Hello, boys and girls
MY 01 ,i kept the shocks and replaced only the springs with CR ones
The rear has a 2.5 finger gap and the front is more like 4 finger plus
I will post a pic tomorrow

Thank you

 

did you preload the control arm bushings when you tightened everything down?

 

I dont know.a friend swapped the springs

 

CR springs are known to sit much higher in the front.

 

Just the way CR suspension sits

 

I just did the swap last month into my '02 AP1. Virtually identical height before and after.

 

This.

I installed my CR springs/shocks on my AP1, and they will sit very high in the front if the suspension isn't preloaded when tightening the fasteners.

 

Thank you guys
I will redo them and let you know

 

yea, make sure to loosen the top two control arm bolts and compress the shock to your desired height (measure from center of hub to tip of the fender) and then tighten the control arm bolts to the correct torque.

 

AP1 with CR shocks and springs. No visual difference from stock AP1. Yeah maybe if you measure, the CR stuff leaves you a little higher. But if you can tell with out measuring, you need to take your eyeballs to NASA or Lockeed Martin they can use someone like you. To the OP my guess is as stated, the suspension was tightened without being loaded (car on the ground or jacks used to load if in the air).