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Old 08-30-2004 | 07:37 AM
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I have been considering lowering my WS6 1- 2 inches sometime in the future and I wanted to see what the general opinion on it is as far as appearance and handling? Thanks in advance, guys.
Old 08-30-2004 | 08:51 AM
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1" IMHO . . . anything lower introduces too many "issues"
Old 08-30-2004 | 10:19 AM
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my friend went 1 1/2 and 17" rims it looks great but scrapes all the time
Old 08-30-2004 | 03:14 PM
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i went like 3 inches. looks awsome. handles great. sucks *** in driveways and i cant go over 90% of speed bumps
Old 08-30-2004 | 03:37 PM
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3inch's damn what did you use for that drop.
Old 08-30-2004 | 03:39 PM
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I just went with the Eibach prokit, and it is more than enough drop...

Old 08-30-2004 | 05:10 PM
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Got the 1" Hotchkis setup. (see sig pic).
Very pleased with it.
Old 08-30-2004 | 07:16 PM
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How is the handling after a 1" (Or more) lower?
Old 08-30-2004 | 07:36 PM
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Lowered the car 2 inches. Being this low you can have some problems, but I've carefully worked all those out and even mannaged to have long tube headers on my car. You can view my car at my website, www.MadIceV8.com Handling wise I think my car improved a lot more because of the drop alone (but a lot more because of all the other suspension parts also)

FYI: I have never seen springs that offer a 3 inch drop. You might have had a really high up car and you measured 3 inches lower... My car is a 2 inch and I only have about 3 inches of ground clearance from the black air damn.




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