Cut my springs today... results...
03-08-2010 | 10:25 PM
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Sweet! How many miles on em? Think they will be expensive to ship? Id like to grab an extra set just to have on the side should i ever want to go back to stock (which i doubt but the options is nice). lol
And sorry i havent posted pics guys. Let my buddy take it to tint the windows for me and the car is dirty anyway. Im at work again now (I have no life) and it will prob be tomorrow before i get some pics and even at that, they will be dirty... lol
And sorry i havent posted pics guys. Let my buddy take it to tint the windows for me and the car is dirty anyway. Im at work again now (I have no life) and it will prob be tomorrow before i get some pics and even at that, they will be dirty... lol
60k miles on them. I will send you a PM, when they are pulled and ready if you are interested.
03-08-2010 | 10:44 PM
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03-09-2010 | 01:28 PM
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03-13-2010 | 11:24 AM
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Bahaha! You guys can stop 
! LOL
I need to go wash it first but ill upload them tonight while i'm at work.
Thanks again guys for spending hours and hours wrenching on this PITA again last night! lol It seems like its settled out again after driving back home because its lower than it was last night. Not by much but i think ill just leave it alone. Sits pretty level and any lower, i think we might have clearance issues with the new 275/40's...
! LOLI need to go wash it first but ill upload them tonight while i'm at work.
Thanks again guys for spending hours and hours wrenching on this PITA again last night! lol It seems like its settled out again after driving back home because its lower than it was last night. Not by much but i think ill just leave it alone. Sits pretty level and any lower, i think we might have clearance issues with the new 275/40's...
03-14-2010 | 07:21 PM
#33
springs are out and ready for you. sending PM.
you will have some rubbing. I am on 275/40 Invos and they rub. Not all the time, but they do rub.
Need to get the fenders rolled and that will help some. I am sticking with this tire size, so i need to make it work.
you will have some rubbing. I am on 275/40 Invos and they rub. Not all the time, but they do rub.
Need to get the fenders rolled and that will help some. I am sticking with this tire size, so i need to make it work.
03-14-2010 | 07:40 PM
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And for the stock springs, if you have someone else that wants em, dont wait on me. Id love to get em but i have a few other things i need to do first but if you still have them in awhile, ill most likely take them off your hands.
03-14-2010 | 07:59 PM
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Sorry, but since when did cutting springs have anything to do with perfect? Shitty ride and bouncy as hell, Perfect=not being cheap and buy some lowering springs!
03-14-2010 | 08:09 PM
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Cutting my springs didn't have anything to do with being cheap. Saving money was just a bonus. Its the fact that you can't buy lowering springs that drop the car to exactly what I and a lot of others wanted so its the only other option unless you want to bag it....
But thanks for your opinion...
03-20-2010 | 01:18 PM
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agreed! the ride is not bad with cut springs. just cut the bumps stops and its all good in the hood! yes its nicer to say i got aftermarket springs and blah blah blah. but by just looking at the car, you wont be able to tell. or by riding in it. when you lower any car you will feel a difference in the ride. unless you go with some gooood coilovers
03-20-2010 | 04:29 PM
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agreed! the ride is not bad with cut springs. just cut the bumps stops and its all good in the hood! yes its nicer to say i got aftermarket springs and blah blah blah. but by just looking at the car, you wont be able to tell. or by riding in it. when you lower any car you will feel a difference in the ride. unless you go with some gooood coilovers
03-20-2010 | 06:41 PM
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fwiw on the tire size debate and rubbing concerns, i run a 285/25/20 invo in the rear and don't rub with 3 girls in the back, and it tucks without anyone in it.
i did have my fenders rolled and pulled very carefully though, and it sits literally right on it and flush as can be, maybe 1mm. although, i would have to assume that through harsh driving, it would have to touch the sidewall a little bit, but i don't hear it nor see anything to resemble it rubbing. the fronts were a bigger concern though due to steering. that's a 245/30/20 invo, and it rubbed before the fender mod on turns in to gas stations or any uphill driveway.
and to comment on the coilovers, i wouldn't have it any other way. the gay 1" drops just weren't going to do it for me. i recall a measurement done by my guy calculating more than a 5" drop in difference from before/after comparisons on the oem height to the new height.
ferny knows wassup...
i did have my fenders rolled and pulled very carefully though, and it sits literally right on it and flush as can be, maybe 1mm. although, i would have to assume that through harsh driving, it would have to touch the sidewall a little bit, but i don't hear it nor see anything to resemble it rubbing. the fronts were a bigger concern though due to steering. that's a 245/30/20 invo, and it rubbed before the fender mod on turns in to gas stations or any uphill driveway.
and to comment on the coilovers, i wouldn't have it any other way. the gay 1" drops just weren't going to do it for me. i recall a measurement done by my guy calculating more than a 5" drop in difference from before/after comparisons on the oem height to the new height.
ferny knows wassup...
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03-20-2010 | 07:07 PM
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fwiw on the tire size debate and rubbing concerns, i run a 285/25/20 invo in the rear and don't rub with 3 girls in the back, and it tucks without anyone in it.
i did have my fenders rolled and pulled very carefully though, and it sits literally right on it and flush as can be, maybe 1mm. although, i would have to assume that through harsh driving, it would have to touch the sidewall a little bit, but i don't hear it nor see anything to resemble it rubbing. the fronts were a bigger concern though due to steering. that's a 245/30/20 invo, and it rubbed before the fender mod on turns in to gas stations or any uphill driveway.
and to comment on the coilovers, i wouldn't have it any other way. the gay 1" drops just weren't going to do it for me. i recall a measurement done by my guy calculating more than a 5" drop in difference from before/after comparisons on the oem height to the new height.
ferny knows wassup...
i did have my fenders rolled and pulled very carefully though, and it sits literally right on it and flush as can be, maybe 1mm. although, i would have to assume that through harsh driving, it would have to touch the sidewall a little bit, but i don't hear it nor see anything to resemble it rubbing. the fronts were a bigger concern though due to steering. that's a 245/30/20 invo, and it rubbed before the fender mod on turns in to gas stations or any uphill driveway.
and to comment on the coilovers, i wouldn't have it any other way. the gay 1" drops just weren't going to do it for me. i recall a measurement done by my guy calculating more than a 5" drop in difference from before/after comparisons on the oem height to the new height.
ferny knows wassup...
Might be doing those sooner than expected now... lol