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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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18's on back 17's front

After putting lowering springs on all fours. For some reason the frontend came out slammed. I was wondering if that would help with the way it looks. Hopefully compensate for the huge gap between the tire and the body in the back. Does anybody happen to have some pictures with that setup?


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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:01 AM
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PM blackz6sp as he has a set of Y2K wheels (17's up front and 18's in the back) on his car.

I think he is currently selling them as well.
Old Jan 3, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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Go !rear isolator and lower you rear another 1/2" or so.
Old Jan 3, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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So just take the rear spring isolators out and just line it with heater hose? How bad will that affect the ride?
Old Jan 3, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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17's up front with 275/17/40's an 18's outback with 285/18/35's. Lowered on a Eibach Pro Kit, hope this helps!
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 07:38 AM
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So just take the rear spring isolators out and just line it with heater hose? How bad will that affect the ride?
I ran that way daily driving for quite a while. No difference in ride quality. Some people complain about a clunking noise. I only heard it over really bad spots.
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 06:12 PM
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That helped alot, thanks. Hopefully she will be running even, not an old hot rod style lean to it.
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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That helped alot, thanks. Hopefully she will be running even, not an old hot rod style lean to it.
Mine has abit of that lean. Yeah ur probably going to notice it, but i dont mind it, i think if you did the heater hose mod it wouldnt be noticeable.
Old Jan 7, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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Took the rear isolators out. Noticed a bit of difference in height, the ride quality is still the some what the same. Now the only problem is the cutout is like 1'' of the ground.

Old Jan 7, 2008 | 07:05 PM
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Welcome to having a lowered car. Thats why I opted to raise mine up ~.5" with Hotchkis springs and why I cringe when people want to run Sportlines or springs of that shortness.
Old Jan 7, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Greed4Speed
Welcome to having a lowered car. Thats why I opted to raise mine up ~.5" with Hotchkis springs and why I cringe when people want to run Sportlines or springs of that shortness.
Yeah i orginally wanted sportlines, but im VERY glad i didnt.

To OP, what springs are you using?
Old Jan 8, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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I wasn't expecting this amount of drop from the front springs at all. So I went ahead and chopped a coil off in the back to help even it out a bit. From what I was told they are Mac lowering springs.
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