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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:02 PM
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Is my car too low now???

Well I just finished lowering my car with Tein S-techs and the car is now slammed. I had it aligned today and all went well. Maybe I'm just not use to looking at the car being lowered but I almost think it might be too low. Does anyone think the car is too low or is it just right? Should I switch out to the H-techs? I'll give it a few weeks and see how I feel about it. Let me know what you think. Sorry for the dirty pics but I didn't get a chance to wash her before taking pics.

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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:04 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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imo, you need to drop the front alittle bit. it looks nice...real nice
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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I think it looks great! The true test is whether she'll make it thru the speed bumps without the front dragging. I think you're just used to the car being higher.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:43 PM
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kinda looks like your left side is lower than your right side. Looks nice though, can you take some pics of the other side, also some before pics would help? Want to compare it to mine seem like my rear is a little bit more higher.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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Take it to a set of twisties or a track. If you're slower than you were, swap the springs back.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 10:11 PM
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The back looks alittle low to me.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 10:13 PM
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its not too low...its looks pretty good
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 10:36 PM
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there are some threads (or at least one thread) on here about how the left sits lower than the right on many cars...I have the RB springs on mine, and notice the same thing...
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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I think it looks good. But you got to paint those calipers!
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 11:04 PM
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not too low at all - closed the wheel gap up real nice!
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 11:33 PM
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Looks good IMO.
I think it is too low when you have the tires tucked under the guards.
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 08:36 AM
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It's not too low, unless you want to get an airbag suspension.
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 08:47 AM
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I think it looks great. I have the S Techs installed also. You just need to be careful pulling out of driveways so you don't hit.
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 09:00 AM
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my car was as or a little lower and i ran into problems ( rubbing) a week or two after installing them when the springs finally set. here is some pics befor i changed out to the eibach pro kit.
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 09:08 AM
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there is no sucj thing as too low..er..oops...minitrucker in me coming out :D
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 11:39 AM
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Looks good to me, I am loving the nordic green. Congrats.

PS....Yellow Calipers would look SCHWEET
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 01:46 PM
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CGRX8 your rims are really nice. I'm trying to make up my mind for rims.
Can you give me more information about them, like brand, size, weight , offsets...

Thanks
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 06:52 PM
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Thumbs up how about the appearence package.

dude you defenetly need to put atleast the appearence pakage on the car that will make the car look more agressive right know it looks to plain to be dropped.
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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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I wouldn't put the appearance package on my car because I don't like the way it looks. I'm going to be adding some rims so that will change things a bit.
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 10:47 PM
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Your car isn't too low. Looks good.
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 05:38 PM
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Looks great IMO.
How do the S-Techs handle compared to before? are they a good match with the stock shocks?
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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wow, talk about a resurrection from the dead.
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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LOL old thread. if the thread starter is still here, then i dont think its low enough
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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lol, sorry didnt even notice it, but I found it on top of my search for springs.
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