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Old 01-27-2008, 03:48 PM
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Coilovers Installed!!
Its weird the rear is on the lowest setting =(


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The Hight its at now.









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Old 01-27-2008, 03:50 PM
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what kind of coilovers did u go with? The rear is a lot higher than the front. Even if it settled a little more it would still be uneven, unless the pix are deceiving.
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
what kind of coilovers did u go with? The rear is a lot higher than the front. Even if it settled a little more it would still be uneven, unless the pix are deceiving.
I went with BC Racing coilovers. No the backs are as low as they can go =( could it be because of the alignment bolt? its totally off from before. Thats the only think i thought of. The fronts could go about 4 inches lower too. Im going to get an alignment tomorrow.
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Old 01-27-2008, 03:56 PM
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have your alignment guy take a look at it. See if he can see anything funky..
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dang that is really low, looks very nice tho.
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Originally Posted by topgear8
dang that is really low, looks very nice tho.
Haha its not that low any more. I was scraping everywhere lol.
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i woulda kept it super low. lol.

yea seriously, if that's the lowest it can go on the back, that sucks.

i heard the tein flex lowest at bak is 0.7 unless u remove a collar or something.
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did you get them corner balanced?
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did you get them corner balanced?
no i just installed them about 20 min ago.
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Old 01-27-2008, 04:04 PM
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When they put it up in the air, measure the frame height to the lift.

That must be the same on all four locations.
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Old 01-27-2008, 04:09 PM
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Loving the rims, especially on blue and white 8s...
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Yeah, I like those rims too.

Did you end up working out why the rear doesn't drop any lower?
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Yeah, I like those rims too.

Did you end up working out why the rear doesn't drop any lower?
no im going to take it in tomorrow for the alignment and see whats going on. It feels like it has understeer also =/
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Originally Posted by chrism
looking good
Thanks, still noting close to yours
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How are the tires holding up?
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front looks good! Weird...something must be weird with the rear, they should drop lower then that
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front looks good! Weird...something must be weird with the rear, they should drop lower then that
Thats what i was saying. could it be something with the rear sway?
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damn, looks pretty good.

kinda iffy on type flex, as before stated it doesn't go low much either. oh well, functionality over looks!

nice wheels, too!
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Originally Posted by TurboEight
How are the tires holding up?
They are doing good. i just have all season re912's nothing special... yet lol
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looks good man

i have tein flex, the rear doesnt drop low at all, the front has plenty room to go lower
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Originally Posted by scsi
looks good man

i have tein flex, the rear doesnt drop low at all, the front has plenty room to go lower
maybe thats just how mine are too then =( i got coils because i wanted the adj. but i cant even adj the back any more lol.
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who did the install?
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who did the install?
me, it was quite easy.
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when you get it aligned, have the guy take a quick peak at it just to be safe.
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