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I have had my car always dropped since I got it. Until recently I purchased a set of adjustable struts that work with your stock springs. My problem is I installed it and my car was lower than it was with the lowering springs. I have no ideal what I did wrong. Unless I have the rear and front springs mixed up. How do I tell them apart? (the factory springs) I always thought the shorter springs always went in the front or is that only for lowering springs?