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fitzy2005

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ive recently had my car lowered some more, now it is superlow pedders all around with a shorter spring insulator (dropped height a far bit)

But i also have put a set of 17" hsv mags on wif 235 45 17" tyres on them and have had my panhard rod bar adjusted so the dif is center.

But with the 17" and superlows and shorter spring insulators, soon as i hit a bump the passenger side gaurd hits the tyre. i have had both gaurds rolled and it still does it..

soon as i put the stocko insulators back on the problem goes away, but the back end sits up a lot higher.

is there anything else i can do to lower it but not have this problem?

cheers fitzy

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If only one wheel is hitting I would be checking if that diff realy is centered.
Other than that check that the guards are rolled the same on both sides.
Check things are equal. Thats what I would be doing.
 

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it sounds like the panhard rod hasnt been done properly...the diff favours to the left (passenger side) once the car is lowered..so if its only scrubbing that side, then that would be my first thought.
 

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is it easy to adjust the rod yourself? if so how do you do it :)
 

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Are the spring insulators the rubber pieces on the top and bottom of the rear spring? how much did using shorter ones lower your car?
 

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fitzy2005 said:
is it easy to adjust the rod yourself? if so how do you do it :)
i imagine it probably is easy to do, but i cant help you with the how.
 

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well here are fotos with shorter spring insulators and with stock ones(and yes they are things on top of spring)
 

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sircruisealotVS said:
i imagine it probably is easy to do, but i cant help you with the how.
ok cheers man, i talked tot he shop that did it, the shifted it to the driver side already. they said they cant really move it any further ?
 

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that looks like a huge drop!! sorry to be annoying but could you tell me what part numbers they are?
 
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