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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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cruise/ meet this weekend sometime? its suppose to be nice...i think...need a good cruise before i get rid of the 8
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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Sunday 2pm forest park?
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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I'll be needing to do this soon when I get my Koni's in the mail and after deciding on what springs to pair them with. Any pointers on getting it done? Maybe schedule a meet in the next couple months?
mazdaspeed springs or s-tech would be my suggestion since you drive it often nice aggressive drop but not so much you scrape all the time.
and if you need a hand i will always offer my services in columbia and my garage.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 10:09 PM
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I'm busy pretty much all this and next weekend.. So don't count on me for a while.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 11:34 PM
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ill be out of town this weekend sorry gents
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 08:40 PM
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Well, my baby won class car this week for our senior superlatives. I get to bring her to school for a photo shoot tomorrow.. lol I had to clean her up today to make sure she was ready.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 08:40 PM
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Hey guys, my name is anthony, i'm in the columbia area and finally just got around to making an account on here. I was wondering if any of you could show me a DIY for installing springs on the 8 because i haven't been able to find one (i was planning on ordering some eibach's or s-tech's when i get some time to install them).
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 08:58 PM
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congratz cole make us proud and show us some of those pics
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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I'll try to save a couple. They have a whole page in the yearbook set aside for it.. lol So I'm pretty excited. I will try to throw a couple up this weekend.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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Congrats on that cole. And damn its been amazing out ive been driving the car whenever I can and am doing another little mod right now ill take some pics of it when im done.

Originally Posted by ZouRx8
Hey guys, my name is anthony, i'm in the columbia area and finally just got around to making an account on here. I was wondering if any of you could show me a DIY for installing springs on the 8 because i haven't been able to find one (i was planning on ordering some eibach's or s-tech's when i get some time to install them).
Since you're somewhat local I guess ill help you out instead of telling you to search on your own.
http://www.hi-impact.org/ryang/modif...ock_front.html
http://www.hi-impact.org/ryang/modif...hock_rear.html
Dont forget to preload the front when you do it. Defintly helps.

It says the rears take longer but for me the fronts took longer. If I were you id go with S-Techs although i haven't seen eibachs in person.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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Thanks man, i did try to find a DIY on here a couple of times but i couldn't find any.

and i'm only in columbia for school, i'm from STL.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 09:47 PM
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Well just a tip when you go to search. Go to advanced search then search titles only. then type in what you want. Works for me everytime. Anyway hope you can come out to some meets sometime even though they seem rare. I was actualy just down in columbia last week picking up shocks from a member that lives there.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 09:52 PM
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awesome, yea i've seen a few 8's around that i recognized on here, there's a sick red one i've seen parked on campus a couple times. i'll be on here more often now that i have an account so if you guys plan something i'll be sure to try and show up.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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^ sick red one is soon to be gone. Unfortunatly.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 10:04 PM
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well damn, that's too bad haha
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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pretty sure i'll be going with the s-techs, the only reason i was considering the eibachs was my concern of the oem shocks not being able to handle the drop of the s-techs, but it should be fine. I'll just keep an eye out for the potholes.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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ha ha ill sell ya the red one if ya want...

Welcome to the site, i just graduated in December. But still have my apartment out there so i go back and forth from there and STL. So if your 21 make sure to go to Harpos for me tonight, cause im goin through withdrawls. lol

dont hold me to this as i am no mechanic but you should be fine with the S-Techs and the OEM shocks. I've been runnin that set up for around 40,000+ miles and have had no problems what so ever just remember if you move to an aftermarket bumper to set up some way to hook up a tow hook, i kinda skipped that step and its a pain in the *** if you have to tow it cause you flood the 8 or something else.


Cole congrats, we had one of those at my school back in the day that i won when i had my grand prix GTP. It was pretty cool.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 07:22 PM
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They decided to postpone the shoot because the girl who won it didn't have her car today.. lol
My parents bought a Red Camero SS today. I still love the 8, but 426 horsepower feels amazing.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 08:33 PM
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my girlfriend was gonna get a camaro the other day but decided to go in a different direction. lol. but the interiors are so nice and clean, and the power is deff somethin the 8 doesnt have.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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I just got back from driving it.. We have to wait for the break in period to really thrash it, but it has a competition race setting where it will hold your revs right below redline, and when you let out the clutch it will help keep traction to get a better launch.. It's pretty badass. Only 34 miles on it.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:52 PM
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all this talk of new cars is making me think of my next car, I just got a ride in ryans new whip its sick!
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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What's Ryan drivin now? He still got the civic?
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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no he doesnt he got a beautiful speed 3 the thing is sick!
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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He didn't even tell us. lol We need to get a big meet going in a month or so. Get everyone there.
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