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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 05:56 PM
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i lowered my 03 ae vert all the way on the stock bolts. im happy with the back but the front seems to be even higher then before i did it. this is probably due to the rear going down so the front went up a little. i hear members saying about settling and itll go down. i went out for a ride today to hopefully get it to settle. how long will this take. im not very happy with the front (i have 18s with 255/35s gy gsd3s) and i really dont want to cut the bushings but may have to. if you cut the bushings about 1/3 how much will the front drop? thanx brad
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i lowered my 03 ae vert all the way on the stock bolts. im happy with the back but the front seems to be even higher then before i did it. this is probably due to the rear going down so the front went up a little. i hear members saying about settling and itll go down. i went out for a ride today to hopefully get it to settle. how long will this take. im not very happy with the front (i have 18s with 255/35s gy gsd3s) and i really dont want to cut the bushings but may have to. if you cut the bushings about 1/3 how much will the front drop? thanx brad

It will probably drop about a 1/4 of an inch.
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i lowered my 03 ae vert all the way on the stock bolts. im happy with the back but the front seems to be even higher then before i did it. this is probably due to the rear going down so the front went up a little. i hear members saying about settling and itll go down. i went out for a ride today to hopefully get it to settle. how long will this take. im not very happy with the front (i have 18s with 255/35s gy gsd3s) and i really dont want to cut the bushings but may have to. if you cut the bushings about 1/3 how much will the front drop? thanx brad
Are you sure you turned the bolt the right way?
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i thought we did we turned the bolt all the way down until the retaining clip washers was on the spring is this the right way?
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Brad I sent you a PM. Give me a call .

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i thought we did we turned the bolt all the way down until the retaining clip washers was on the spring is this the right way?
That's the WRONG way. You turn the bolt counter clockwise (from the top) until it stops. You'll have about 2" of thread showing.
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