Roller_Toaster
03-13-2011, 10:51 PM
Just curious...I just installed my hotchkis springs yesterday, but the rear seems much higher than the front. Could I have installed the rear springs upside down?
I put the rear springs on with the larger diameter coils on the bottom, and the smaller up top.
Maybe they just need to settle? http://www.newscionxb.com/images/smilies/sad.gif
xseveredveganx
03-14-2011, 05:43 PM
I have the Hotchkis springs, but never had an issue like this. If you can read "Hotchkis" and the part number, then they're probably right side up.
Pictures would certainly help.
Roller_Toaster
03-14-2011, 07:33 PM
just went out to snap a picture and realized that the right rear spring must have somehow slipped off of the upper perch. Im going to run by a nearby muffler shop and see if they will let me take out the rear shock bolts and put it where its supposed to go.
jrincon17
03-14-2011, 07:36 PM
Use a jack takes 10 minutes
Roller_Toaster
03-14-2011, 07:53 PM
Ok, everything is better now. I must have forgotten to make sure the RR spring was fitted into the upper perch.
Roller_Toaster
03-14-2011, 07:54 PM
Use a jack takes 10 minutes
Normally I would, but its raining buckets here.
Roller_Toaster
03-14-2011, 08:09 PM
As a goose egg! Rear now sits lower also :D
I didn't really take into account HOW low these springs are...they couldn't even fit the posts for the lift under it :doh:
xseveredveganx
03-14-2011, 08:23 PM
Nope. I have been on my Hotchkis TVS since it was first released.
My TRD 19's raised me up a little, though. :(
Roller_Toaster
03-14-2011, 08:27 PM
vegan, thanks for the pic request! If you hadn't, I never would have laid on my side on the wet ground to get a picture, and never would have noticed the spring.
:bow:
Roller_Toaster
03-16-2011, 12:04 PM
sooo...they might actually be upside down.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/lMcKenney/DSC_0945.jpg
Thats just embarassing. I didn't even check to see which way "hotchkis" was pointing.
Heading to the rents house to flip them.....:facepalm:
Roller_Toaster
03-16-2011, 05:30 PM
After an enormous fail on my part, I flipped the springs over in about 10 minutes. It immediately felt even BETTER, and is now a 2 finger gap. Muuuuch better.
xseveredveganx
03-16-2011, 06:19 PM
It happens, bro! I know I was embarassed when I installed my front sway bar upside down. Face palm indeed.
Not WINNING!!!