So I installed my shocks/springs on my 04 sedan yesterday...(took ages btw). The rear shows a somewhat noticeable drop (a little bit over an inch gap) but the front still has like a 2 inch gap. Am I doing something wrong? I have stock 17 rims with 215/55/17 tires. Could it be the tire size? Could it be that the springs/shocks have to be settled in? (2inch is huge compared to others I have seen) I went ahead and aligned it @ firestone (got the lifetime deal). Any help or feedback would greatly be appreciated. Thanks

 

you have any before/after pics?

 

unfortunately no...but i can tell you it does not look drop at all....measure it, and sure enough it dropped by only like half an inch all around.... sadness.

 

Heres what mine looks like with unrevised Z springs and 235/45/17s. I sure noticed a difference

 

How long did it take you to make it look that way (springs to settle) did it look higher when you just had put the springs on? Does the springs need time to settle?

 

I didn't really notice any settling. If it happened, it was too small to notice. The springs had about 18K miles on them so maybe they had already settled?

 

I lowered my IP sedan on some unrevised Z springs and have the same problem. It looks like it got significantly lower in the rear compared to the front. I'll post pics when I get the chance.

 

yea, aint that weird or what?! Are we the only 2 that are having this problem? I'm looking for an alternative solution, any springs that will work on these unrevised shocks with little camber issue. I just installed a camber kit on the rear the other day. I'm worried about the front and if the shocks will hold up to any other springs.

 

I show a 1.25 inch gap in the front & a perfect 1 inch gap on the rear. What does yours show?

 

sorry, no pics yet. today was the first day i actually put some miles on the car with passengers (3 of them to be exact) and after looking at it again, the springs have settled a bit. the gap difference between the front and rear is less than a 1/4". like many others have said, the approximate 1" drop all around makes the rear look like it's sitting a little lower than the front. try driving around with a full load for a while and check it again, it may even out a little. before i left for work this morning i was worried because the left rear was lower than the right rear. i was thinking of getting the unrevised rear coupe springs so it wouldn't appear to sag. but at the end of the day, i'm happy with my car's stance and can live with the fact that the front has a slightly larger gap than the rear.

 

i should also add that i have 19s so i have about a 1 1/2 finger gap in the rear and about 2 fingers in the front - about a 1/4" or so difference

 

I just paid for some REVISED shocks, will I be able to match these up with my unrevised springs? What kind of problems am I looking to run into on this setup?

 

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Here are a few pics of my car after putting on the unrevised z springs. I'm running 245/40/19 and 275/35/19 (8.5 front and 9.5 rear, +43 all around) with Maya STMs in a graphite machined finish. No rubbing with 4 people in the car.

I'm not too sure about the problems you would run into using revised shocks and unrevised springs. I think you should go with one or the other instead of mixing and matching. Hopefully someone could chime in and give you some better advice. I went with the z springs because I wanted a conservative drop to go with my sport suspension.