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I ran into similar problems the other day when doing my struts, I ended up chopping the endlinks in half and removing them from the sway bar side of the thing.
I think I also share the most recent problem, and I think a reason may be because the nut holding everything in place may be 'longer' then the original one making the top piece sit higher. Sometimes this can be a sign of a bad strut mount, but I feel like in our situation it's just a matter of the top piece not being able to go any lower because the nut holding the coilover together (literally) is too tall. This is why that gap may be there.
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if i am reading your problem correctly, i think it is because you have the coil spring set low on the coil.. the strut itself is good for a range of height, so when unloaded, the strut will expand.
If you can push it down onto the spring, and they touch (via compressing the strut) then you are fine, it you cannot, then something is wrong.
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Ok, now ive got serious problems. Me being the idiot I am, put all the coils on set as low as they go, thinking it is as high as they go... Now Ive got one side about 1" off the ground from the jack point, and the other about 2 1/2", with my jack unable to go under either side, and my factory scissor jack stuck under the side that is 1" off the ground
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Boy...got that mess figured out thanks to my dads ford taurus jack
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I used to carry a brick with me incase of a flat. I used it once it sucked welcome to planning your route home and fearing speed bumps. PICS
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Hahah, just finally finished. ****sonofabitch that was hard, fronts are too low though, I have 2 options...put the 14" steelies back on, or have my fenders pushed out about 1/2". I DUNNO WAT DO
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Ok, so 14" steelies didnt work...the wheels are acting as the front suspension LOL. Need to crank those fronts up alot more than i thought
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my ride height on mk2 struts is about half way up.. a little more.
measure how high you need to go and transfer that measure to the perch.. so if you need an inch, you raise the perch up an inch..
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Thanks man. So glad you are always here & quick to answer my questions. I really wish I had mk2 fronts lol
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the fronts aren't the problem its the rear. I couldn't get the rears high enough the fronts were perfect I had the bottom ring 1 1/2 inch from where the threads endedAttachment 6745
