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Old 09-05-2003, 10:50 AM
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Question on the springs/rake look

please pardon the lighting conditions in the 2nd pic, but it's the latest and best i could find based on my question...

ok, so i've had my CT's since March '02, and when i used to park at the folks' place, i would always park facing down our hill, like so...



so i don't think i ever really let the rear's settle all that much...now i just got the Koni's a few weeks ago, and i got a nasty rake goin now



i put all my dumbells (100+ pounds) and my golf clubs (bout 30 pounds) in the trunk about a week ago and wanted to know if there was any other way to let the rear's kinda catch up to the front's
Old 09-05-2003, 11:06 AM
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get a heavy sub box, i have tein stech spring they are supposed to be raked 1.7 in the rear and 2.2 in the front, with my sub box ~75lbs the rear sits lower than the front by a little
Old 09-05-2003, 11:15 AM
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I love the rake but you could have a machine shop put another groove it the konis to lower the rear a bit. Or just use the lower groove depending on how much lower you want it.
Old 09-05-2003, 12:53 PM
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what he said the konis allow for additional drop if you got the standard yellow(not neuspeed) then the rears can be lowered .75 inches or 20 mm if you did buy the neuspeed then you have 2 lower perches in 10mm increments
Old 09-06-2003, 02:07 PM
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The RAKE is cool
Old 09-06-2003, 02:09 PM
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Originally posted by Red Rider
The RAKE is cool
Old 09-06-2003, 02:43 PM
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i think the rake looks better, if u want get the eibach prokit, it drop it pretty even all around and it rides just as smooth as the ct's
Old 09-06-2003, 08:07 PM
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yours looks exactly like mine, and all I have are the front Comptech Springs - the system has taken care of some of the back, but I'm still trying to get some information about the possibility of going to the Neuspeed Koni's so I can put the rear Comptech's on and not return to the '66 Mustang look I was getting w/stock springs and the system.
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my entire left drivers side is visably lower than the right passenger side. that normal? (CT springs, nothing else, 25k+)
Old 09-06-2003, 08:23 PM
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I have my sub box in the trunk and it's perfect now.
Old 09-07-2003, 06:48 AM
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Originally posted by YuppieCL
my entire left drivers side is visably lower than the right passenger side. that normal? (CT springs, nothing else, 25k+)
The springs have different ratings left to right. Did you put them on yourself? I don't know if there is a way to tell once they are installed. They have tags on them when they are delivered and the higher rated ones are supposed to go on the right.
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