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Old 05-01-2011, 12:50 PM
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so yesterday my buddy was kind enough to show me how to do a spring swap and we put the springs in the car. it took a few hours to do it, but i think it was worth it. the car doesn't really ride rougher than before as far as i can tell. other than if you hit a pot hole or something its stiffer, but on normal driving on regular and irregular roads its still just as stiff as it was before. I measured the car before, but not sure if the car was level or not, either way the car is lower. i bought the 1.7" lowering springs through ZZP this past week, and received them the next day. the car hasn't gone down 1.7" or anywhere close to it yet. im hoping it goes down a bit more, but right now its just over a inch out back and about 5/8-3/4 in the front right now. since its my daily ride ill check it next weekend and see if it settled in any. so here is the pic of the car now, its a bit dirty but you get a good idea of what it looks liek. i also made a before/after pic and you can defiantly see the difference.



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looks great
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Very sexy indead
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Did you leave everything else stock?
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Yep, everything down to the nuts n bolts is stock.
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Looks great, wish we could go without the front plate uphere looks way better!!
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Thanks I have 50000 on my car how long do yu think my stock shocks and struts will last if i add the springs and leave everything else stock
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Originally Posted by higsy
Looks great, wish we could go without the front plate uphere looks way better!!
Yeah me too . If some states can do without it I think all should be able to. Or make it an option because some people do like having them. I just am hoping I get looked past and the LEOs will be nice.
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Originally Posted by SScali
Thanks I have 50000 on my car how long do yu think my stock shocks and struts will last if i add the springs and leave everything else stock
That I couldn't tell you. I've got 51,8xx on my car now.
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Damn that looks good!
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Very sharp indeed! Gotta love the SSC's.
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Thanks guts, appreciate it.
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Awesome!
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What did you use to fill the holes in for where the plate goes?




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