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SP Lowering Perches [Supreme Power mini review]
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09-12-2011, 09:13 PM | #1 |
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SP Lowering Perches [Supreme Power mini review]
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The box arrived today and I immediately got to installing. Mine came with two of these giant washers that I had no idea what to do with. I skipped them and re-installed everything that was from the old perch. Comparing the old and the new. SP's are HUGE and has more heft than stock. Video of uh.. a comparison between stock and SP, so you get some idea of the heft I guess. Overlay of stock on SP |
09-12-2011, 09:30 PM | #2 |
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Best Before pic I have at the moment After I'm thinking because I had the car up for a minute the Springs need resettling. When I did the "finger test", I fit a whole Shocker in there where before I could only fit two Car actually sat higher for a sec. I'm gonna give it a day or so to settle back to stock and see the results. Install by myself and no power tools took 4 hours. Just thought I'd throw together a lil "This is what you get." I have Eibach's on the way, so I guess I should have been patient. But I figured I'd let the crowd see what this does for a Stock car on sports suspension. Will give an end of the the week update. Last edited by IllLojik; 09-12-2011 at 09:39 PM.. |
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Looks good but the extra "heft" is bad.
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09-13-2011, 03:21 PM | #5 |
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09-18-2011, 09:46 AM | #9 |
never could compete with Lloyd Braun
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haha a whole shocker in there...nice man I plan to pick these up soon.
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Gaze upon my Picasso esque awesomely crude illustration: As you see, the springs remain the same, just the piece at the top looses some of it's fat so the car sits closer to the spring assembly. Therefore lowering without shorter springs. |
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11-30-2011, 02:09 PM | #18 | |
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That was a really good illustration actually. Artistic! But, I'm confused because you don't seem to be addressing his question. He's asking about additional settling after the install, and you're saying that the springs don't need to settle past where they were before the install?? What? What exactly is your theory on spring settling? Did you tighten the suspension bolts before lowering the car to the ground?
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12-01-2011, 09:36 PM | #20 |
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Springs do need to settle in to the new perch. I guess OP meant the new springs if installed, need to settle in before reaching final compression rate. The perch will be set after driving for a day or so. It's like if you lift your car, the car will sit little higher and settle.
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12-02-2011, 09:50 AM | #21 | |
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Sorry I didn't get his question the 1st time. |
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In Illlojik's pictures I see almost 1" of drop in the first 24 hours. Are you guys tightening control arm bolts before resting the car back on the ground?
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