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Oct 9, 2003

samcanadian

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If I were to..

If I were to put 17" rims on my car, and not lower it a BIT...would you guys get on my case?

How would that work for me? It would look like shyat wouldn't it?

What about the size of the tires...

I'm a noob with the suspension stuff...

Oct 9, 2003

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it dont look to nice personally id wait to pt rims on and get some coilovers and lower it at the same time

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our cars look like shyat with out a drop period. i say get some 17s, with a 205/45/17 or a 215/40/17 tire and drop it atleast an inch with some eibach springs or something. i am on 205/45/17 tires with goldline springs and i barely scrape or anything.

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At least get an Eibach Pro-Kit for a subtle sport look. Gap sux!
Would also help with the chicks!

Oct 9, 2003

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17s + like a neuspeed sport drop, its a nice drop, not too low that it'll rub or totally ground your car out either.

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Yeah? What about during the winter...I dont wanna push snow...would there be an easy way to adjust that?

I'm thinking coilovers, cause you can adjust them right? What's the deal with that...how easy is that to do?

Sorry if i'm being difficult, it's just that mods always blast me, and tell me to search, but I HAVE, and I STILL prefer getting info from other members! Thanks

EDIT: Dang spelling

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keep on adjusting your springs and you're gonna pay through the *** with alignments. if you dont wanna keep doing alignments, then your tires are gonna go to ****

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by the way, I OWN YOU. lol

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coilovers took me 1.5 hours
not including cutting the hood for the teins

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just get tein s tech springs. prokit. minor drop, and yes car looks like crap without drop. just put tein s tech springs on. im ready for winter

it will be just fine. just drive carefully
oh yea go with 215/45/17

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Ah man, and here I am hoping one of you guys'll go

"Well there Son, now listen here, *snap* cars look good with 17" rims period! You don't necessarily NEED a drop! *snap snap*"

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Sigh, yes you do Green...

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215/45/17, No drop. Looks fine to me.

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205/40-17 on H&R sport springs... only a 1.3 inch drop all around.

I like this one better though, same springs but on 205/50-15's

its a mid corner shot, so that explains the extra wheel gap....

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i am rollin on 17's with no drop.....YET !!! It looks fine, but would look alot better with a drop. Especially when i drop mine with bags and rollin on nitrogen. Can't wait till winter baby !!!

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well all i can say without a drop = monster truck

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Here's what mine looked like with 205/40/17's before my Eibach Sportline drop:

And After:

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Don't give in to peer pressure. Don't lower the car unless YOU want to. I went even further and got 16s instead of 17s and didn't lower. Looks fine and handles great.