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Old 02-26-2015, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Bernica View Post
Bingo!
I had one shop try it years ago and although in their minds they had it balanced, the ride height was all messed up. As stated above, not as easy as it sounds. You are wrestling with two variables. Height and balance.
I would rather set the corner weights than set the valves. Provided you have a flat garage floor, and the nice digital weight scales, you just put sand bags in the seat, loosen the sway bars, and take your time with the coil over adjustments. There's no magic to it, you can let your mind wander, and you're never going to get it perfect anyway. You can go as slow as you want, it's impossible to accidentally break anything, screw anything up badly, or drop a tool down your engine. It's really a nice little weekend job.
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