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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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Help With S-techs

ok guys recently i had s-techs added to my 8 on OEM shocks, i know that the drop is not huge but i was kinda disappointed on it's appearance. my mechanic didn't pre-load the car and now I'm worried that the car is not at the right height level, take a look


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let me know if i need to pre-load it please

oh and tires are 245/45/18

thank you

frank

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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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looks higher then normal.
pre-load
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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also upon further inspection i saw this on the rear springs:

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the rear springs are binding already? they don't even have 1k on them, i know they are progressive springs and they will tend to bind.But, dam that early?
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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i have asked a couple of mechanics about it and they all don't know how to do that

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looks higher then normal.
pre-load
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 07:55 PM
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yea that looks WAY high.....even without the preload....
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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I would say that the rear just doesn't look preloaded ... the combination of that and them being fresh coils, but something is definitely wrong with the front.
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 09:08 PM
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if your mechanics don't know how to preload , then just do it yourself, it's super easy.

also, can't preload the rears. just an fyi
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 12:25 AM
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only the fronts can pre-load, and it takes u no more than 15 minutes to do it, thats if u have the right size socket and stuff of course.

the rear ... hmm ... is it installed upside down? dunno, never seen Teins before.
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