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I've been running the stock shocks and springs with the spacer pulled out on the front set to lower the car a little. I was going to swap the front spacer to the rear shocks. But it's so small of a change, what the heck, will i run into trouble by not running them at all in the back? I don't want the keepers popping out if I un-weight a little.
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The keepers are under stress even with the spacers out so thats not a problem. Due to leverage effects, the drop is roughly 2x the spacer thickness. This is enough to correct some of the bump-steer the spacers added, will change your headlight alignment and probably your toe-in at both ends of the car. If you haven't had this checked lately, I'd suggest this is the time, before you find excess tire wear has begun and you can't see far enough forward at high speeds!
Thanks for all the emails from everyone. Now another question. For a car lowered more then stock, what spring rates are you using front and rear and the type of ride you have?
After some checking with shock supplers and some testing on my part. I figured 400lb rear and 300lb front. Thats with a 12inch spring.
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