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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 03:43 PM
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Installed BC Coilovers on the Caliber SRT-4

Just got done with the install yesterday so I thought I would share with you guys how it turned out. It's pretty much been dropped 3 inches. Besides the drop I really like how you can adjust the shocks to be softer or harder and height adjustment can be done without taking anything off.






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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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looks good, makes the wheels look HUGE lol
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 03:53 PM
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nice, I got the bc coilovers on my pursuit. you will love them
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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nice! a lil to low imo but looks good
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Looks great man...how does it handle?? The way the Caliber SRT should look like...
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by hatrickstu
looks good, makes the wheels look HUGE lol
I agree about the wheels. It really has made the whole car seem a little different
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nice, I got the bc coilovers on my pursuit. you will love them
Yeah I already love them such a difference!

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nice! a lil to low imo but looks good
I would agree its just a little bit to low, I'm going to adjust it a little bit this spring....Way too cold now.
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Looks great man...how does it handle?? The way the Caliber SRT should look like...
Thanks man, It handles excellent now. If you compared driving with out them and then having them it would feel like driving with out them is like driving off road on a gravel road. The improvement is huge on the quality of the ride and then handling in general is a lot better I tested it out on one of the onramps. Before I could only go about 50 before you felt like you were going to loose control I was able to go 70 and if the conditions and the only reason I could'nt go faster is because there was a car and I didnt want to tailgate so I had to slow down.
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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Fast mini van/suv hybrid thingey = Teh sex + ftw! Looks nice, Thats the 1st time I looked at one and didn't shake my head!
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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Look like a mini van woot and lowering in the winter.. ummm lol
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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Looks great xtreme!


have you thought about maybe nightshading your tails and painting your headlights black to match the car?
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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****** A man. That bitch looks great! The coilovers make a world of difference on the appearance (and I'm sure the performance) of the car!
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by cereal83
Look like a mini van woot and lowering in the winter.. ummm lol
Why would I care about lowering it during the winter? It's not like I really drive it around much and I dont drive it when there is a large amount of snow so now was as good of time as any.
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Looks great xtreme!


have you thought about maybe nightshading your tails and painting your headlights black to match the car?
Thanks Zach...I have new led tails that I bought but had to send back because 3 lights went out. Hopefully I will get them back soon and then since they were led and will be bright enough I thought about doing that. I did think about the headlights too. Since I have Hid lights I know they would be bright enough. Becuase I hate the way the stock headlights look with my car! But I'm also not sure I trust myself with a spray can lol.
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Fast mini van/suv hybrid thingey = Teh sex + ftw! Looks nice, Thats the 1st time I looked at one and didn't shake my head!
Yeah it looks completely different, Thanks!

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****** A man. That bitch looks great! The coilovers make a world of difference on the appearance (and I'm sure the performance) of the car!
Thanks! Yeah the coilovers do make a huge difference I'm very impressed.
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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sick drop ....that looks perfect now
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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Heres tonights project. My Dual Exhaust



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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 11:26 PM
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Awesome! Looks great with those 19s.
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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no dont nightshade the headlights I meant take them apart and paint the chrome black like your car.. I had my stockers painted black on my old ss and it looked really good!


something like this but maybe you could take a page out of hattrickstu's headlights and leave the outer part of the chrome on the headlights unpainted

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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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A little low for my taste but very nice car.
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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looks bad ass man..the lower the better!!
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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looks GREAT!
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by proZak
no dont nightshade the headlights I meant take them apart and paint the chrome black like your car.. I had my stockers painted black on my old ss and it looked really good!


something like this but maybe you could take a page out of hattrickstu's headlights and leave the outer part of the chrome on the headlights unpainted

Yeah I thought about doing that too. But I'm somewhat worried about putting the headlights in the oven, They are really big and most people who have done it have warped their lights. But I do really like the way it would look....So I dont know.

Also here are some new pics with the car clean




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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 01:36 AM
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how the hell can you make adjustments without taking anything off? lucky...
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by IonNinja
how the hell can you make adjustments without taking anything off? lucky...
This is how.


All I have to do is lift up the car and I can make adjustments to the height. It comes with a little tool that makes it very easy to adjust.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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Ok heres the new pictures....
I got my AGP wastegate actuator installed an my AEM Uego Wideband, Aeroforce Interceptor Scangauge and I blacked out my headlights.

I've ordered my Real Tune Stage 1 and Stage 2 packages (which include bigger injectors an upgraded turbo, and a FIC) I should be right around 410-433 Hp with the tune that I'm having done in a few weeks.



The AGP Wastegate

New Pictures of the back MPx Dual Exit Exhaust (dirty I know)



The new blacked out headlights and more pictures of the drop.....


Still waiting on my led tail lights to be shipped back....My AGP Front Mount Intercooler should be in sometime next week.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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damn man, you gonna kill some corvettes this summer?

That is the hottest srt4 around... headlights look bad ass! The blacked out look flows very nice with the color of your srt

sometime when it warms up you need to let me take some photos of your car!
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by xtremeGM
This is how.


All I have to do is lift up the car and I can make adjustments to the height. It comes with a little tool that makes it very easy to adjust.
height adjustment is easy

I was referring more to dampening adjustments
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