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Old May 11, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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Thinking of raising height with torsion bars

I raised the height on my front end with the torsion bars and was wondering what the negatives are from doing that. I know I would have to get an alignment and it seems to handle a little worse, are there any others? I'm using the factory torsion keys. I have them up as far as they will go, minus 1 turn from the top. The front end is still about an inch lower then the back end, which is good I think.
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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Increasing the torsion bar preload makes the initial portion of the suspension's travel slightly stiffer. Some love this, some hate it.
 
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Old May 11, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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Well I like that part, but it seems to be more unstable making turns and changing lanes. It looks pretty good, so I may just leave it like that. I also have an Addco rear anti-sway bar that I'm going to have a garage put on. I put it on myself, but the end-link bars seemed to be too short, and the brake line was rubbing on one of the clamps, so I took it back off.
 
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