isn't it tho? hahah yeah Gil walked me through it pretty much. I'll get on it this weekend.. anything to get that drop rate!

 

Keep an eye on your oem controll arms
A shop should charge you the going rate per hour. So if its $90 and up an hour + tax dam! and most shops ask for a 2 hour min. They will also try to bull **** you like so; "Well we might run into some probs and what not." Dont buy it and tellem its not that hard unless your watching **** lol

 

Loosend the bolts that hold the control arm? Let it sit over night. And yes your gf's aren't sitting right.

 

yeah i pretty much hate going to body shops. They always talk to you like you're an idiot. I paid like 220 for the whole job and i felt like i got over charged cuz the springs were only like.. 200. oh well what's done is done. i won't be going back to that shop HAHA

HAHA i knew it! i'll tell her to either gain some weight or bring a friend every time hahahah

 

lol i think he was talking about "gf's" as in tanabe "gf"210, not your girlfriend

 

HAHA wow i feel retarded. that's funny

 

It's all good, I thought he meant girlfriend at first too...

 

Ok so after following some VERY detailed and helpful instructions from you fellas, this is what i got.
Back

Front

From Far


I think it'll settle a bit more =] again, THANK YOU GUYS!

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I know my car's disgustingly dirty... hahaha i'll clean her once it stops friggin snowing

 

yup yup looks MUCH better... right about where it should be. The front will only maybe go down another .1"

 

i dunno, still looks pretty high, but maybe it really is the low profile tires.
did you check the rears?

 

haha thanks man. hopefully it'll settle a bit more

yeah it's probably the lopro tires, i think by comparison it looks better. you mean the sway bars? I did, and it doesn't look like there's anything out of place.. and nothing looks bent out of shape (to my untrained eye) hahaha

 

nevermind, the rears look plenty low in the new picture
congrats

 

Thanks man

 

Didn't read what size wheel you have, but on my 18's with stock profile tires is about less than 1 inch, and rears about 1/2 inch. Yours still look very high

 

i have 18s with some low profile tires. i think it's cuz the shocks aren't as worn in.. only got 25000 miles on them. it's alright, i can live with what i got right now. thanks tho

 

Looks much better just give it time to settle. Keep an eye on your rear end links.

 

thanks for all your help dude. I'll keep an eye out for it for sure. Ciao

 

No prob man. Pre load every now and then. You can tell they will drop more over time. I know its odd but it worked for me and others.

 

just load the springs

 

Hey guys, just thought i'd update you with my drop. Take a look



I think it's right where i want her

 

I'm glad I went with TEIN S-techs...I have maybe a 1.5" gap all the way around. Yours looks really tall up front. Did you preload the springs before tightening up the lower A arms?

 

i think i properly preloaded the springs this time



gonna continue to load it till it drops fully