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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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i got the megans they go low enough for the car to look good and still ride pretty smooth
You have a picture?...Of the car that is
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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no matter what its not gonna ride like stock, your gonna feel every little bump alot more
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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Oh I know, I just want better than now
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 08:33 PM
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You have a picture?...Of the car that is
heres a couple not maxed out either jus set enough to look good




the car is raised up a little in the one since i moved it to washington and the roads suck
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 08:33 PM
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are the h&r's that bad? haha
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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Thanks carstedt looks good.

For the most part its not horrible but it can be very violent at times. I feel the front struts bottom out over certain bumps and it literally moves my dash! The sound is so bad that I can't believe my tires haven't blown out or bent the rims yet. I feel the airbag is gonna pop out one of these days I think the springs are too soft for the drop it is. If that makes any sense.
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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thats y ill never slam mine because i dont want a rough ride wher im feeling every single bump and feeling lik my struts are bout to blow...i put mine low enough to take away sum wheel gap but still high enough wher its a pretty smooth ride
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 09:20 PM
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mine sounds perfectly fine ive just been bouncing around alot more haha
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by carstedt
heres a couple not maxed out either jus set enough to look good




the car is raised up a little in the one since i moved it to washington and the roads suck
My buddy's ss/Tc looks the same height as yours in the first 2 pics and he's on sportlines lol
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 11:08 PM
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Im looking at getting the bc br types and wondered if people like them ill have a 18x9.5+30 rim on the car probably gonna take the locking rings out maybe on the coils if i get the bc's
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 11:15 PM
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BC's full low with all locking rings in:

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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 01:46 AM
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BC's full low with all locking rings in:

Looks real nice, how you like the BC's? Those are what I'm looking at
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 01:57 AM
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Anyone know what to do about the popping end link noise? are there shorter ones we can use for when the car is slammed?
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 06:04 AM
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You can buy moog Endlinks for the ss. They are shorter than the ls ones
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 09:17 AM
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Ah, thank you. That's exactly what I'm going to do then.
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 10:28 AM
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What about HSD?
They aren't made anymore iirc, which is why I chose not to include them, but if you find some used somewhere they would be a good choice, manufactured by the same company who makes the stance coilovers


And Randy that looks great man, I didn't realize the BC's went that low
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 03:49 PM
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Thanks guys, I like the way the BC's ride and they go low enought for me at the moment. They can go lower if I take out the lock rings but my cv axles dont like them already. haha I need someone to make mounts for the auto asap!
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by RandyO
Thanks guys, I like the way the BC's ride and they go low enought for me at the moment. They can go lower if I take out the lock rings but my cv axles dont like them already. haha I need someone to make mounts for the auto asap!
Definetely getting them! A couple questions if you don't mind:

I'm assuming your getting bad axle bind? Any other problems?
Did yours come with the BC endlinks?
Can you adjust the rear dampers with them on the car?

THANKS!
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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Just real bad axle bind. Mine came with the new BC endlinks and the rear dampners are kind of apain to adjust on the cdar but its possible if you have little baby man hands. hah

Also, how much are you gonna pay for yours? Caus eI can get them pretty cheap from Import Image Racing if you'd like

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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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modern has them for 970+shipping so around that
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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Hmmmm....Josh over at IIr got mine for 850 shipped to my door.....jsut sayin.
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 09:06 PM
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Anyone on KW v1?
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 09:34 PM
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OK, I really like what I've read about the BC's and I think those will be my choice. Also from a financial standpoint.

I see from your pics RandyO that it's quite low. I don't think I'll be going that low with them, do you know how much higher they have to be so you don't have axle bind?

Being my DD in MN I will probably get lazy and not want to adjust from summer to winter, so I want to find a nice middle ground. I want lower than my Pedders. I had Sportlines before and I thought that was a pretty good ride height, maybe even a tiny bit lower. I had no issues in winter with my Sportlines and winter tires since I have an LS.

So hard to choose. I just need to hurry up and save and get something before the end of summer.
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 09:36 PM
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ksport

can go alot lower in the front and thinking about taking out the lock rings in the rear

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpacak/7347493656/
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by RandyO
Hmmmm....Josh over at IIr got mine for 850 shipped to my door.....jsut sayin.
I just found this thread and am very interested in this 850 shipped thing you are speaking of... What site is this?
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