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      09-13-2015, 06:44 PM   #10
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Noticeable due to slightly more noise, and feel but again you have to be sensitive. I always recheck aftermarket parts in 50 60 miles very closely. Lots if track time and I prefer to be alive. Just jack up the front both sides and check for movement, if you have more than a few mm of play they are prob failing or failed. Both ends must be off ground to check or sway bar needs to be disconnected.
Stock springs are also pretty short. When the front's off the ground on my stock springs, the bearings usually partially separate.


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I run 3 degrees front. Stock springs may not fail as quick, but dinans are only 10 percent stiffer and maybe 10 percent shorter unsprung. They are very loose in the perch
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Stock springs on my car also have this property. They're essentially fully decompressed when the car's in the air.
when car is in air w gc plates, this is not the case w stock or k Mac plates.
K-Mac plates don't fit our cars without significant modification...

The difference with K-Mac or TC Kline plates is that they use the stock spring bearing, which is designed to not come apart when unloaded or being pulled apart by an unloaded spring.
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