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Replaced shocks and car is jacked up
I replaced all four shocks with Bilstien Comforts and now my car looks like is has a lift kit installed.
Any thoughts on how to bring it back to normal? Thanks,
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have you rolled the car back a few feet? this is typical.. it should take care of itself
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Drive it a bit and let everything settle in....shocks shouldn't radically alter ride height.
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The front of my SD did that too when I put on new shocks. I went and found some speed bumps and it took care of the problem.
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Could always install some 22s.
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make sure that you installed the new rubbers correctly and REMOVED ALL THE OLD ONES.
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Suspensions do settle; also there is some visual effect if the old shocks were sagging
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mine did too
after new struts and front end - my ride height was way off - after an alignment and driving it a week or so it was back down - don't know why this is on the 300's - other cars I've owned never had an issue after new shocks or struts. So I guess I'm saying be patient and drive it a bit.
John in San Antonio
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