I was just measuring the actual drop of the B&G sport springs and it is suppose to drop 1.6 inch all around..........well first off... the fronts I had to use spacers to prevent the strut mount from being able to move up and down when pushing down on it, so that might off affected the height a little bit...... anyways, I measured the wheel well gap and the front dropped an inch and so did the rear......... Stock front gap was 3 inches and now it is 2 inches the rear was 3.5 inches and now it is 2.5 inches.......... Is every car different or what......I realize that the spacers might of raised the front a bit, but the rear should of dropped .6 inch more cause I didn't use any spacers, I don't really care, but I was just wondering...........the front bumper sits 5 inches high now and before it was I believe 6 inches or 6.5 maybe almost 7in. ............Damn.... I should of measured it again before I dropped it, but overall I'm happy, maybe a little bit lower would be nice.

get a body kit.


adding the spacers def raised it.

height will def vary from car to car, the weight of the driver, how much is in the car, etc.

most people dont measure the right area. gap area is a poor measurement cause tire wear. try exact center of hub to the center of the fender. thats a bit more accurate.

and even then most people do not measure on a completely, not partially leve, but COMPLETELY LEVEL surface, so that will affect it as well.

lowering springs arent made to slam a car. i know i;ve posted that before. for those who may be picky on how low their car sits, get coilovers.


but like first suggested. body kits make things seem lower.


also if your mechanic was up on his game, there was no need for use of spacers... that wasnt a NEED. all that was needed was that you add the spring and spring insulators and attach the strut mount and install. adding spacers prob was the first problem.


and really .6 inches. thats being picky. .6 inches is about a fingernails width. no one really is gonna notice. your car drops about that much when you sit in it granting you are over 130lbs as some are on here.

Mine was pretty even at a little over an inch and a half.


My Car

Mine dropped 1 5/8" all around...which is 1.625". Pretty damn close if you ask me.




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also if your mechanic was up on his game, there was no need for use of spacers... that wasnt a NEED. all that was needed was that you add the spring and spring insulators and attach the strut mount and install. adding spacers prob was the first problem.


and really .6 inches. thats being picky. .6 inches is about a fingernails width. no one really is gonna notice. your car drops about that much when you sit in it granting you are over 130lbs as some are on here.

Dam-it-Muffins (Event): Well the thing was he called up B+G and told them the problem....( problem: with the strut mounts on the D-specs and springs, you could push on top of the mount (only front ones) and it'll move up and down, which is not suppose too)........the mechanic wasn't going to let me drive away like that, cause he said that he's afraid that the strut mounts was going to be history once I hit a few bumps.....he talked with the Ford guys across the street (which knew alot about suspension, as the mechanic told me) and they said the same thing......he understands that it was a lowering spring but it wasn't suppose to do that, and he done lowering kits before and never had that problem.........So he talked with a tech from B+G and told them the problem and they were baffled, and blamed it on the D-specs.......so another mechanic who worked at this shop suggested to use spacers and it solved the problem........so I don't know, all I know now is that it works fine, and hopefully it'll be that way for a while!!!

ecotecflow wrote:also if your mechanic was up on his game, there was no need for use of spacers... that wasnt a NEED. all that was needed was that you add the spring and spring insulators and attach the strut mount and install. adding spacers prob was the first problem.


and really .6 inches. thats being picky. .6 inches is about a fingernails width. no one really is gonna notice. your car drops about that much when you sit in it granting you are over 130lbs as some are on here.

Dam-it-Muffins (Event): Well the thing was he called up B+G and told them the problem....( problem: with the strut mounts on the D-specs and springs, you could push on top of the mount (only front ones) and it'll move up and down, which is not suppose too)........the mechanic wasn't going to let me drive away like that, cause he said that he's afraid that the strut mounts was going to be history once I hit a few bumps.....he talked with the Ford guys across the street (which knew alot about suspension, as the mechanic told me) and they said the same thing......he understands that it was a lowering spring but it wasn't suppose to do that, and he done lowering kits before and never had that problem.........So he talked with a tech from B+G and told them the problem and they were baffled, and blamed it on the D-specs.......so another mechanic who worked at this shop suggested to use spacers and it solved the problem........so I don't know, all I know now is that it works fine, and hopefully it'll be that way for a while!!!

well put it this way....

anyone who has installed a coilover kit on regular struts... when the kit is done, the strut mount will have space before it touches the top hat.

the only real way its gonna cause damage is if you catch enough air, that the suspension goes into full extension and you constantly come down on things hard.

but since the strut slows down the motion of full extension (the reason for being gas charged or fluid filled or both) its not much to cause a problem.

example. <img src="http://www.ny-jbodies.org/library/suspension/groundcontrol/images/thumbs/tn_coiloverhowtoo_2_0006.jpg">

see how much gap is on that shaft? the strut mount will sit were the top washer is, theres almost an inch or more gap left on the shaft.


this will not hinder or damage anything as long as you arent out there on country roads playing "bo and luke duke" the weight of the car alone will compress the shaft into the strut enough and will stay there and work as normal. no extra spacers needed. doing so would only raise the height more.


same goes for springs.

quite a few springs on the market, will not reach the top strut mount. when on the spring perch.

sure ford might have said this, and that mechanic said that.... but really how many mechanics are there out there that dont specialize in these cars and we still have people saying that this or that mechanic said:

"You need a camber kit if you lower your car"

anyone who has worked on a j's suspension prior knows its not needed.



just givin you a heads up on it. its more than likely part of the reason your car sits higher.

if the mount was faulty, thats one thing, but if there was just space between the mount and the spring, thats not a problem.

sounds to me like the space that was allowing the mount to move was on the threaded part of the strut. Like even with the top nut down as far as it goes, the mount was still loose on the shaft. In that case a washer between the mount and the nut will take care of that.




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if it was loose/space on the threaded area, then the spring needs to be compressed a bit more, and the mount will then slide down to the solid area of the shaft. after adding the nut to the threaded area, the mount would have been secure.