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Replaced front springs...do these look a little too high?

Old Aug 11, 2020 | 02:49 PM
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Default Replaced front springs...do these look a little too high?

Replaced with stock springs from Lucky8 and now the Disco looks a little tall up front... ya? Or am I just seeing things?




 
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 02:54 PM
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Does look at bit saggy in the rear
was there not another member here not to long ago that had the same thing
 
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 02:56 PM
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What is the distance between the center of the wheel and the bottom of the wheel arch? That is the known metric.

I would agree, you probably have a saggy rear in comparison...

I assume SAS? May need a spacer to compensate.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 03:26 PM
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How long have you had them installed? Probably take a few weeks to fully settle.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 03:44 PM
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They’ve been installed for like... three hours... so if that’s true, they definitely need more time to settle.

And yeah, air springs in the back.

What should the measurement be?
 
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 05:14 PM
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I don't remember the stock versus lift measurements but they are on this site... If I find the time I'll search for you.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 05:18 PM
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What is the spring rate? Is it MD or HD? Since you don't have a winch or HD front bumper the front is going to sit up on either a MD/HD spring rate coil spring vs the OEM spring rate. Not to mention they haven't even settled in yet. Usually 500 miles on em and they'll settle a bit.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 07:12 PM
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I lifted this from an old post by ZGPhoto, so Thanks ZG!

This is as measured from center of hub to bottom of wheel arch, stock numbers. No lift involved here.

Front: 19.7" +/- .6"
Rear: 19.0"+/-.6" with coil suspension
18.6" +/- .6" with air suspension
 
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 08:35 PM
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I have an identical look front to rear, a little rear sag no doubt but not terrible.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2020 | 12:41 AM
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Couple things:

1. They've already settled a bit since installing them this morning. I think I was overreacting.

2. The rear sag isn't sag with SLS. The ride height is actually adjustable with the nanocom. I set it to stock, but it can be adjusted higher or lower. Pretty nifty!
 
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