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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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Question about spring install.......

SO I INSTALLED MEGAN RACING SPRINGS AND I PUT THE SHORTER ONES IN THE FRONT AND THE LONGER ONES IN THE BACK, BUT THE FRONT LOOKS WAY LOWER THAN JUST 1.75 INCHES. COULD I HAVE PUT THEM ON BACKWARDS??



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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 07:48 PM
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No one knows?
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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werent the springs labeled?
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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no they where not
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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did you preload?
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 02:48 AM
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did you preload?
that would make it worse..

and yes it seems you put them on backwards..


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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Good news. I tried to swap them and i must have done it right to begin with because the ones i thought i could have put wrong was way to short for the rears
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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usually all springs have an F or a R in the model # on them to tell you front to rear. I know for a fact the Tanabes and the Teins do and from what i can remember so did the Eibachs. Plus its obvious when you pull the stockers out.
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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With these springs how long can you expect your stock setup to last before wearing down and needing to be replaced?
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Just drop spring won't hurt anything. It may wear the stock shocks out early but my stock shocks last almost 70k on my first drop springs. The factory shocks are Tokico performance shocks.
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 10:10 PM
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How much longer are the rear springs than the front springs?
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 12:16 AM
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Few inches (2-3 I would guess).
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 12:50 PM
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Thanks for the response. I ask cause I bought a set from a member on here, never installed. All the springs are very similar. It does look like two of them are shorter by like less than an inch, but that didn't seem like a whole lot. Anyone with these springs remember when they installed them?
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 03:03 PM
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Yep, shorter in the front, longer in the back. Most aftermarket springs have an "F" for front and "R" for rear on the springs.
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