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Old 12-21-2011, 08:30 PM
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really semi happy with the drop :////



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What happened to your fender? In the future don't use a flash.
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If this is dropped, it must have looked like a 4x4 previously.
Old 12-22-2011, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by kondypl
really semi happy with the drop :////
Did you preload the suspension after installing the springs?
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I think I got the last R3 in Maryland
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
What happened to your fender? In the future don't use a flash.
I really dont know , I just noticed that my self... looks boobly , like there is rust building up or something :/

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Did you preload the suspension after installing the springs?
What does it mean? I have a friend who had those on his rx8 and he said , it took him month to fully settle...
Old 12-22-2011, 11:41 AM
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Damm..lol..those spring look stock! Lol..but mine had a huge gap before 2 in stock height, about a fist and a half..lol..but u need to drop about 3 more inches in the front and. 2 in the rear :P
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my VR 8 is all stock right now, i just got it a month ago so no pics from me yet -__-, but i ordered my HID fogs and the clear side markers to clean up the look a lil bit. the only thing its that the inside bulbs on the low beams r yellow and look horrible, ima c if i can order HIDs for my outside headlights and move the stock ones to the inside ones mayb itll fit and that would b nice
Old 12-22-2011, 04:20 PM
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winter mode (even though this is one of the mildest winters in my lifetime)

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Originally Posted by Rigoherrera
Damm..lol..those spring look stock! Lol..but mine had a huge gap before 2 in stock height, about a fist and a half..lol..but u need to drop about 3 more inches in the front and. 2 in the rear :P
Those are Tein S.......
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Those are Tein S.......
btw found everything about preload , will do it tmrw and wait around week to settle and we'll see how its going to look then.
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maybe those spring needs some running in...

drive for a few days with heavy passengers and see how it goes...
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Never. Again.
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^ Busted shock?
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More like busted driveway.

Pulled into someone's driveway for my friends to take pics of some tacky lights(If you're not familiar, there's a tacky lights "tour", for all the houses that have a lot of Christmas decorations. Of course, you can just find the places and drive there and whatnot.), and apparently it didn't want me pulling back out.
Old 12-25-2011, 12:37 AM
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MS Addict. That pic makes me wonder why that road is so sloped. + I have a VR RX8 and a black DC2, so it's a cool pic.
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Because it's a crappy neighborhood, haha. I have no idea who's teggy that was though. But that's pretty neat, and funny.
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what are you dropped on?
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Powertrix coils. I haven't measured what my actual drop is though.
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Ouch !!! Hope it didntz grind your exhaust tips...
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Originally Posted by Blacknightz
Ouch !!! Hope it didntz grind your exhaust tips...
Oh, it did.

It did.



I don't know how much I'll be driving my 8 in the snow this year though. Maybe just once for the fun of it, but since I work with my old man, and he's got a brand new F150, 4x4, guess who's been hitching rides, haha.
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Originally Posted by kondypl
btw found everything about preload , will do it tmrw and wait around week to settle and we'll see how its going to look then.
yeah preload and give em a few days or so to settle in. They will drop more than those if they are s-techs, i was on stechs and u can see the drop in my sig pic
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Awesome pic man.


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