I am in the market for some coilovers... and have been doing some research... but i was curious to what people's opinions were, since reading specs on a piece of
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12-28-2010, 04:55 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Maximum Drop From Coilovers...
I am in the market for some coilovers... and have been doing some research... but i was curious to what people's opinions were, since reading specs on a piece of paper is different than actual usage of the product itself... i don't track the car, don't race it, its my dd... i would like to not sacrifice much ride quality, but would like an aggressive drop... i looked into springs but the drops were to modest... any info would help, thanks...
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12-28-2010, 07:22 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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I did a fairly mild drop of 1 inch on the BC Racing ER coilovers and I constantly scrape the little air deflectors in front of the front tires. The car definitely looks much better with just that inch drop.
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12-28-2010, 09:09 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Anything more than a 1.5" drop would make driving the Z a PITA. A 1" drop on eibachs would be good. A 1.2" on Swifts is perfect or the most aggressive drop of 1.5" on H&Rs. GL.
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12-29-2010, 02:17 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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I agree, my drop on the Swifts is low enough so that the car scrapes the plastic flaps under the front bumper on anything more than a slightly dip but I think that the 1.2" F 1.0" R drop is perfect.
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12-29-2010, 07:40 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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did you guys remove the front under spoiler when u lowered the car??
i just ordered kw v3 for my car... debating if i want to keep it or not, the under spoiler is scraping at some rare places.. |
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