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Old 10-07-2020, 11:41 AM
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Rear sag

The rear is bottoming out a little bit. I just want to add some of those rubber spring spacers. Have you tried that?

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Old 10-07-2020, 03:23 PM
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how old are your rear struts?

what springs are you running?

how much weight is in your trunk?

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Spring spacers are the complete wrong way to address this. For $100 in parts and an hour of time you can put new quickstruts in from rock auto
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original struts
i have no idea
minimal
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Old 10-13-2020, 11:36 AM
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I can't find a quickstrut

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...961,suspension
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Old 10-13-2020, 11:51 AM
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I don't think struts will help with sag. It's more likely worn springs.
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Old 10-14-2020, 11:52 AM
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if you're looking for decent replacements Gabriel Ultras worked real good for me. nice solid smooth ride, big improvement on the highway.
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Old 10-15-2020, 09:49 AM
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What's wrong with doing this?

https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/60830/10002/-1
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Old 10-23-2020, 06:11 PM
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I have the Eibach sport springs which lowered the car about 1".

The rake of the car didn't look proper to me so I installed a spring spacer in each rear spring. Less than $20, fixt !
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rear struts are most likely bad if never replaced. Get you some quick struts from rock auto, they are very reasonable. The come with strut and spring, trust me you will fell the difference! If the back of car is sagging, it makes the car feel slower, ect.
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Old 10-25-2020, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by maxinout93
rear struts are most likely bad if never replaced. Get you some quick struts from rock auto, they are very reasonable. The come with strut and spring, trust me you will fell the difference! If the back of car is sagging, it makes the car feel slower, ect.
This guy ( ^^^^^^^ ) is right!
Do it properly, you can get the quick struts here: https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...assembly,15174 .

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i ordered the more expensive quick-strut monroes off rockauto, all 4, and tbh i was expecting the ride to be good but really it feels like they are inferior to OEM, now wishing i would have spend extra for the moog or just kept the stock springs and put kyb.
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