don't think it's meant to sit that high ?

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mani
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Post Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:14 pm

i had cut spring before and it was sitting pretty low then i bought some jom coilovers fitted them in and it's sitting like a tractor (adjustable platform set at its lowest)
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Post Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:16 pm

hence why people dont buy the cheap jom coilovers as it will raise the car instead of lowering it lol
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Post Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:26 pm

but it says it will drop -40mm to -80mm front -40mm to -65mm rear
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Post Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:47 pm

is there a solution to get them sitting lower ?
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Post Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:49 pm

shorter spring.
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Post Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:06 pm

think thats what i have to do where would i get shorter springs from
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Post Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:51 pm

Faulkner springs?
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Post Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:52 pm

roughly how much would the drop be on these springs ?
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Post Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:09 pm

Upto you, Faulkener springs make custom springs, height and load.
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Post Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:16 pm

cheers for that man
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Post Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:39 pm

Faulkner are for proper coil over's though? Doubt they'd work with the JOM ones?