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      Should I keep it? Lola's Avatar
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      If you want to lift an Aveo... You're not the only one. I love my tiny car but hate how low it sits. I scrub the bottom everyday. I'm in Dead Horse Alaska right now "Ice Road Truckers road" Chains only go so far before you begin to wish you got in the truck instead. The cheepest way is to get those rubber donut style 1-2.5" Coil Spacers. It's not the best thing in the world for an Aveo. But it'll hold the car up a bit higher. Just keep in mind if you do that, it takes away your rebound. The shock will ride next to its maximin extension length and will have very little up travel left. They're ment to correct ride height after a heavy snow plow or winch bumper and such on coil sprung trucks. But, It'll make it sit an inch or 2 higher..... anymore lift and you get into steering, CV shaft and Camber/Caster/Toe issues. If you want more you'll have to drop the front subframe. But thats alot of work. Common in the 4 Wheel Drive off road Subaru world, but not Aveos......... Go buy some 2" Rubber coil spring Lock Washer shaped spacers from napa, cut them down to the diameter of Aveo Coils and put'm between the coil and coil pad. You may have to band it so it will retain in place. Thats pretty much all you can do other than gettin serious with a welder and scrap metal. Good luck and take suspension modifications serious.
      Last edited by Lola; 01-18-2013 at 07:49 AM.

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