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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:29 AM
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well i lowerd my car alittle bit....what do u goys think?

Heres the before


And the after....yeah it needs a car wash lol



Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:32 AM
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what springs are you using?

looks like atleast a 2" drop in the front but maybe its the tire size.
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:32 AM
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Looks cool. What springs did you use? Are you running the stock 16 tires on your wheels?
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:38 AM
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tires are 225/55/16 and dont laught but i just cut the springs but its done properly no hacking, i only took out about 1 1/2in the front and 2 1/2 in back off the back...i left the back alittle higher so when i sit in it or when i fill up it will bring it down alittle bit
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:39 AM
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damn looks good looks like same lowering as mine.
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:40 AM
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I'd say it looked better before you lowered it.
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 04:16 AM
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How did youmeasure your cut for1-1/2 in front & 2-1/2 in rear
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 04:54 AM
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ORIGINAL: Vader87

How did youmeasure your cut for1-1/2 in front & 2-1/2 in rear
he means the number of coils he cut out.
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 05:04 AM
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correct me if I'm wrong but won't his ride be quite a bit harsher now seeing as those are progressive rate coils? I was gonna cut mine if they were standard but I was told they're progressive.
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 05:44 AM
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cutting springs = bad, bad idea[&:]



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