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ok, i see that everyone wants to lower the rear of their car... i have a simple solution... "the free rear lowering mod." it doesn't take long and looks great...
steps:
1. your gonna need to jack up the rear section of the car, but you have to do it on the body not the axle, or wherever else you can jack it up, and you can't use the one that comes with the car, its simply not tall enough, i used a 2-ton floor jack , worked great.
2. take the spring out.
3. on the top of the spring, or it may still be up in the hole the spring is in, there is a big plastic spacer, about 1.25" thick, take it out.
4. next, i took a regular garden hose and cut it and wrappd it around the top of the spring, so there is no metal to metal rubbing that isn't necessary
5. stick the spring back where it goes, i tried to keep it lined up the way it was, but im pretty sure that it doesn't matter, just make sure its right side up at least, i dont know if that matters either...
6. lower the car and do the other side
viola!(i think thats how you spell it)
i measured it with my hand cuz it was getting dark(i dont know why it being dark kept me from getting a tape measure, im just lazy)it took it down about 1" maybe 1.25", and looks much better, no differences in ride quality, for a while i heard a little bit of metal to metal but jacked it back up and pushed the hose farther down on the spring and took care of it... if you have any questions please ask... i am not telling you to do this... just a suggestion, i take no responsibility for what you do to your car, thats all, thanks, enjoy!
merlin
steps:
1. your gonna need to jack up the rear section of the car, but you have to do it on the body not the axle, or wherever else you can jack it up, and you can't use the one that comes with the car, its simply not tall enough, i used a 2-ton floor jack , worked great.
2. take the spring out.
3. on the top of the spring, or it may still be up in the hole the spring is in, there is a big plastic spacer, about 1.25" thick, take it out.
4. next, i took a regular garden hose and cut it and wrappd it around the top of the spring, so there is no metal to metal rubbing that isn't necessary
5. stick the spring back where it goes, i tried to keep it lined up the way it was, but im pretty sure that it doesn't matter, just make sure its right side up at least, i dont know if that matters either...
6. lower the car and do the other side
viola!(i think thats how you spell it)
i measured it with my hand cuz it was getting dark(i dont know why it being dark kept me from getting a tape measure, im just lazy)it took it down about 1" maybe 1.25", and looks much better, no differences in ride quality, for a while i heard a little bit of metal to metal but jacked it back up and pushed the hose farther down on the spring and took care of it... if you have any questions please ask... i am not telling you to do this... just a suggestion, i take no responsibility for what you do to your car, thats all, thanks, enjoy!
merlin
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