Thanks, man.

You still considering selling your 7?

 

its your car telling you that you need my old springs lol

 

Yes!

 

dude, come on.

you have like 600+lbs of **** that needs to be installed on the car. of course the car is going to sit way too high when there's no load on the springs...

 

man, I wouldn't worry about it, I would just throw some 22's on it and ride it like a caprice, hahaha

Back on topic, once you get the engine in and diff, see if it went down a bit, if not, try the rebound test. The reason being is it could be your struts, I was looking at an rx7 a while back and the struts were completely done, looked about the same as yours, I will attach a pic.

 

jusr for laughs, go stand in the bay. see what it does.

 

it has no motor (or trans, I'm guessing).. interior out too?

no wonder it sits so high. lol.

 

I have a 93 r1 and it sits just as high as yours does. I was really concerned until I figured out that my struts were starting to go bad. Now I am in the market for new struts. That might be the problem with yours.

Mine also sat that high when I had the diff and motor out.

 

Yeah, I figure it's either bad struts and a combination of not having the motor, trans, or rear diff in it. I guess I just didn't expect it to rise that much!

 

lol
btw. If you are surprised.
The car even won´t drive as fast as before without engine transmission and rear diff!
Just if you "didn't expect it to" be that slow.

 

lol, those pictures of your car made my day! that **** is hilarious

 

Well, I'm glad I could humor you guys.

 

if you jacked up your car and havent moved it much recently the suspension still needs to settle and thats what i think it is.

 

Actually, I did jack it up to put those wheels on. I think the weight back will help it settle, though. Good point.

 

Ding! Correct answer.

Sure, the extra weight of the drivetrain will help, especially in the front, but even with a complete drivetrain the shocks are going to remain extended if the car was jacked up for an extended period of time and wasn't driven afterward. The suspension will "settle down" after the car is driven and you hit a few bumps to cycle the suspension.

My Corvette and Supra did the same thing every time I jacked them up to work on them for an extended period (longer than just changing a tire). A few bumps eliminated the gap.

 

looks fine, post pics of ride height WITH DRIVETRAIN back in, i'm sure it will settle. You are on stock shocks though, they do sit high.

 

Jimlab, I'm so glad you chimed in.

Thanks for all the input, even the joking ones.

I'll let you guys know how it goes.