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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 06:05 PM
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just woundering what would be the least amount of drop spring,my problem is i have seroius mods and ground clearence is an issue,but with the smoothies on there and the 315s there is a lot of gap,just wanted a little less gap but still have good clearance
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 06:24 PM
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bmr sprins only lower about an inch, or you could get the adjustable HAL QA1's
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Old Apr 14, 2004 | 06:15 PM
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thanx silly
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Old Apr 15, 2004 | 12:34 PM
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let me know what you go with please, and if you have any issues after putting them on. I have 315's on back also, as you'll see in a thread a couple of posts up...i'm worried about potential problems with lowering. I'll probalby go with the least amount of lowering possible, such as the BMR's
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my friend has 17x11's with 315's and eibach springs and he had to hammer in the fenderwells a little b/c it rubbed on bumps
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Old Apr 15, 2004 | 07:58 PM
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I can deal with that, no biggie there, just recoat it with underspray and can't tell.
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