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Old 07-10-2010, 02:33 PM
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A bit dirty, but almost ready for the BHR treatment
Needs a wash, but finally lowered and ready for real mods.
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What do you have it lowered on? Looks good.
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Eibach springs. I ordered them through BHR. It's the perfect height. Not too serious, but enough to be noticed. Very functional.
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wow, those wheels are very classy
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define, "real mods"
what have you got in store for the car?
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Approximately how much of a drop do these springs give? Car looks great, but I can barely tell its lowered...
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
define, "real mods"
what have you got in store for the car?
Well the original plan was to obtain another AP from MM, then purchase the following from BHR:
AEM Intake, BHR Ignition, BHR mid pipe, BHR cat back whenever they are released, BHR Fuel pump, and then eventually work my way back around to suspension again.
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Approximately how much of a drop do these springs give? Car looks great, but I can barely tell its lowered...
I believe they are .9 in the front and 1.1 in the back... or vise-versa.
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I believe they are .9 in the front and 1.1 in the back... or vise-versa.
too much drop in the rear imo, a bit saggy
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Originally Posted by jasonrxeight
too much drop in the rear imo, a bit saggy
Saggy cars need love too!
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Yeah too much drop in rear and not enough in the front...
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I'm guessing you need to preload the front to get it to drop to the correct height, right now it looks like the rear is lowered, but not the front. Very common mistake when springs are installed. You just have to turn the wheel and loosen then retighten one bolt on either side, only take about 5 minutes.
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Looking good my friend! one part at a time
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
I'm guessing you need to preload the front to get it to drop to the correct height, right now it looks like the rear is lowered, but not the front. Very common mistake when springs are installed. You just have to turn the wheel and loosen then retighten one bolt on either side, only take about 5 minutes.

^+1 Those A frame nuts need loosened so the car can drop. It will look a lot better afterward cos the front is too high right now.
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Eibachs are 1.2 front .8 rear which is what that looks like.
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"read for the BHR treatment" sounds like the name to a low budget porno.
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Originally Posted by bulletproof21
Eibachs are 1.2 front .8 rear which is what that looks like.
i could be wrong but it looks like 1.2 rear and .8 front right now
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my eibach's look exactly like that too.
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Either those springs are on backwards (lol), or it needs preloaded. But if that is the way Eibachs are supposed to look, I'm glad I have Teins.
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
I'm guessing you need to preload the front to get it to drop to the correct height, right now it looks like the rear is lowered, but not the front. Very common mistake when springs are installed. You just have to turn the wheel and loosen then retighten one bolt on either side, only take about 5 minutes.
I thought it looked a little off. If I turn the wheel and look, will I know which bolt it is that I need to turn?
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I thought it looked a little off. If I turn the wheel and look, will I know which bolt it is that I need to turn?
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https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...reload+springs
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Thanks, sir. Will post pic.
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Thank you to those who helped me with loading the springs. Here's what it looks like now
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looks good now. Hate to break you the news but you have to buy the ap now, cause they will discontinue on 7-30-10...
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