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I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 1st, 2004, 10:10 pm
by mx3freak139
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

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 2nd, 2004, 12:23 am
by marshmallow15
my suggestion would be to do it right. zx2/ST springs combo would be a good route.

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 2nd, 2004, 8:00 am
by quicksliver
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' :]

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 2nd, 2004, 11:17 am
by Trevor
I got st springs on my v6 with monro struts and the is no clunk.

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 2nd, 2004, 12:10 pm
by JWMX3
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

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 2nd, 2004, 4:02 pm
by mx3freak139
how low do you guys think is good

what tire sizes for 17's

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 2nd, 2004, 4:56 pm
by JWMX3
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

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 2nd, 2004, 5:17 pm
by perhapsadingo8yerbaby
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.

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 3rd, 2004, 1:12 pm
by quicksliver
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!!

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 3rd, 2004, 5:52 pm
by thebox
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.

Re: I WANT TO LOWER MY CAR ANY SUGGESTIONS

Posted: June 3rd, 2004, 6:25 pm
by tical
im runnin ground-control coilovers, i like the eibach springs....