Possible to eliminate the suspension "settling" issue?
01-27-2010, 10:11 PM
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For those of you seeking another solution to the "Sky-Jackers" Syndrome... Here's what I used to do all the time- in my garage to get it back to a normal ride height (BTW- my car was lowered and had the Eibach/Bilstein set up...
* Pop the hood (and step up, into the engine bay)- NOT onto the radiator, or anything other than the hood receiver.
* You have to be nimble & careful for this move... I put both feet on the brass ring hood "receiver" while gently holding onto the front edge of the hood for balance
* I gently start to bounce the car up & down rhythmically until it's really rocking
* While balancing myself (lightly holding the hood) I continue this for a minute or two- after that, I pop the hatch, and do the same for the rear.
* It really works! But again, you have to be agile enough to pull it off.
(BTW- I'm 6'- 190 lbs.- so you don't have to be huge)
I hated pulling out of the garage and driving around for 30 minutes looking like an F- 250. Good Luck-- Dave
Tristin- what's up?
* Pop the hood (and step up, into the engine bay)- NOT onto the radiator, or anything other than the hood receiver.
* You have to be nimble & careful for this move... I put both feet on the brass ring hood "receiver" while gently holding onto the front edge of the hood for balance
* I gently start to bounce the car up & down rhythmically until it's really rocking
* While balancing myself (lightly holding the hood) I continue this for a minute or two- after that, I pop the hatch, and do the same for the rear.
* It really works! But again, you have to be agile enough to pull it off.
(BTW- I'm 6'- 190 lbs.- so you don't have to be huge)
I hated pulling out of the garage and driving around for 30 minutes looking like an F- 250. Good Luck-- Dave
Tristin- what's up?
01-28-2010, 02:46 AM
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Ive been trying that for years. It doesnt work, and Im 200lbs. I think its mainly because of the geometry of the suspension, and when the car is let down, the drooping positive camber tires have a hard time returning to 0 to negative camber without driving the car or those slide plates that an alignment rack has. I dont know what it is but drivng the car hard for at least 5 to 10 miles is key. on the race track, a lap around the track will do it. 
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For those of you seeking another solution to the "Sky-Jackers" Syndrome... Here's what I used to do all the time- in my garage to get it back to a normal ride height (BTW- my car was lowered and had the Eibach/Bilstein set up...
* Pop the hood (and step up, into the engine bay)- NOT onto the radiator, or anything other than the hood receiver.
* You have to be nimble & careful for this move... I put both feet on the brass ring hood "receiver" while gently holding onto the front edge of the hood for balance
* I gently start to bounce the car up & down rhythmically until it's really rocking
* While balancing myself (lightly holding the hood) I continue this for a minute or two- after that, I pop the hatch, and do the same for the rear.
* It really works! But again, you have to be agile enough to pull it off.
(BTW- I'm 6'- 190 lbs.- so you don't have to be huge)
I hated pulling out of the garage and driving around for 30 minutes looking like an F- 250. Good Luck-- Dave
Tristin- what's up?
* Pop the hood (and step up, into the engine bay)- NOT onto the radiator, or anything other than the hood receiver.
* You have to be nimble & careful for this move... I put both feet on the brass ring hood "receiver" while gently holding onto the front edge of the hood for balance
* I gently start to bounce the car up & down rhythmically until it's really rocking
* While balancing myself (lightly holding the hood) I continue this for a minute or two- after that, I pop the hatch, and do the same for the rear.
* It really works! But again, you have to be agile enough to pull it off.
(BTW- I'm 6'- 190 lbs.- so you don't have to be huge)
I hated pulling out of the garage and driving around for 30 minutes looking like an F- 250. Good Luck-- Dave
Tristin- what's up?
01-28-2010, 11:41 PM
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What's up Mark- No Disrespect- but it most assuredly worked for me- I would measure the before & after clearence between the tires & wheel wells, and it would be within mere millimeters from it's final height. I'm not gonna lie- I would really rock the **** out of it for two minutes- but it did the trick. 
01-29-2010, 11:11 AM
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What's up Mark- No Disrespect- but it most assuredly worked for me- I would measure the before & after clearence between the tires & wheel wells, and it would be within mere millimeters from it's final height. I'm not gonna lie- I would really rock the **** out of it for two minutes- but it did the trick.
