Want to lower my car but scared of wheel bearing issues...

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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Want to lower my car but scared of wheel bearing issues...

I had coilovers on my 1998 Max. Installed them when the car had 100000 miles and now the car has 130000 and I have gone through 2 sets (driver and pass) bearings. My car wasn't slammed either. See picture attached.

I am assuming the same thing with happen with this car. I mean for my Max the first set went out like 20k, and the second set went out before I sold the car.

Does anyone know how quickly it can happen to the G? I don't want to be replacing wheel bearings every year...
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 12:05 AM
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Not a needed worry.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 12:19 AM
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how does lowering damage a wheel bearing?
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 01:22 AM
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i thought spacers cause wheel bearing problems?
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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be careful of losing blinker fluid too
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by beerme986
how does lowering damage a wheel bearing?
Correct...excessive wheel offsets can place loads on the wheel bearings which can shorten their life. Lowering the car has no effect on wheel bearings.
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 04:47 PM
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Lowering is fine... but putting aggressive offsets/low offsets/spacers on the car will more likely to kill your bearings.
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