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Apr 6, 2008 | 08:41 PM

chadsexington

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Lowering springs settling

Lowered my ride on illuminas/eibachs last week and was wondering how long it takes for springs to "settle" completely. Also how much lower would it get when its settled?

Any new input is much appreciated.

Apr 6, 2008 | 09:12 PM

DrunkieTheBear

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mine took a good month (about 1,000 miles)

Apr 6, 2008 | 09:38 PM

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mine was around 1K miles too

fyi to op, the miles is important...not the time

Apr 6, 2008 | 11:41 PM

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mine took about 1000 miles...Ive got H&R's

Apr 7, 2008 | 12:04 AM

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Btw,hows the ride? Id give it a good month to settle...

Apr 7, 2008 | 03:59 AM

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mine are about a month old now or so, almost no wheel gap in front or rear ^^, i just had to put new struts on again 2 days ago........ the pass side detonated on me.

Apr 7, 2008 | 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Professor`

mine are about a month old now or so, almost no wheel gap in front or rear ^^, i just had to put new struts on again 2 days ago........ the pass side detonated on me.

What detonated?

Apr 7, 2008 | 07:29 AM

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What detonated?

The strut

Apr 7, 2008 | 07:44 AM

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The strut

what kinda struts did you have?

Apr 7, 2008 | 04:55 PM

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what kinda struts did you have?

Monroe Sensa Trac .....oems

Apr 7, 2008 | 06:19 PM

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chadsexington

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how do u know when its completely settled? i had an allignment done today, will it go lowered than wat it is right now..and if it does would i need another allignment? lol

Apr 7, 2008 | 06:51 PM

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this is why you never use the used OEM struts when you lower your car....

Apr 7, 2008 | 07:30 PM

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once the springs have settled completely does the way the car handles change...

Apr 7, 2008 | 07:32 PM

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once the springs have settled completely does the way the car handles change...

thats kinda the point....

Apr 8, 2008 | 07:54 AM

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this is why you never use the used OEM struts when you lower your car....

So true but its hard to get aftermarket ones when you bought lifetime struts from a parts store

my struts are always free now, i just do a defective exchange, but yes iam going to get something better in the future, heard horror stories about kybs, havent heard anything on Bilsteins, havent really looked into it in depth about what i should get either for quality and longevity.