H&R springs too low

jake8790

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I have the race series H&R springs on my car and it is slammed, especially in the front. Any bump in the road and the tires rub the top of the fender liners badly. Do they make a coil spacer that I could use or is there any other way to raise the front an inch or so without having to buy new springs?
 

hvyman

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Not really.

If its scraping on the fender liner your prolly missing screws.

I had h&r an never scrapped anything.
 

f00g00

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I put eibach on mine and had the same or worse results and added two spacers per spring and they still suck. The shop that put them on threw the stockers away. Unfortunately no one makes a stock level spring with better spring rates.
 
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Tanabe GF-10s have the least drop of the aftermarket springs I could find for the A70, about 1.1in front and 0.6in rear. They are pretty stiff. I was able to keep stock alignment settings with these springs.
 

jake8790

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They are new, I've had them on for a couple months. They are very stiff. I love the way they ride I just wish the car was a little bit higher. f00g00, where did you find your spring spacers?
 

hvyman

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That's the normal ones. Only ones I've seen. And there a really really dark blue if you look close.
 

JDMMA70

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I'm on H&Rs I don't scrape or rub I dunno why you guys are having issues. My wheels rub due to offset. My downpipe is the only thing that scrapes hks its known for it.
 

gsxr141

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i have the h&r's. the front is definitely lower than the rear. the only issue i have is with the downpipe scraping sometimes.
 

jake8790

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Turbo Habanero;1876485 said:
I have h&r's too and i had to take out the fender lining

My car sits the same as yours does in your pic. Any downsides to taking out the fender lining?
 

MNBmk3T

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I am running the exact springs you have and I clear speed bumps and mostly everything else with ease. I never once scrape on bumps in the road. Could be your struts too. I have Tokico Blue's in the back and stock replacements in the front.
 

Turbo Habanero

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jake8790;1876519 said:
My car sits the same as yours does in your pic. Any downsides to taking out the fender lining?

Yes there's no guard for the wiring that runs in the fenders if it rains a lot where your at you will get mud and dirt everywhere
 

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