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Old 05-10-2006, 01:17 AM   #812
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"preload doesnt raise your car... it raises your spring rates. the strut can only go so far up."

NO

preloading does not raise your spring rate
preloading does not lower your car
drooping the spring lowers your car

preload shifts weight; increasing preload in the front shifts weight to the rear (by lifting the front of the car) and also alters your shock travel.

stop using "hmm this sounds right because i looked at my suspension for 5 minutes" logic and start learning how things actually work.
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