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Old 02-10-2002
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just did???? so.... how many coils did you cut?
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why the hell would i buy expensive pro kit and cut them. why wouldn't i just get the sport line. it's the pro kit that lowered it like that.
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Well I finally got my wheels installed and they look pretty tight. I"m waiting for my eibach sportline kit to come in, but heres a couple of pictures that I took with my crappy digital camera with my stock suspension.

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I have 215/45/17's on my car at stock height.

Never had any rubbing at all.

I like the fact that the size (215/45/17) is the closest to maintaining stock diameter - spedometer/odometer-wise and the 45's really fill out the wheelwells pretty well considering it's not dropped.

Overall improvement in handling was very impressive.
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i like big sidewalls personally but thats my opinion...
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I've run my 215/45/17's for 2000 miles so far with no rubs at all.... but my car isn't dropped.
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they are 17's not 19's. why are you worried about rubbing?
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i went with 215/45/17 because there are more rubber for pot holes to fill, and the speedo isn't off by that much
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with an "1 drop would 215/45/17 rub
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I have 215/45/17 on a 3" drop and I dont rub at all.
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I'd go with 205/45/17 or 215/45/17
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215/45/R17 without any lowering....that would be me.
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