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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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Kinda went outside the norm on here because I wanted a 1-1/2" drop. These are DNA motoring springs and Koni struts and shocks. The car rides and handles better than before, so far I'm really impressed and loving the look. Heres some before and after pics.
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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 07:59 PM
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Wow looks completely different! Good job
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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 08:08 PM
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Looks awesome brother, what kind of wheels are those? I'm really liking them, 19"?
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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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Thanks guys, the wheels are XIX-XO5 rims and the fronts are 19x8.5 and the rear are 20x11
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 07:33 AM
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I just bought the car a month ago and started doing little things to make it more mine. The wheels were trashed! The clearcoat on the lips was chipped and started oxidizing. The only fix was to sand off the clear and buff the aluminum back to shine. I only wanted to do the lip so I couldn't use stripper so I hand sanded off the clearcoat. Started with 150grit then went to 220grit then 400,800,1500,2000, then started hand buffing the aluminum back. It took me 12 hours and my fingers are still raw! Lol! Here's some before and after pics.
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 07:44 AM
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Heres the before and after pics
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 08:39 AM
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looks good. nice wheels
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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looks really good man, very clean. I really like how it looks lowered like that.
Also 20x11 is a really big rim lol, you must have a decent offset.
I have 19x10 in the rear with +56 offset and I have just enough room.
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I'm not sure of the offset because the rims were on the car when I bought it, but you are right it is REALLY close. I was worried when I lowered it that I was gonna have some serious rubbing issues but so far I have had none.
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