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Old 04-16-2014 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by botlfed98
mine came out lower than what I was expecting, but I'm very happy with the drop:
That looks very good, seems about in line w/ other RWDs on Swifts.
Old 04-16-2014 | 09:46 PM
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Oh noes, mike says the swifts are bouncy! Dafuq, weren't these supposed to be almost like oem?
Old 04-16-2014 | 09:52 PM
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See this is my first car dropped. I didn't know what to expect. In Essex count the roads are bad from all the snow we got this year. So I'm constantly dipping the larger pot holes. I the best way to describe it is it feels just like oem but the larger potholes just give you a slight jolt. But nothing the make me want to go back to oem. The look it gives with the 19in sport rims is priceless.
Old 04-16-2014 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by AroundTheG37
Oh noes, mike says the swifts are bouncy!
Oh noes!!!!



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Old 04-16-2014 | 09:58 PM
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Old 04-16-2014 | 10:02 PM
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Mine just came in the mail today....but no time to install =[
Old 04-16-2014 | 10:08 PM
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Alignment

This is the first printout
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Old 04-16-2014 | 10:12 PM
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He did the first alignment nit know you could adjust the front arms. Then he did it over and I think it came out fine. What do you guys think?
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Alignment (and your drop) looks great, did you end up getting the SPC F&R Arms?
Old 04-17-2014 | 03:30 AM
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Alignment (and your drop) looks great, did you end up getting the SPC F&R Arms?
Thank you. Yes I have the kit with toe bolts. I had read a post where two people didn't need the toe bolts with swift so I tried my luck. Plus the shop didn't want to do any cutting.
Old 04-17-2014 | 07:20 AM
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I'm going to install mine this weekend. Maybe make it a Sunday afternoon activity.
Old 04-17-2014 | 11:29 AM
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Is that an X? Looks great!

yes an X, sorry edited my post in case anybody else was wondering!
Old 04-17-2014 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by rm2342
Almost looks like an Eibach drop. Perspective is hard to tell from the distance though. Have you measured ground to middle fender?

yeah I know, lower than I imagined...but I'm happy with it! No I have not measured anything yet
Old 04-18-2014 | 08:17 PM
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OK, just went to install my springs and only ended up doing the fronts. Only was supposed to be a 4 hour job for everything but just the stupid fronts took me 7 hours. Why you ask? Because the stupid fking passner side spring would not line up correctly at the top enough for me to slide the strut into the housing. I ended up just lining up to the top hat with the bottom and calling it a day even though the end of the top spring was not correctly seated. Swift does not say whether or not there is a right or left front spring so either they sent me the wrong springs or their r@d was not done right. Can someone please tell me whether or not they see a swift logo on the driver side but not on the passenger side because that's what mine looks like right now.

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Old 04-18-2014 | 08:31 PM
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When I installed mine, I marked a line on the top hat and the shock body so I would have the alignment during reassembly. The only reason I've done this is because I've installed springs so many times that it's become habit.


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