lowering springs

by **StockSolara** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:48 am

RichD978 wrote:but the spring rates are completely different. The front would be so much stiffer than the rear, wouldn't I have a false sense of security. Especially when my rear outside tire lifts in a turn and throws my already screwed up geometry into an even worse situation. Not to mention the car would have a horrible ride, harsh on bumps in the front and gliding over the rear

Just want to be 100% sure before I do this

Aren't you going to get the rear installed too? So just do the first and not go autocrossing. . . aint no big deal. . . I had the car drop only in the front for a day and it didn't do anything bad for me. . . The only thing weird was that it felt like I was looking down

by **Solorange** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:56 pm

TheTamago wrote:Dunno.. there's two stock Gen1 and 1.5 in my apt complex and both of their rears stick upwards I look at my lovely Tein SS coilovers and i'm kinda low where there's hardly a finger gap on the rear as my coils settled in from a 1.5" drop on both sides. Debating to lower it more but I'd lose my mudguards from the speedbumps lol.

But anyways, yea the front does stick upwards more then the rear. Maybe u should have more fun with a coilover system to have some seasawing around to find yourself a sweet spot but that's a outside opinion. GL with your setup

Coilovers are nice, but when I looked into the price it was going to cost me $1600bucks for them. Honestly I dont have the money for that when I have to buy wheels and Im in college. Two textbooks costs as much as a rim. Its retarded.

by **2kSoulara** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:21 am

Can i just drop my car using tein/tokiko springs and not change the struts? The front struts are new about a year and a half. i live in NJ so I wanna drop it a bit but not too much. I know this has been discussed so i'd appreciate your feedback. Thanks solarians!

by **redkysolarase** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:30 am

Yeah you can drop it with the stock struts but it's a better ride with aftermarket struts as well. Now as for myself I still have stock suspension but when I finally get it done I'm swapping everything out most likely going with the tokico/eibach combo. There's a lot of others out there so it's just whatever your preference is and what your wallet says man.

by **JavaJoe_2** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:39 am

2kSoulara wrote:Can i just drop my car using tein/tokiko springs and not change the struts? The front struts are new about a year and a half. i live in NJ so I wanna drop it a bit but not too much. I know this has been discussed so i'd appreciate your feedback. Thanks solarians!

fyi:
tein=springs
tokico=struts

by **2kSoulara** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:26 pm

thanks for the correction it looks like replcing both springs and struts at the same time might be the better option. Thanks guys

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