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Old 07-28-2011, 11:00 PM
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Lowered on Links Now Car is Slammed?!?!
Hey guys,

I purchased some links on ebay and set it at its highest setting and look at the car??? I made the link as short as possible and this was the result

I definitely can't drive like this...can anyone help or know why its THIS low??


(I've only done the fronts so far)



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Old 07-28-2011, 11:04 PM
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When installing it is easy to get confused and orient the pivot sensor arm in the opposite direction. Check that first.
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Old 07-28-2011, 11:07 PM
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^^hey shardul...i did not remove any sensor at all? I just took off the oem link and installed lowering link?
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Looks good if you ask me!
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Old 07-28-2011, 11:11 PM
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haha that looks sick
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Old 07-28-2011, 11:13 PM
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hhaha thanks guys..i mean it does look cool but I can't drive in San Francisco like this..
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Did you compare the length of the new ones vs. the oem ones? Maybe they sent you the wrong ones?
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How much longer are you from the stock links?you only need to make tgem like 1mm longer to drop the car.
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hhaha thanks guys..i mean it does look cool but I can't drive in San Francisco like this..


LOL sooo true... but looks badass!
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Come on bro, man up! SF streets ain't that bad LOL!
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@ daniel3ooo - what wheels are those off of?
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thats about how low mine is. Its doable
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Correct you don't have to remove any sensor. All I am saying it is easy to make a mistake and flip the pivot arm the other way when installing. Like someone said 2 to 4 mm longer than stock should give you the desired drop.
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Looks good if you ask me!
+1 looks killer
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Guys it does look good but why on earth is it so low? I'm going to check to see if I installed it incorrectly like shardul mentioned. But has this happened to anyone?
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The car is parked outside so I haven't gotten a chance to take a look at it again but is it possible to mess up the install?
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looks nice... but take it to mach3 and ask wymen.. he installed some lower links b4 so he should have some answer for you.
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I have extended the sensor via 4mm worth of washers, sometimes it stays lowered, other times it looks to be at the same height as stock. Very odd.
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Wow..looks really good..any overall shots you can share?
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Did you raise the car (button on center console) before you installed the links?
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Did you raise the car (button on center console) before you installed the links?
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Yeah, you may be hitting the rise button a lot to get over things, but it does look pretty good.
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Looks like mine! But then again, in Florida, the biggest hill we have is the one in my driveway LOL

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godd that low will kill you inside of your front tires. Mine get corded every 4k miles.
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It sure does Shardul. I have mine swapped every 3k miles. Good thing I have a friend that works at a tire shop and hooks me up.
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