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Raising my coil sprung rear, now that sounds funny

Postby wbski007 » Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:32 pm

Any suggestions on how to give my rear coils more highth without buying new ones?? she's starting to sag in the back with all the extra weight I've been carrying, ya think air shocks will help??
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Re: Raising my coil sprung rear, now that sounds funny

Postby walruz » Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:46 pm

Sounds like you are looking for coil spring spacers although airbags will do simular job and you can fine tune them :) :) :)

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Re: Raising my coil sprung rear, now that sounds funny

Postby wbski007 » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:04 am

yeah Walruz I was looking at air bags but holy s##t their expencive, I'm going to try the spacers first
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Re: Raising my coil sprung rear, now that sounds funny

Postby geeves » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:55 am

Have you priced new coils. They are not as expensive as a lot of people think. Also check your local rules on spacers. In Nz they are allowed but lots of "requirements" I think most of Aus they are a nono
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Re: Raising my coil sprung rear, now that sounds funny

Postby sprey » Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:32 pm

alot of the guys on the vehicross forum put in Ome springs, either ome912 or ome913
i run ome912 in mine.
heres a really good guide that explains about the 2 springs you might wanna check it out.
http://vehicross.info/forums/showthread ... ht=ome+913

i think for to buy 2 coils over there is like 150usd? or hey maybe even cheaper? i cant remember :oops:
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