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    in my vs i had just put in super low springs and havnt changed anything else i will get shocks soon....wat damage and effect am i doing to the car now such as handles and for the future effect

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    The rear shocks may now be too long. If it has a solid rear axle you may need an adjustable pan hard rod as the diff will move over to one side.
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    Quote Originally Posted by despo View Post
    in my vs i had just put in super low springs and havnt changed anything else i will get shocks soon....wat damage and effect am i doing to the car now such as handles and for the future effect
    From my own experience, im gonna be guessing that yours is live rear end and in that case you should be fine front and rear with ur shocks/struts for the time being until you get lowered struts/shocks. You will obviously have no camber on the rear due to live rear end and as for the front you shouldn't need adjustable bearing plates, just a wheel alignment after i would say.

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    The shocks can't bottom out as the compressed length is shorter than the spring anyway. Shortened rear shocks are recommended to trap the springs, that's all.

    As jokerflingo said, just a wheel alignment and you should be right.
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    okk sweet yer only one bac wheel spins guessing tats wat u mean by live rear end and yer did u notice any handling differences ??

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    will bounce a lot with stock shocks the valving inside the shock is not built to slow rebound at such a low level .most of the dampenig force is right near the top of the shocks stroke youll be running down in the softest part of its travel
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    Quote Originally Posted by despo View Post
    okk sweet yer only one bac wheel spins guessing tats wat u mean by live rear end
    live rear end means live axle! nothing about how many wheels spin, 1 wheel spinning means you have a open center diff ie NOT LSD
    there are 2 options for the rear suspension/axle set up on the VR/VS either live axle (live rear) or IRS (Independent Rear Suspension)
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    okk cheers.so to sum up should be sweet in the short term then

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