my s60r rear height
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I heard the elevate springs lower your car the most. But it definitely differs between each car.
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Cut the factory springs? Or just order the set and lower the rear, if it settles and the rear is lower then the front (which might happen) you already have the fronts to do and don't have to look around for fronts 
My rear sits up about 2" (16"ish rear, 14"ish front) from the front so if the rear springs really drop it around 1.2" my rear will still not be level with the front lol
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My rear sits up about 2" (16"ish rear, 14"ish front) from the front so if the rear springs really drop it around 1.2" my rear will still not be level with the front lol
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My 2005 S60 AWD's rear was a bit over 1" higher than the front and it had that "raked" look. I too looked all over for just rear springs with no luck and ended up buying Eibach front and rears that were 1.2". I had just the rears put on and they were perfect. They brought the rear end down to match the front. I think the price was in the $250 range. Before I bought my 2007 that was the first thing I checked and luckly the front and rear heights are the same. I hope this helps and good luck.
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yop , that's exactly right on ...my is about 1.5 higher in the rear...i too looked at Eibach, but am hoping someone just wants to sell the rears and me pay half
.i had extra rear stock and cut them...they just dont fit right and I did not like that, so that's not the way to go for me.
Check with George @ Viva. I think he's sold just the TME rears before.yop , that's exactly right on ...my is about 1.5 higher in the rear...i too looked at Eibach, but am hoping someone just wants to sell the rears and me pay half
i had extra rear stock and cut them...they just dont fit right and I did not like that, so that's not the way to go for me.
That being said, you might as well just install the whole set of TME's. They drop the back to level the car and don't change the ride height too much in the front. Plus they're progressive rate thus improving your handling and your awesomeness level.
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lolol... I'll give George a try, but at 469$ for TME's I can get all four 250$ eibachblastroids to my door is hard to beat...and that will help my wallet awesomeness level...
+ 1 my TME's barely lowered the front at all and dropped the back down nicely. the ride is well worth it to.
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I don't recommend just doing the rears anymore. It was more of an experimentation where I had nothing to lose, and I had both the fronts and rear springs.
If you were to get TMEs, I would suggest swapping all 4 springs to TMEs for a improved / balanced ride.
Did you measure the rear/front before and after the drop of the rear? I'm curious how high the rear sat compared to the front. Like I said my rear is like in the mid 16's (I have a 75lb sub box in there also along with the spare) even if I dropped just the rear and having it settle I don't think it would come near the front which is like the low side of 14" it would have to drop it a whole 2" which is more then the springs claim to drop (1.2"-1.6")
When I do decide to lower it I will buy a set and probably just do the rears first then the fronts if it settles too much like you.
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You can do this with the method described in this thread: https://forums.swedespeed.com/showt...ocks-for-installation-on-an-S60R-V70R-AWD-S60
I did it to have a raised rear for towing
I did it to have a raised rear for towing
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What's the best lower spring for an R? ???
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Not sure, can you make a thread about it? I'll make one too!
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