the drivers side a slight ammount. If I get a adjustable panhard bar, and torque it back to a center position, do you think this wheel gap conflict will be resolved? Im wondering if the fact that the car is swayed out towards one side is making it weigh down on that side more. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin
Old Jun 26, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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same problem here, fixed it with an adjustable panhard bar. The problem with me was the bigger rims combined with the extremity of the drop equaled my rear end shifting about the same
Old Jun 26, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by antonio1988
same problem here, fixed it with an adjustable panhard bar. The problem with me was the bigger rims combined with the extremity of the drop equaled my rear end shifting about the same
Awesome, I will have to try that, did your passenger side sit a little higher then the drivers side??
Old Jun 27, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by lespah80
Awesome, I will have to try that, did your passenger side sit a little higher then the drivers side??
Sometimes rotating the spring will seat it slightly different in the rear. It shouldn't be that much different.

Let the springs settle for a while and readjust the pan hard again.
Old Jun 27, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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Hey guys, sorry to be a pain in the *** with this, but I have one more quick question:

I installed the rear roush springs, and got a pretty big drop outta them, passenger side is identical front and back in terms of wheel gap, drivers side is still about 1/4 inch lower in back then front. My question is if I can make/buy some sort of shimmy to place UNDER the spring, on the axle below the rubber disk that the spring sits on. Im hoping this would level out the drivers side from back to front, cuz now the drivers back is lower then the front and it looks weird. Any suggestions on how to do this/where to find such a shimmy?
Old Jun 27, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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First off it's called a shim not a shimmy. Second you need a spring isolator bushing but, I'ld drive 1 - 2,000 miles first and let the springs settle before playing around with that stuff.
Old Jun 27, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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okay, thanks for the input im worried about the back sittin lower then the front tho, ya know?
Old Jun 28, 2009 | 08:56 AM
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Also, just did some research on airbags in the rear springs. Any experience with this?
Old Jun 28, 2009 | 05:55 PM
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Come on guys, no one has any advice on this? seems like the height of my rear is EXTREMELY variable its ridiculous
Old Sep 4, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by lespah80
Come on guys, no one has any advice on this? seems like the height of my rear is EXTREMELY variable its ridiculous

did you get this resolved ? Try switching the springs from side to side ? Try spinning the springs in their seats ?



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