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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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I have a 2004 sxt neon with a heavy speaker box and battery in the trunk with amps. I have installed the eibach pro kit, tociko blue struts, and now my rear sits lower than the front. Is it because of the speaker stuff in trunk/ I dont want to take it out but guys help me get this fixed.
How get I get the rear to match the front? I heard some say try different springs but I would have to know that it would def work, and I heard you should keep the same spring rates front and rear.
Is coilovers my only option?
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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my rear sits lower than my front.... even when i take the two 12" subs i have out... when the rear is lower than the front you gain a little bit more control anyways so it shouldn't be too much to worry about and if ur struts are brand new which i take it they are you should be perfectly fine
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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Hey thanks, yours does the same thing? Maybe it is just the pro kits that do it, thats sucks. I really would like everything to sit even????? What if i put a sportline up in the front which would drop the front more and look more even? Should I be worried about the spring rate difference between the sportlines and prokits?
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:30 PM
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didnt u get all four springs??? front and rear??? i didnt think the prokit set the car leval??? my sportlines didnt set the car leval, it has a nice stock looking rake to it (just lower)
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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Yes I got all four prokit springs front and rearwith new tokico blue struts. What i mean is the rear sits lower than the front just by visually looking at it, and the front has more wheel well showing than the rear. I just cant stand saggy rears.
Somehow I would like to raise the rear a little but dont think it is possible, unless there is a rearspring with like a 1" drop out there that would make it sit higher?
Are coilovers going to be my only option to fix this? If so which ones should i get mopar 2 or eibach coilovers? Also will my ride me more bumpier than what I already have? If so I must figure out how to make this work with the help of you guys.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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well the rear wheel well kinda hangs lower than the front to begin with so i think its normal.... mine looks low in the rear but its perfectly fine
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:50 PM
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didnt u get all four springs??? front and rear??? i didnt think the prokit set the car leval??? my sportlines didnt set the car leval, it has a nice stock looking rake to it (just lower)
hey dj u like ?? marks don't u? lol i had to because i saw ur post on the srt section about the tranny and used at least 25 question marks on 4 sentences... but anyway sportlines did u get struts and spring from them? and how much and where? because i dont like the way the neon looks level but its a very high sitting car so i was looking for a set that just made the stock appearence lower
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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Default RE: Lowering springs installed now rear sits too low?

Anyone else with this problem?
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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With any new drop it takes time for them to settle. My acrs both had stage 3 coilovers and they had to settle so any drop takes a little time to settle. Everyones going with either the prokits or sportlines for tokiko setup . me Im going with something not everyones doing.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 02:04 PM
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Default RE: Lowering springs installed now rear sits too low?

Will the rear seemedright from the start lower than the front? I really dont think the front is going to get any lower
 
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