Tip for lowering

smokingtires · **Posted:** Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:41 pm

we had a training class at work the other day and we were talking about doing alignments and whatnot and lowered cars were mentioned. To make a long story short when lowering a car (be it with springs or coilovers) you run the risk of binding up your control arm bushings so after the car is lowered and sitting with the full weight of the car on the wheels, crawl underneath and loosen up all bolts on the control arm bushings and then retighten allowing the car to settle properly. You will not only drastically prolong the life of said bushings, but will also let your car sit lower as the bushings are not bound and holding the car up higher than it's supposed to be. I'm going to try mine Monday and I will report...

WCKDWRX · **Posted:** Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:57 pm

That's a good idea, never thought of that.

smokingtires · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:33 pm

well I finally got around to doing this and it did give me about an extra 1/4" drop (roughly) but as previously stated, the main idea here is to extend the life of your control arm bushings.

AWDenvy · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:38 pm

Nice. Just curious, what springs/coilovers are you running now?

smokingtires · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:15 pm

Eibach Pro-Kit springs

Bones · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:48 pm

I will do this tomorrow on my alignment rack!!

smokingtires · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:47 am

that's where I did mine haha

jantzen · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:11 am

That's good to know. Have you had any problems with your Eibachs?

smokingtires · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:47 pm

nope, no problems whatsoever. I really like them because they're not uberlow so i don't scrape or rub really. I was also pleasantly surprised how near to stock the ride...barely any change in ride quality over normal bumps and whatnot. The only time they feel significantly stiffer is over big bumps where alot of suspension travel is used.

Bones · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:33 pm

smokingtires wrote:

that's where I did mine haha

Yeah when I loosened a couple bolts you could see it release the tension in it.

jantzen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:10 am

smokingtires wrote:

nope, no problems whatsoever. I really like them because they're not uberlow so i don't scrape or rub really. I was also pleasantly surprised how near to stock the ride...barely any change in ride quality over normal bumps and whatnot. The only time they feel significantly stiffer is over big bumps where alot of suspension travel is used.

That's good to know because Eibach is pretty much the only brand that provides a kit for my car

Quin · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:19 am

jantzen8895 wrote:

smokingtires wrote:

nope, no problems whatsoever. I really like them because they're not uberlow so i don't scrape or rub really. I was also pleasantly surprised how near to stock the ride...barely any change in ride quality over normal bumps and whatnot. The only time they feel significantly stiffer is over big bumps where alot of suspension travel is used.

That's good to know because Eibach is pretty much the only brand that provides a kit for my car

There are tons of aftermarket suspension companies fo your car bro

jantzen · **Posted:** Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:50 am

eat_sleep_jdm wrote:

jantzen8895 wrote:

smokingtires wrote:

nope, no problems whatsoever. I really like them because they're not uberlow so i don't scrape or rub really. I was also pleasantly surprised how near to stock the ride...barely any change in ride quality over normal bumps and whatnot. The only time they feel significantly stiffer is over big bumps where alot of suspension travel is used.

That's good to know because Eibach is pretty much the only brand that provides a kit for my car

There are tons of aftermarket suspension companies fo your car bro

Ha none that are a brand worth buying

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