# Raise a car 1/4"

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [April 9, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336 "2012-04-09T10:19:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raise-a-car-1-4/263336/43 "2012-04-11T13:11:11Z")

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> [@Not Another Bike Crew Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-another-bike-crew-thread/49065/4):
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> the thing I would worry about is this…
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> The cup molded into the bottom of the strut body, that cradles the spring, that that rubber johnson would sit in, would now put the bottom most coil on the spring ABOVE or damn close to above the top of the molded cup on the strut body. Long sentence but I think you know what I am trying to say.
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> So, if there is any bind in the upper mount and steering the car wants to twist the spring, its just asking to kick the coil spring out of that rubber thing, since there isnt a steel lip to retain the spring on the strut body.
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> Unless you tackwelded a few tabs on the side to prevent that after you installed that rubber guy.

Check the pics there are no cups on my struts. Its fully flat and also the spring sits snugly over the body of the strut so there cannot be any torsional movement on the bottom. it will be flat metal surface against flat rubber surface and the rubber surface will cradle the spring so the spring doesn’t slip of the rubber. The springs fit tightly around the shock body at the spring seat one the top hat is on there is absolutely no moving the spring in any direction. Those twist in things have to affect how the spring operates. Those seemed mad sketchy to me. I’m basically just lifting the bottom of the spring up with a hard rubber .5" spacer. Apparently alot of Saab 9-5s use there because of suspension problems in the rear so it should be a non issue

> [@Ollie"](#):
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> I don’t understand that… Do you mean putting one above and one below the spring? How does that create spring tension? Or do you mean inbetween binding coils maybe lol idk. Jw how that’s supposed to work
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> Anyway I’d just use a flanged spring seat grommet. Pref hard rubber or urethane. order/trim it to fit and slice it to match the spring seat. I guess the spring could still spin and push it out like mike said unless your suspension is like mine and only droops like .5" Lol

This is going to be used pretty much as a spring seat grommet, but I guess they can also be stuck between top coils on a sagging spring to re-lift the car and gain back spring ride quality (i think that is sketchy)

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