I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

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I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

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I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW LOW DO YOU GUYS THINK IS LOW ENOUGH I AM GOING WITH 17" WHEELS I HAVENT DECIDED ON TIRE SIZE YET SUGGESTIONS FOR BOTH WOULD BE APPRECIATED
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my suggestion would be to do it right. zx2/ST springs combo would be a good route.
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Yah, NO! Why? ST lowering springs are designed for the 4cyl ONLY. There is no ST lowering spring for the V6. If you put them on the V6 (GS) you WILL hear em' clunk. I recommend H&R Lowering springs...

The ZX2 Struts are very nice. Nothing bad to say about em' :]
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I got st springs on my v6 with monro struts and the is no clunk.
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I recommend H&R Lowering springs...

The ZX2 Struts are very nice. Nothing bad to say about em' :]
Im with him..... H&R's are the way to go for springs.. and zx2's are good but the best would be to hack up your old struts and get koni adjustable cartridges (its actually really easy to do) after i got cheap struts put on i didnt wantt o just let my old ones go to waste so i took my hacksaw to them and then gave em a fresh paint job ,they turned out not bad. Pics are on P.5 www.cardomain.com/id/joe84
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how low do you guys think is good

what tire sizes for 17's
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tire size - 205-40-17

H&R says they lower 1.5" front and 1.3" rear

Mine went down 2" front and 1.5" rear but i like it... I personally wouldnt want lower than 2 inches drop front or rear
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Agreed here too. H&R's :2thumbsup:

and more than a 2" drop can have you scraping bottom on every agressive speed bump and steep driveway entrance you come across.
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Originally posted by Eggo:
I got st springs on my v6 with monro struts and the is no clunk.
Well i think your full of **** lol...cause they damn well clunk. Hell, at the bottom of almost every coil it's flat...not round like it should be. Why? Cause they keep hitting eachother!!
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Originally posted by Quick Sliver:
Originally posted by Eggo:
I got st springs on my v6 with monro struts and the is no clunk.
Well i think your full of **** lol...cause they damn well clunk. Hell, at the bottom of almost every coil it's flat...not round like it should be. Why? Cause they keep hitting eachother!!
My H&R springs did that too, but i didn't have em on long enough to see em flatten like you describe. H&Rs will clunk too.
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im runnin ground-control coilovers, i like the eibach springs....
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