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12-16-2002, 06:17 PM
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Location: Chicago, IL, USA
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Can i lower my car.
I have 17 X 9 Cobra R's and 255/40 nittos. I want to do some suspension mods on the car...It doesnt look like there is much room in the fenderwells as it is. Can I lower my car?? What springs offer better handling without lowering the car to much...I hate scraping and bottoming out.
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12-16-2002, 09:51 PM
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Location: Houston, TX
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Don't lower it anymore then 1". I dropped mine 2" and had to roll my fender lips so they don't cut into my tires. If you do lower it, dont' forget to get caster/camber plates so you can align your front end correctly. IMO: don't lower your car. I dropped it 2" and now it's back up to stock height. I got tired of worring about going over speed bumps and stuff like that.
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12-16-2002, 11:47 PM
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if I dont lower my car....should i just get new stock springs when i redo the suspension, leave the old ones in there, or are there some kind of better spring i might be able to get that wont lower the car.
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Red 1993 Gt- 3.55 gears,flowmasters,BBK Shortie Headers, BBK Hi-Flow H-Pipe, BBK cold air induction w/K&N, Pro 5.0 shifer,UPR Adjustable cable and quad, 130 amp alt., underdrives,65mm T-body,MegaBite Jr. Lowers and Heavy Duty HPM uppers, Koni Yellow struts & Shocks, FMS 'B' Springs, Aluminum Driveshaft, MSD 6AL and blaster tfi coil, sony cd player and changer, kicker component speakers, Kenwood Excelon amp, 2 12" subs in the hatch,Cobra R Rims and Nitto NT555 all around, timing bumped to 13 deg., ADS Superchip, and mobil 1 oil lubing the 302. |
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12-17-2002, 09:33 AM
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The FRPP C springs are advertised as lowering the car 7/8" in the front and 1/2" in the back. The price isn't bad either.
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12-17-2002, 02:25 PM
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Location: Livonia, MI, USA
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Use some #550 (in that area) springs for a daily driver. Personally I had the Eibach ones and loved them.
See this chart: http://www.dariusrudis.com/instructi...ring_rates.doc
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