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Lowering springs just for the rear

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walter

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I just finished installing the rear shocks (thanks radman) and both front and back swaybars to go with the rear springs and handling is excellent better then just with the rear springs alone. The sway bars seem to reduce some of the front end floatiness but that's still no replacement for the full kit.
 

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I got my rear H&R sport springs in. Everything looks good. It lowered about 5/8, maybe 3/4 as they were supposed to. I expect they may settle a bit more with time.

Thanks for How-To on this on the forum. It made it easy. I did have to remove the sway bar hanger bolts to get the axle to hang low enough to pull the spring. I'm not sure if I saw that in the How-To anywhere.
 

bigcat

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i just squeezed the springs with my hands enough to pull them out. didnt need to mess with the swaybar, so i didnt put it in the write up. glad you found it useful.
 
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