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Old 03-13-2008, 06:19 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by toomany MBZ View Post
On the cars, 123's, you don't need to compress the rears either.
Unless the car is jacked up very high I believe the shock needs to be compressed in order to slide up into the hole in the lower control arm and up inside the spring. A fully extended shock is too long to make the turn.
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