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Old 04-30-2005, 03:35 PM
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i want to lower my car approximately 1/2 allt he way around or maybe just a lil more. I was wondering can i drop it taht much ?? becasu ei have long tube headers and i saw that when i installed them, they touched the fram of the car. thanks guys!
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Old 04-30-2005, 04:39 PM
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you can drop our cars 1.5 inches before you have suspension problems
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Old 04-30-2005, 10:10 PM
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Go with a 50 series tire, it'll drop you about 3/4 in. to 1 in.
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Old 05-01-2005, 12:50 AM
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Yeah, 50's will drop you but then you'll have that ugly fender gap.
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Old 05-01-2005, 03:36 AM
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They sell springs that will reduce your height from 1 inch to 2 inches below stock height. It is pretty simple process to do but I wouldn't recommend going as far as two inches.

If you do then you have the possibility of accelerating hard and having your rear tires rub inside the wheelwells.

Most lowering springs will lower you about 1 to 1.5 inches. They will specify if it lowers 2.
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Old 05-01-2005, 04:12 AM
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The 50 series don't look too horribly bad.
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Old 05-01-2005, 02:08 PM
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Mine ended up dropping about 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 and Im running 225/50/16 on the front and 245/50/16 on the rear and no problems at all.
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Old 05-01-2005, 04:03 PM
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I'm running 225/50/16s on all 4s.
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Old 05-01-2005, 06:55 PM
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I got steeda sport springs with all new kyb struts and shocks, the springs lower the car bout 1-1.5 in, i like the way mine sits especially wit 17x8 front and 17x9 rear snyper rims with 235/45 front and 255/45 in back theres barely no fender gap
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Old 05-01-2005, 08:29 PM
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I'm running 245/50/16 all the way around....no problems either.
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