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    Veteran Member Three Rings Dguth's Avatar
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    Instructions on how to adjust lowering links

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    Hey guys. Had an air ride suspension error go off last week. It went off but stored a code about some air ride fault in the rear driver side. While the code went away it messed up the cars ability to lower itself. For some reason it stayed at a higher level even in dynamic mode. Car would still raise and lower, just not go as low as it normally does. Took it to my performance dealer as my car is tuned. I bought my vehicle used and it does have lowering links. Saw them while at the shop today. They recalibrated the suspension and initially I thought the car looked perfect but have now realized the front wheels are now slightly higher than the back wheels. I'm not sure if they changed any of the lowering link adjustments. They did mention to me that my car was lowered too much and that might have been the reason for the air bag error. I would like to adjust the front wheels down lower to be even height with the rears. Does anyone have instructions on how to lower the links in the front? Do I shorten or lengthen the links?


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    Anybody help?


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    Bumping question back to the top. Trying to tackle this today. Short question on the front wheels do I tighten or loosen lowering links to lower the car.


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    You didn't say what brand they are but I'm assuming it doesn't matter. My links require you to shorten them to lower the car. How much it will lower it will vary brand to brand.

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    Okay. Thanks. The front end is about half inch higher than rears. I'm going to to tighten them one revolution and see what happens.


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    Hope this helps you and others that need it - hope it can be read when zoomed :)


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    Awesome. Thank you!


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    Yes, shorter will lower it.

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    According to the manufacturer every 1mm of length shortening, you achieve 5mm of drop. However there is a recommended max drop on the links
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    Correct - as per pics.... Suggests no more than 8mm total


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