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Old 04-25-2016, 02:40 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by PeterFRS View Post
In need of some advice here please
my fronts are fine where they are, just wanting 1/2" lower with rears..

the rear bottom "cup" is pretty shallow in our application and it is maxed out currently.
still lots of threads left on the shock body itself I am not right up to the spring perches.

I hope I am explaining this right..
and my question is.. by me "squeezing" or compressing the springs would that result in lower height?
or by "lowering" the pre load rings essentially "releasing" spring preload result in lower height?

thank you.. lol geez reading back what i wrote it's confusing for me too.
By "squeezing" the spring, aka increasing preload you will lose droop and possibly make your car higher. It isn't recommended to use the preload as a means to adjust ride height. If you reduce your preload too much you're going to get some noise from your coilover.

If you want to lower the car more in the rear you can get a lower control arm like stance or voodoo that lower the mounting point of the rear strut, effectively dropping the rear.
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