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Old 12-01-2012, 06:55 PM
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Vibration after coilover install

So I dropped my car on BWR coilovers today. It rides fine besides minor rubbing. But under acceleration I get a pretty shitty vibration.

I'm thinking axles dues to my car having 90K on it at stock height.

Anyone have any input?
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How low did u drop?

might be, try raising it up and see if the vibration is still there
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I dropped it about 2 1/2 in the front then raised it a half inch and it still vibrated.
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PS I tried searching on here and online in general and never found a good enough answer. My alignment is straight and my wheels are balanced lol
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Members have had this happen after lowering their cars. Some raised theirs slightly and it reduced the vibrations. I think Rockstar143 replaced his axles and it solved his vibration problems. I do have a slight vibration from 20-25ish mph when acceleration but its not really noticible. I'm also lowered around 2.5 inches on coilovers
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try raising it up a bit more and see what happens lol

I had the same problem (~76k Miles on oem axles). Found out one of my axles were going bad ( joints had a lot of play ), despite balanced wheels and in spec alignment.

Switched to raxles and raised car about an inch, and no more vibration..

Good luck
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I think I'm going to change my axles and see what happens. Thanks for the help guys.
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dude what the hell you just need an alignment
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unless you aligned it after you dropped it.....
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I actually just raised the front a 1/4 inch and it went away. I posted before that the alignment was good lol.
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Originally Posted by TLtypeSex
I actually just raised the front a 1/4 inch and it went away. I posted before that the alignment was good lol.
I used to be slammed and never had vibrations

so are you gonna keep it at that height?
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