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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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I'm going back to stock set-up but i'm not sure if i made a mistake . I'm not sure which set of springs goes to the front/back. I assumed the shorter pair was for the front. (about 1 in.) I put a mark over the "front" springs, now i'm doubting myself if it was really for the front. And there are no marks on the springs (unless i missed it). So guys i need somebody that knows the answer and fix my problem. The car is 2001 model. Thanks in advance!
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 04:02 PM
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Haha I just had that problem. There should be dots on the springs. What dots do your springs have? Mines has 3 blue dots in front and one orange dot with 2 blue dots in rear.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 04:15 PM
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yep.. you goofed.

(Im 99% sure anyways)

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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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I checked the service manual but it only says to check/inspect the free length but doesn't say what the free length should be.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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If there are no colored marks/dots on the springs Honda says to put the thicker one in the front.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by kevsS2,Mar 15 2005, 07:56 PM
If there are no colored marks/dots on the springs Honda says to put the thicker one in the front.
Thanks I'm going to check those dots and the thickness . Did Honda also agree on the dots?
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Old Mar 16, 2005 | 03:45 PM
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and i know that eibachs arent marked either!
we put them in backwards when we did my swap...
and you can really tell when they are wrong-
the car looks messed up.
one end is way too high and one end way too low when they are in wrong (it seems to me that the front was too high, but i could be remembering wrong- i do remember that it was obviously wrong by looking at it).
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