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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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Do lowering springs get lower over time?

I put some H Sports on my MCSC about a month ago and it looks to me like my car is a little lower now than when I first put them on. Especially in the rear. Does that make sense? Or am I just imagining things?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by neilgj
I put some H Sports on my MCSC about a month ago and it looks to me like my car is a little lower now than when I first put them on. Especially in the rear. Does that make sense? Or am I just imagining things?
Makes sense to me. When I first put on springs it took about 500+ miles for them to settle down ...

Besides, don't all springs get squished over time?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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I'd say they settled down a bit.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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true and false, the springs do not squish tho on the h-sports the drop front and back is 1", the rear seems like lower, more than likely you have more negative camber in the rear, did you have an alignment? if not, you should.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I do need to do the alignment on the back. The negative camber is obvious.
 
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