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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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Coilovers Installed!!

Its weird the rear is on the lowest setting =(


Super Low








The Hight its at now.









BEFORE:


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Old Jan 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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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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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 Jan 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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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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dang that is really low, looks very nice tho.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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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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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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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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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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did you get them corner balanced?
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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did you get them corner balanced?
no i just installed them about 20 min ago.
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Old Jan 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 Jan 27, 2008 | 04:09 PM
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Loving the rims, especially on blue and white 8s...
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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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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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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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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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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looking good
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by chrism
looking good
Thanks, still noting close to yours
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 01:02 AM
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How are the tires holding up?
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 01:17 AM
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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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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
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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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 01:23 AM
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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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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 01:24 AM
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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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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 01:32 AM
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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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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 01:40 AM
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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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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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who did the install?
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 12:28 PM
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who did the install?
me, it was quite easy.
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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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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