Help my lift accidentally gave me a squat

[brown dog]

Does anyone know why my car is squatting so much? I put Bilstein 5100 struts with Wheelers T1 coilovers up front (highest perch) to get ~2.5 inches of lift and Bilstein 5100 shocks with Wheelers T13 coils in the rear to get 1.5 inches of lift. Why does it look like this? A buddy did the lift for me and I’m confident he knows what he was doing. I haven’t gotten it aligned yet, planning to do that on Monday (not driving it til then). Will the alignment fix this? Will it settle out after a few hundred miles? Kind of nervous something isn't right...

 

[Bayou_Pro]

Your pic is terrible and all pixilated but it looks like you got way more then 2.5" of lift up front. I'm betting that he put the lower perches on upside down on the shock. Get a pic of the bottom of the spring where it mounts to the shock. Post up or PM it to me.

 

[brown dog]

Lol, the OP picture took me like 15 min to upload and I guess it got messed up somewhere in the process. I'm in Costa Rica right now and the Internet is not great. I just asked my buddy for a pic of that area you were talking about. I'll post it on here whenever he sends it. Thanks [MENTION=303056]Bayou_Pro[/MENTION]

Also, is it drivable if he did that? Was planning a big road trip next week and not sure he'll have time to switch it back if he did do that. Is it sketchy to drive with them upside down?

 

[Bayou_Pro]

Lol, the OP picture took me like 15 min to upload and I guess it got messed up somewhere in the process. I'm in Costa Rica right now and the Internet is not great. I just asked my buddy for a pic of that area you were talking about. I'll post it on here whenever he sends it. Thanks [MENTION=303056]Bayou_Pro[/MENTION]

Also, is it drivable if he did that? Was planning a big road trip next week and not sure he'll have time to switch it back if he did do that. Is it sketchy to drive with them upside down?

If that's what wrong then yes it's drivable but I wouldn't really recommend it for a couple of reasons.

1. Your suspension will be maxed out and bad CV angles, not to mention would probably ride and drive like crap.

2. The spring perch is shaped like a upside-down cup and in the correct position it will sit down over the height adjustment clip. This is extra protection, in my eyes, that the clip can't back out. Now it's like a C-clip and is snapped around the body and would probably never back off but it's in the back of my OCD mind. LOL

 

[zw470]

Shouldn't the 5100s be on the lowest perch when run with the T1s?

 

[brown dog]

Here's that photo [MENTION=303056]Bayou_Pro[/MENTION]

 

[Bayou_Pro]

Spring perch is on correctly. I didn't catch it in the first post but as mentioned you are running the T1 springs up front so I also think it should be on the lowest setting. Maybe someone will chime in that's running that setup. You are getting the lift from the springs not the shock settings.


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[400milesNrunnin]

Should be on the lowest perch. Especially with lift springs

 

[TfourR]

Just as others have said, lowest perch will give you the approximate 2.5 inch lift with those coils.

 

[brown dog]

Well... :yell:. Time to take it all off again! Thanks for the help everyone.