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Old 05-08-2025, 06:12 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by cammy_ss View Post
Hello guys I'm new to this forum.

I currently have a 5th gen 2011 camaro SS, I installed coilovers in the car, the brand of the coilovers is K Sport (will post the link below). When I installed the coilovers, I obviously lowered the car and since then, I've broken two axles, on the same side (left side). I was wondering if this problem is caused by the fact the car is lowered on the rear, maybe there's a certain height that the car needs to be at so the axles don't break?


The car is a manual LS3. I also recently stroked it to 417, put a stage 3 cam in and some other mods, before I opened up the engine I honestly got tired of breaking axles and decided to take off the rear coilovers and switched back to OEM susp, but I'm 100% certain the original susp isn't going to help much at the track with this new setup. I haven't tested the car with this new build/setup but I honestly don't want to keep breaking axles since I'm in Mexico (far away from the border) and It's pretty complicated getting them shipped here, I'm most likely going to re-install the rear coilovers again.

I now have the LCA357 Lowe control arms, non-adjustable, poly 15" kit and the smaller break conv on the rear to fit r15 rims.

I appreciate all the help you guys could give me, thank you all beforehand.

Link of the coilovers: https://www.octanemotorsports.com/20...wHeGHUuLBxo-SZ

Photo of the height my car had when coilovers where installed:



Sorry if my english is not perfect.
Now THAT'San interesting color combo!! Is the car wrapped? Cowl hood too?? Looks pretty cool. Good luck with your issue. As SS said, sometimes you can go too low and throw off the diff and axle geometry too much and cause issues.
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