Eibach Pro-kit question

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stangg01

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I finished the one front spring.
After 5.5 hours, my car is now 1/8 inch lower on that side than the other.
YEAH. It is lower. LOL

My car is now:
28.125 inches with the Eibach spring in front.
28.25 stock in front
28.5 inches for the rear stock.

It was 28.5 inches all around before I started.

 

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One of the front springs is now completly installed. It is now 1/8 inches lower than before I started.
YEAH it's lower. LOL

I'm confident I did everything correctly. I just have to wait until Monday to call Tech support for both Eibach, and where I bought the kit.

I want to change the other front spring but I don't want to do the job anymore than I have to. I need my car though.

Maybe after the car sits for a while it will be lower.

 

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Newly installed springs has to settle for a few days before they are at their designated height, so fortunately it should go lower than 1/8".

 

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Just keep going, The springs have to settle, its fine. Continue the installation process.

 

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The springs have to settle. Did you disassemble the strut tower assembly? If so did you get all the shields, insulators, and shields back on in the same order?

 

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OK
I'll finish the install for the other side.

Thanks everyone

 

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Kilgore Trout,
I put everything back as it was before I touched it.
I'll continue with the install as you suggested.

Thanks

 

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Thanks everyone

 

hotrodredneck

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so did oyu get installed right or what?...I have installed four or five of these sets and never encountered this problem. what happened?

 

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did you install new isolators?

everyone is right that the car will get lower as it settles, but a 1/8" drop is kinda small.

is your strut sticking out the same amount as before? since you were having trouble with the strut not coming out, and your car isn't lowered that much, sounds like you didn't assemble the strut thing correctly. just me speculating.

 

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I only removed the two nuts and one bolt from the top of the shock. The plate thing.
Could it have turned? Would it matter if it did?

 

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Is there any way possible that you can take pictures and post them up on your install, either there is something worng with your springs or you are just installing them wrong

 

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if you're positive the spring is installed in the a-arm correctly...are you sure you're getting it seated properly up top?

I've done a bunch of spring installs and the only thing I can think of is that your spring is installed incorrectly or you just have the wrong one.

 

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tomustang said:

Is there any way possible that you can take pictures and post them up on your install, either there is something worng with your springs or you are just installing them wrong

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really? haha. even a newb like me could've narrowed that down.

 

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You are the first person I ever heard having issues installing
the Eibach Pro Kit springs.

 

GeorgiaTech

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speaking of eibach pro-kit springs, i just ordered a set. how much would you say all 4 weigh? I ordered them to my campus address so I'll have to walk with them in hand to my car and I park pretty far..

The Cobra brakes I just did were 62 pounds and that was a helluva walk.

 

hotrodredneck

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hey wait a sec....did you do just the springs or the struts too?...if you did the struts, and not insult your intelligence, but did you cut the strap that holds the strut down during shipping?

 

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mustangcam said:

really? haha. even a newb like me could've narrowed that down.

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That's not tech :OT:

 

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mustangcam

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sorry

 

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Pennywise2 said:

You are the first person I ever heard having issues installing
the Eibach Pro Kit springs.

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Not on here, there's been numorous threads about seating the springs in wrong, being shipped the wrong ones, ebay purchased fake ones that didn't fit on mustangs