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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 01:49 AM
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Well as the car sits now, with TD's on it, it bottoms out on almost everything. And, yes, I do take everything that I can at an angle, and go slow over what I can. However, just with bumps in the road it will bottom out.

It has the Sportlines on now; however, what I'm somewhat curious about is how bad/if it would look by putting stock rear springs on, but leaving the front with the sportlines. The rear wheel and tire is 17x11 (w/ 315's), which I assume would take up a little more fender gap, but I just don't know if it'd be enough. As well as if the stance would be "that much" off of an angle.

Here's how it looks currently. (Minus the borla catback setup, it's with LT's & TD's now.)

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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 03:23 AM
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IMO it would be way to much of a rake unless you took the isolators out
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 08:06 AM
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put the stock rear springs on with the hose mod, it may help, however i have TD's and with a BMR 1" drop up front and the hose mod out back, i could not drive on and off of lifts... so i ended up putting the isolators back in
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 10:37 AM
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i have sportlines on the front and stockers with the hose mod in the rear. i had planned on swapping them in when i went to the track, but it doesn't look too bad so i just left them in.
this video might give ya a good idea of what they look like.
ignore me getting mawled by the big block car beside me.
sorry about the quality, it went to crap when i uploaded it for some reason.

http://img531.imageshack.us/my.php?i...4975900pu0.flv
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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Im Putting the Strano's up front next week, I got the SLP Tuned package in their now (1/2 drop and Bilsteins)Front sits like a 4x4 which is why Im getting the Strano's but the back looks good with a 1/2 drop. Like it alot better than the stock setting.

Just curious though, what is the hose mod?
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by SS02
Im Putting the Strano's up front next week, I got the SLP Tuned package in their now (1/2 drop and Bilsteins)Front sits like a 4x4 which is why Im getting the Strano's but the back looks good with a 1/2 drop. Like it alot better than the stock setting.

Just curious though, what is the hose mod?
the hose mod is removing the big thick insulator, and taking a piece of rubber hose, feeding it up the first coil on the spring to cushion it. it will drop the car a little bit and still dampen the noise.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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Ahhh, thx
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 03:36 PM
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hotchkis makes 1" drop springs as well
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Originally Posted by jasonk
put the stock rear springs on with the hose mod, it may help, however i have TD's and with a BMR 1" drop up front and the hose mod out back, i could not drive on and off of lifts... so i ended up putting the isolators back in
The link didn't work, I'd like to see it if you could figure out what's up with the link.
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