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ffastr6 Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:05 pm

Just purchased a pair of JerFab 3" lowered spring plates and was wondering if I would have to eliminate my snubbers to install them?

DarthWeber Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:33 pm

Eliminating your snubbers completely is the very last thing you want to do. You should always have some type of rubber stop for the suspension to bottom out on. Metal bottoming on metal, especially in a turn, will give your car a very good chance of spinning out. If those spring plates were designed to be used without snubbers then they were designed wrong.

modok Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:40 pm

yes, to lower it three inches you will be on the bump stops, so you can either have no travel or take them off

Ace Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:42 pm

I think pre 60 cars had no rubber snubber. Your shock will bottom out first, theoretically.



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