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Old 08-13-15, 10:25 PM
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Hello good folks of CL. I wanted to know if any of us on here have figured out a way to raise the back about 1/2". I am on tanabe DF springs and the front height is perfect however the rear is a little too low. I really want to add some type of spring pad to the rear springs to level it out. If anyone has done this successfully please chime in! Thank Youse!
Old 08-14-15, 12:09 AM
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I'm on df210 also, 30mm front RCA, 25mm rear. Body is raked but fender gap is damn near spot on f/r
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I really dislike the sag look of the rear with fhe DF, should have gone with the NF
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Anyone have any idears?
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I use these to raise my el camino in the past.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00029K20C/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687582&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00029K20W&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0C6BHQNFV5D86CAGA4H7 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00029K20C/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687582&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00029K20W&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0C6BHQNFV5D86CAGA4H7
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Here's a visual of what my RCA did...but I didn't raise the rear, I lowered it less than the front lol
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Originally Posted by 1SWTGS
haha, wow. now that's a blast from the past, man. i remember using those on a cutlass i had in like 1993. got them from a JC Whitney catalog. They would make crazy popping noises on turns. Not the safest way, but it worked
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I used something like this in my Buick that was but saggin....

http://static.speedwaymotors.com/RS/...t/917250_L.jpg

A little big in the size of the coil for a GS, but I have seen smaller diameter and thickness ones out there too.
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