should i get rid of my lowing springs?

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Old 04-05-2011, 10:30 PM
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Ride looks freakin sweet. If your occasionally playing around with it and not seriously hitting the strip keep the lowered look and like mentioned by others just upgrade some of your other suspension parts.
One thing I didn't see anyone ask was how good are the shocks you have on the ride?
 
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Old 04-06-2011, 03:47 AM
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Did you try an adjustable panhard bar when you were scraping? I was hitting on the passenger rear with my eibach's because the stock panhard bar wasn't the right length. It took a couple shots to get mine just right, but now I can roll 19's in the back with sportlines and it doesn't rub the right rear anymore.
Yeah , got all the goodies (as my sig) problem is my wheels are ET +24 and 9 inch wide so are flush with arches at both sides, either way one side will scrape. acle is set to centre with half a tank and a person in the panhard at mo, but still cant help pagganger side scraping over massive bumps as axle will always move to side and my wheels are just too big
 
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Old 04-06-2011, 01:52 PM
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bill, you can lower and use stock springs. i have done the hose mod on back and used koni adjustable's on the front. lowers about an inch.
maudy, try rolling you fenderwells.
 
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Old 04-06-2011, 04:03 PM
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thanks for the replys. i guess i will keep them
 
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by craby
you can lower and use stock springs. i have done the hose mod on back and used koni adjustable's on the front. lowers about an inch.
Can you give me some more details on this modification? What will I need to do to drop my car on the stock springs??
 
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Chaotic94
Can you give me some more details on this modification? What will I need to do to drop my car on the stock springs??
I second this. I would love to know how to drop the back a little and just worry about buying shocks/springs up front. It would only be temporary but it would be cool enough until I would get the money for rear suspension.
 
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Chaotic94
Can you give me some more details on this modification? What will I need to do to drop my car on the stock springs??
to be honest i have no idea what you would need to do it. when i got the car it was already done. i do know there eibach sportline springs. there the red ones. lol
 
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:57 PM
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That's why I quoted craby when I asked it. Question was directed toward him lol. Thanks tho. I'm going to see if I can find those springs for my car. But until then, I wanna drop it on stock springs lol
 
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Old 04-07-2011, 02:00 AM
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you pull the spring insulators out and use a thick piece of hose the correct size to go over the first ring on the end of the spring. i used marine fuel line, it was 5/8 or 3/4, its got really thick sides so there is some cushion to it. because it was so thick i got away with splittin it so i got it on there fairly easily. i tried to slide it on and kept getting stuck. ive read that guys have used garden hose but got a harsh ride. i dont think mine is except on the chuck holes and thats gona bang no matter what. just a bit harder.
 
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Old 04-07-2011, 10:33 AM
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^I never would have thought of something like that lol. Thanks crab man
 


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