riceburner1r2001

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i put my new rb springs on n the rear with a new rubber piece on top with my tokicos and wondering y it sits so high. i did take the sway bar if that makes a diff on the height

justint5387

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I just put it in too, and it also sits high.... I think that it might take the springs awhile to settle then it would be lower

mooseknuckle

lol i also just put my rb springs in the rear about 2 weeks ago and thought the same thing. my old man told me they will settle down lower after some driving. they feel good tho. i used koni reds with them. how do you guys like yours?

Rogue_Wulff

You are probably seeing the car sitting higher now, than it did before. This is not because the new springs make it sit higher than stock, but because your old springs were sagging.
20+ year old springs will have lost some of their tensile strength, and make the car sit lower than it did when it was new. The new springs will actually raise it back up from where it was, but it is still lower than it was when new.

justint5387

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I have my rear with tokico blues and the front with koni red... The front looks a lot lower than the back... It feels pretty stiff and i like how it feels but going through bumps is a little annoying(scraped the bottom twice today on high speed pumps)

mooseknuckle

those rubber stoppers in the rear of the suspension ( the ones that prevent the car from bottoming out ) were all dry rotted and when i popped the old springs off the bottoms of them broke off. i hope my springs are stiff enough to not bottom out. i should probably get replacments. i gotta get back in there anyways because the sway bar bushings are shot as well. anybody have this problem with those pieces? who removed there sway bar i heard i might be better not having it on at all. less snap oversteer. is this true?

riceburner1r2001

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yeah i have tokicos upfront with rb nice n low. yeah i hope they settle i feel like a 4wheel drive... lol

blwfly

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so do u think if u had reds allround would be bout same height as front

riceburner1r2001

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nope i wish i knew if my fts were shot meaning shocks. and i know i can push the car up n down

blwfly

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what we used to do to check socks was slam the breaks on and off and it would bounce like a mexicans car cause the shocks were fucked but i spouse its different cause this was on deisel hiluxs our cars maybe to light
was fun tho crank the sounds bounce around the look on peoples faces made it worth while
(whats that idiot doing)

justint5387

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I am not sure if red all around would make my car lower.... my car seems to be lower than before now... it has been 4 days

blwfly

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cool so does that mean they have setaled/brokin in
just wondering why u had different shocks were they put in different dates or is there a reason?

Rx Seven

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The shocks make no difference to the ride height, its the spring that determines the ride height of your car.

justint5387

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I had different shocks because i cant afford the koni rear, which are over $100 each... I got my koni fronts for $100 for a pair and $70 for the tokico rear

blwfly

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oh ic where was that from or was that a one off

trochoid

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Get those bump stops replaced as soon as you can. Without them, you stand a chance of blowing the shocks. Trim 3/4" off of the bottom ends before you install them. This will give you a little more travel and won't be hitting them as often. Even with the trim, I still hit mine occasionally.

mooseknuckle

thanks trochoid i will replace them i was kind of scared of doing that but wasnt sure if the rb springs were strong enough that i wouldnt come close. ill replace them before i put the car back on the road. im currently doing other stuff to it so its not even driving right now.

Alex-7

I can't believe it took so long for someone to say that.