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Old 01-19-2012, 01:01 AM
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My rear bc racing coilovers don't go as low as my front coils. Is there a reason why they made it look raked. They're maxxed out. Front and back. Front seems way lower then the rear. Any suggestions on how to get the rear as low as the front?
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Coilovers don't generally lower evenly front and rear. That's common. Either raise the front or remove a perch in the rear.

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Old 01-19-2012, 01:53 AM
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Even by removing one collar in the rear is not gonna make a huge difference so ur gonna have to sacrifice some preload by lowering the 2collars holding the spring down to get lower
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I ran into the same problem with my rears, the shock bottoms out in the bottom mount while you still have threads left. I'm going to get the shorter shock cartridges from BC so that I can match them evenly front to rear.
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Old 01-19-2012, 05:25 AM
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I was gna try to remove the middle locking ring but idk if it'll be safe.
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Old 01-19-2012, 05:42 AM
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U can remove the middle collar but it won't get u any lower cause once the Shock is maxed out on the bottom mount that's it so to get lower is either loosen some preload or get Shorter shock cartridges that BC offers which would probably b ur best bet and I recall some one saying there like $100 or so
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weird... my rears and front align just fine. no finger gap ?
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Yea man others people slam but mine don't..
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You have to buy short springs to go low in the front and short shock housings to go low in the rear. Taking out perches isn't dangerous you just lose preload.


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Why not just raise the front to match the rears?
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Of course, the obvious answer is the "ridiculous" one. :D

Wouldn't racelands allow you to slam the crap out of the car, without blowing up a fairly nice set of coilovers?
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Ordered shorter shock cartridges and shorter springs. Thanks for the help hayseed.
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^ Hey how much did it cost you? and what exactly did you buy? Just picked some up and want them to go low.
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Have you contacted BC?
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