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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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I lowered my 8, what do you think?

Here is a picture showing how far the back is dropped. Opinions?

~ Matt
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 03:01 PM
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Nice! What lowering springs did you go with? How many inches is the drop from stock? More pics?
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 03:02 PM
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Looks like you lowered it with a big speaker box Adding tunes to your trunk is the cheapest way to get two mods at the same time.
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 03:07 PM
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How does the front look....the rear looks good.....can you still drive up into people's driveways?
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Thumbs up Looks great, How does it ride.

Originally Posted by Jaguar_MBA
How does the front look....the rear looks good.....can you still drive up into people's driveways?
I was always wondering that. I have a little bit of a challenge with my front spoiler so how does going of a driveway work.
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by kwescott
Looks like you lowered it with a big speaker box Adding tunes to your trunk is the cheapest way to get two mods at the same time.
Close! It was actually 8 24"x24" granite tiles and another 30 12"x12" tiles. :D If I hit any sort of bump on the road, the suspension would bottom out and the handling would get really sketchy! I'm thinking I was riding on the bumpstops. It was probably on the order of 300 pounds back there.

Here's the front and then the whole car...

~ Matt
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 03:02 AM
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wow nice hydraulic setup! haha
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Vaillant
Here is a picture showing how far the back is dropped. Opinions?

~ Matt
i like you back is it 225/40/18? any coilover? and what setup you got there?
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 07:49 AM
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nah, its not low enough :p
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Vaillant
Close! It was actually 8 24"x24" granite tiles and another 30 12"x12" tiles. :D If I hit any sort of bump on the road, the suspension would bottom out and the handling would get really sketchy! I'm thinking I was riding on the bumpstops. It was probably on the order of 300 pounds back there.

Here's the front and then the whole car...

~ Matt
The reason I had that idea was I had the same idea when I got finished buying a whole bunch of stuff at Costco. My trunk was full of stuff and I noticed that the car was "lowered". I had to check out the new stance just as you did...
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