gsCrazy

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does anyone know if it takes new shocks time to settle. I just installed bilstein hd's in my gs300 today and the rear wheel gap is about 4-5 inches; whereas it used to be about 2".

also got the daizen sways installed as well. car handles much much better but my car looks like a jeep.

let me know. thnx.

ILOVEGIRLS

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new shocks should not have to settle. are you sure that you put everything back correctly?

gsCrazy

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yea... i actually had a shop do it. what could cause the ride height to be so much higher???? what could've gone wrong with the installation?

GSquicksilver

hmmm...

when i had the HD's installed back when i had oem springs, i didn't notice a difference in height, except maybe in the front (which i later found out that bilstein packed the wrong spring seats with the struts and later replaced them for me). what settings are the spring seat rings at? if you don't know, those are the rings on the body of the struts that hold the spring seats. there are 2 settings for them. usually the struts are shipped with the higher seating, which is for normal setting. that is why i don't know why yours is raised so high, unless you got the wrong part number or maybe your old struts were COMPLETELY blown.

GSteg

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I'm getting 2" gaps on the rear with my L-tuned springs. Do you have stock springs?

ILOVEGIRLS

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sorry, but i dont know what would make it sit higher other than:

wrong springs were installed

the springs are not seated in the shocks properly

the reassembly of the shocks: dust cover and thing underneath it are incorrect in order

the shocks are completely incorrect for your car

i hope this helps.

gsCrazy

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thnx for the replies thus far.

also, i forgot to mention that i had the daizen sway bars installed at the same time. can sways affect the hight? i do not believe so. another thing is that i checked the height again of the rear on both sides today and the driver side is about an inch higher than the passenger rear side!

how do i know if the spring seats are wrong? what order are the shocks supposed to be reassembled in? finally, i am pretty sure the shocks are correct.

what is going on here???

gsCrazy

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yes i have stock springs and before i got the new shocks in i had about 2 inches, maybe slightly more, of a wheel/fender gap in the rear.

excluesive

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could they have put the front springs in back and backs in front?

does your front sit higher or lower as well?

GSquicksilver

Pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4ntvings

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wait now, there's settings on the HD's? how would one go about adjusting these? please, do tell!

is this why my dam car is still sitting so high? ARRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!

GSquicksilver

yes, but they are less than an inch apart, so i doubt it could make that much of a difference. show some pics!!!!!!

4ntvings

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well for me, i expected an inch lower. soooo... so how does one go about adjusting these things in the hd's?

here's the link to pics i posted few days ago:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=304385

gsCrazy

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hey can anyone with the BILSTEIN HD and stock spring set up take a measure of the fender/wheel gap in the front and rear for me?

i'm going to try to post up pics tom to show you guys the gap...

ILOVEGIRLS

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you can look to see where the spring seats on the shocks by:

jack the car up.

look at the spring to see where it sit on the bottom of the shocks.

the shocks have a knotch on it where the end of the spring should sit.

if it is not sitting in properly, the spring may be sitting side ways and may cause the car to sit uneven.