
Originally Posted by
inperfectdarkness
anyways, since i don't have a picture (and won't till at least next weekend) let me try and explain it a bit better. if you jack the back end of the car off the ground, look at where the rear struts mount on the bottom. these run right past the rear axles (rotating assembly); whereas on the fronts, the strut mounts ABOVE the axle. the part of the axle that has the least amount of clearance has a disc/flange/whatnot with bolts in it. it is this part of the axle that contacts the larger-diameter-tubed coilovers when the car is on jackstands.
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