Hey guys,
So it seems like every time I do anything to this car another set of problems come with it.
I had done a lot of research about the DC/EG swaps and to my total recollection the only different parts needed were DC/EG forks.
I do recall and even re read a few threads here that the rear shocks were 2.5" different in length.
My problem I’m having now is it seems none of the suspension is level, and the rears are EXTREMELY LOW. Like, tucked at least an inch to the top of tire.
I know a good amount of my suspension bushings are toast, and am planning to get around to them as soon as I can. Am I correct to assume these bushings are causing some of the suspension sag?
I didn’t jump into this swap, because I didn’t want another set of damn problems. Yet, here we are. The fronts are about .75-1" above tire, slightly lower on the drivers side (maybe .25 or .5") I bought a good set of used KYB AGX’s off an EG with Skunk2 lowering springs, which were a 2" drop if I remember the part number right.
Am I seriously stuck with the ass end sitting uneven in comparison to the front? I didn’t hardly see anything different about the rear being lower than the front, only the shock travel being different. Or was I mistaken?
TL;DR -
- Bad bushings (trailing arm, LCA, etc) could cause a suspension sag?
- Will swapping to lowering springs from EG/DC cause the rear suspension to ride lower than the fronts?
- What would cause the suspension to be a different height on all 4 sides if they are only lowering springs? The rebound rate is pretty great.
Thanks guys!
Morning bump. I know there have been plenty of people who have swapped the DC/EG suspension over.
IIRC the rears will now sit low because of where the perch sits on the DC/EG strut.
With them being shorter, and the perch difference, they’re going to sit pretty low.
Please someone else chime in on this as I’m just going off of memory, which mine is terrible.
[QUOTE=unified112;2300637]IIRC the rears will now sit low because of where the perch sits on the DC/EG strut.
With them being shorter, and the perch difference, they’re going to sit pretty low.
Please someone else chime in on this as I’m just going off of memory, which mine is terrible.[/QUOTE]
LOL.
I can tell you 100% for sure the rears are STUPID low. I was just kinda speechless at first haha.
From what I have been reading all over different forums, the only thing you can do at a minumum is run coilover sleeves to adjust the height. Which I don’t have a problem with. As its a daily, I don’t need 1k is suspension. That way I can still run my KYB’s on all four and level the ride back out.
One other question I have is a friend of mine has a set of GC coilovers for the front and a set of Skunk2’s for the rears. Are there any major cons to running two different coil overs? I could do a part search on their coil over sleeve spring rates and post the results as well.
I’m not trying to cobble it all together, but if it works, it works. It’ll be my daily, so I’m not looking for race results or anything fancy. I’d just rather it not drive like a beat Tempo haha.
Thanks!
I have EG/DC suspension, but ever since ive been running it, it has been on full bodied coilovers, and Koni/GC’s so im not sure about how it would be on lowering springs. I THINK I remember having to adjust the ride height in the rear kinda high because it was so low, but its been a year since i last adjusted so its hard to say for sure. As far as running two different coilovers, i couldnt imagine it would have any negative effect unless the springs rates were drastically different which i doubt would be the case. And on the off chance that they are, different springs for the coilovers arent all that expensive. Hope this helps man