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Old Oct 7, 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 Oct 7, 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?

Old Oct 8, 2020 | 07:13 AM
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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
Old Oct 13, 2020 | 11:32 AM
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original struts
i have no idea
minimal
Old Oct 13, 2020 | 11:36 AM
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toastedoats:

I can't find a quickstrut

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...961,suspension
Old Oct 13, 2020 | 11:51 AM
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I don't think struts will help with sag. It's more likely worn springs.
Old Oct 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.
Old Oct 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
Old Oct 15, 2020 | 12:41 PM
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https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...assembly,15174
Old Oct 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 !
Old Oct 25, 2020 | 04:38 PM
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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.
Old Oct 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 .

Old Oct 26, 2020 | 08:51 PM
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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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