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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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this is what happened..driving about 45-50mph on a clear road no debrie insight,nice and smooth until the skid control light came on and started beeping,now this happened to me twice,now i lowered my gs with esplier springs with stock struts?and clue's
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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the vsc works on speed sensors and angle sensors. by lowering the car that much you throw off the suspension geometry. did you have the car realigned immediately after you installed the springs? the light coming on and beeping means the car thinks it's sliding.
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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You might have to get the VSC zero'd at the dealership... do you have mismatched tires? i.e.. taller in front and short in back or vice versa?
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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If I were a gambling man, I'd say that your speed sensor came out of it's harness. If the dust cover isn't fabricated properly on a lowered car the speed sensor cord will get stretched and will pop out, the same things happened to me until it was corrected.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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havent done a alignment on the lex yet waiting to get my rims first.but i ll check out those plugs,now where is located @
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