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Stiffer rear suspension for weight in trunk?

Discussion in 'Stop, Drop & Roll' started by DrunkSaru, Apr 12, 2007.

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    corolla81386 New Member

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    I might look into one. The sides on my rear tires have worn away a little bit from the fenders rubbing.
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    rainbow_star New Member

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    Beer and hockey? :D
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    corolla81386 New Member

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    Well I installed ordered some kyb struts and installed them today from about 7pm to 4am with the tein springs that I already had. I also rolled the rear fenders with a big hammer. The from stock struts didn't even try to push back out when I pushed them down and they were very easy to press. The rear struts were harder to press and came back out a little bit. My stock springs on the rear seemed stiffer than the tein ones when I pressed them on the ground but whatever. When I took it out for a test drive in the rain it handled very well and only scraped once over a big bump.
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    DOT. Noypi ako!

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    It was a pain in the ass. We had to jack up each wheel individually and we didn't even eat for 9 hours straight.
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    man it took DOT and me and Hour and Half to do his whole car and took me just as longs as long to do mine the next day alone.

    i have no idea what coould have taken you guys so long.
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    I have no idea how you did it so fast. Compressing the the springs 6 times probably took atleast 2 hours. And we had to cut the bump stops and bleed the brakes. Not to mention rolling the fenders. All in all it still scrapes and now my body kit is cracking off. Seems like a waste of time and money.
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    Is it your first time to do it? You can do it a lot faster next time man.
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    No it was the 3rd time for the front and first time for the back. We did it at night and without much space though. The back is rubbing worse now. Anyone have any suggestions? Put stock springs back on?
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    You can put some spring spacer in the back. It's a rubber thingy that will raise about 1". You can buy it in dropzone. PM Vamp, he had those before. :)
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    What's dropzone?
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    Its a brand of spring.
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    I bought some spring boosters at autozone at it raised it up a lot. They're 4 metal things that twist into the actual spring coils, 2 on each. Anyone using them?

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