Buying coilovers but I have concerns
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Racebrewer
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Trying to kill squirrels?
Bilsteins dropped mine pretty low and I still had a bit to go. The front OEM air dam strip hits routinely in NY State. Fortunately, Florida is flatter.
John
Bilsteins dropped mine pretty low and I still had a bit to go. The front OEM air dam strip hits routinely in NY State. Fortunately, Florida is flatter.
John
Racebrewer
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In NY, I have to worry about the snow plow EFFECT, not the look.....<LOL>
CRG Racer24
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I've gotten low on KSports, but be warned, you will need to do a bit of work, and customization to get them low.. like actually low. Ask my oil pan, subframe, under-body chassis braces... etc..
Racebrewer
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And, not to mention, the neighborhood squirrels...............
John
John
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Again, Standard Suspension coilovers!
Any models will get you low, R1 - R3 - R7TA, but the R3 - R7TA actually have front camber plates, and so far they are the only ones with that for the 2. I got them and i'm tucking all 4 185/55's, and thank God I have a CS skidplate.
Any models will get you low, R1 - R3 - R7TA, but the R3 - R7TA actually have front camber plates, and so far they are the only ones with that for the 2. I got them and i'm tucking all 4 185/55's, and thank God I have a CS skidplate.
CRG Racer24
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Sorry this is a little off topic, but could have relevance at the same time, do you have any current pics of your height Greensleeper? Maybe even pics of the literal coils on the car?
Unzipher has a build thread and he bagged his 2. Cost him $3000+ in the end. If you just want to get low Derrick is right, bags are the best way to do it.
Static drops are way better for performance however.
Depends on which side your on, form vs function.
Font Motorsports
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The Ksports go very low.
CRG Racer24
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Most of the time it's just not low enough. My oilpan is like maybe 3.5" off the ground.. need to go lower
Btw, my 1 gripe about the KSports, the rears just do not go low enough. I'm running out of threaded room on the rear shocks, and it's still not as low as my fronts.. and this is even without the rear spring perches to get that bit extra of low. I'm gonna adjust until I have no more room to go, and then if I wanna go lower, I'm either gonna have to figure out some custom stuff on the shock, get KSport/Fonty to talk to them, or cut a coil off my rear spring.
Greensleeper
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No I don't have a true 'lateral' picture yet, but you can look at those I posted in the 'Dropped' thread:
CRG Racer24
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Well my KSports definitely have me tucking tire (My front Subframe is 2 7/8" off the ground in this pic.. around 2 1/2" for the front subframe bolts):
IMG-20121001-00321 by CRG Racer24, on Flickr
IMG-20121001-00321 by CRG Racer24, on Flickr
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CRG, I don't know how you can manage to drive around with the front slammed like that! My front end is a touche lower than my rear, and let me tell you that the CS skidplate is more than welcome, I scraped it more than once on our beautifull Qubec roads.
Superb 2 anyway CRG!
Superb 2 anyway CRG!
