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Shorter Shocks?

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  • Start date Start date Oct 23, 2012

mob

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Hey guys have a problem, when my coilovers are all the way down, my shocks bottom out. Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this? Does anyone make a shorter shock for out cars?
 

MFE92

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Literally the shocks, or are you talking about the struts?
 

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Is this on the front or the rear of your car? Because IIRC, you went with coil overs front and rear.

I just wanna make sure lol
 

mob

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well the coil overs use the shock, the sleeve just slide over them. I am talking about the rear shocks. When the car is on the ground, the shock is literally bottomed out, no travel.
 

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Can you swap from conical spring retainers to flat ones to gain some clearance? Or fab different set of lower shock mounts?
 

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shorter spring retainer would help but I need at least 2-3 inches of clearance. I guess fabbing up different shock mounts would be an option, maybe just weld a few pieces of thick metal together? Where could I get a shorter spring retainer?
 
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