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Old 06-05-2002   #1 (permalink)
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How low can u go

How low can u lower ur car with 215/45/17 and with 215/40/17 without any rubbing
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As low as you want
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I would bag it
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i already purchased B&G coilovers and ingalls f&R cambers [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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You can drop it the 3.5 that B&G goes and you won't have any probelms with rubbing unless your car is weighed down. If you have a lot of people or extra weight in your car then will rub on the front when turning. You will have a major camber problem on the rear though.
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i got 18" 225/40 and i slammed the sh!t out of my car
3.5 front and 3.0 rear and no rubbing at all...


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i got 205/40/17's on my ride. the lowest i could go was 3 in the back 2.75 in the front and i rubbed like a motherfuc***....its down 2.5 inches now front and back. i wish i could go lower...get smaller tires and you can go lower
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right now i have donuts on the front and 215/35/18's on the back. my suspension consists of koni yellows and g/c coil overs and i slammed it all the way and i measued the height of my car with the height of a stock 2k1 coupe and it was a 4.25' difference in the back and a 4' difference in the front. i wish i could go lower to tuck my 18's more but my struts are already fully compressed.
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Hey i got a question for fuktup7thgen, you got ground control coilovers, do you like them, any mods to put them in, fill me in, recommend them, how much run??? all the questions you wanted to know when you were looking for them. THnx tony.
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well first off the g/c's cost me $375 i bought them in feb. and i just got the koni yellows for $585(front and back). to install the g/c's i chopped off the lower pertch on my front stuts, and slid the coils on. its not hard it just takes awile. but everytime i work on my front suspension i ALWAYS strip out the screw on the end of the control arm cause it never comes out of the struts very easy so i always end up beating it with a hammer till it pops out. the back was very easy. i forgot all the stock parts i threw away when i put on the g/c's, but there were quite a few pieces that weren't needed. when i put on the konis the back was easy so i did that first. on the front i took off the struts and measured down 40mm from the top of the strut and started cutting. then you drill a ?13mm? hole in the bottom of the strut so u can screw in the insert. nothing was hard it just takes time. you dont need and special tools or anything either. i think my car rides smooth as hell concidering how low i am. i havent had any problems with the coil overs or the konis......"yet."
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for a few hundred more u could be riding on b&G's 1200
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when taking off the front strut, you should have used a tie rod seperator instead of beating on it to prevent damaged.. i used it and only took a couple seconds... pound the tie rod seperator in, lean on it and bam, it comes loose... its better then beating on the tie rod end and risking damage to it.
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