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I want to drop my car...the only problem is if i should get springs...then eventually new struts/shocks...or coilovers...my dilemma is where i live and go to school winters are rought a lot of snow...and also problem potholes and shitty roads...anyway if i get springs i cant adjust height but w/ coilovers i can but there a lot more $...i want to know from people with springs...liek tein s-tech eibach sportsline or anything else if there clearance is good in the front...or should i just get coilovers(although i hear bouncy ride)?
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I have the eibach sportlines and absolutely love them. Ride is a little stiff but what do you expect with lowering your car. I have nothin to complain about with them.
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I have the eibach sportlines and absolutely love them. Ride is a little stiff but what do you expect with lowering your car. I have nothin to complain about with them. Yea, and some people ride around on their stock shocks for a couple of years with no problems
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yea im just worried about the winter...and the snow..and also making it up my driveway lol and the big pot holes i come across that i cant avoid ...
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I have the eibach sportlines and absolutely love them. Ride is a little stiff but what do you expect with lowering your car. I have nothin to complain about with them. Yea, and some people ride around on their stock shocks for a couple of years with no problems right, you should be able to ride on stocks for like 50k miles
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You can get Teins basic dampening kit, it's their entry level coil over and it's $825 at www.i-m-racing.com [ i-m-racing.com] It's a little more expensive than buying springs & shocks, but you the ability to raise the car.
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yea im just worried about the winter...and the snow..and also making it up my driveway lol and the big pot holes i come across that i cant avoid ... Dude I have Sportlines and VS-1 on 15" stock weels and I'm totally fine...
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i went with the tanabe super ss coilovers and the hotchkis rear camber kit. i live in ohio so i know how winter can be and potholes and i have been fine. Do some sort of adjustable suspension because you will not be happy with just normal lowering springs
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reason i wanan drop my car is im thinkin of gettin some 17s and i think a drop would be neccessary...and coilovers would destroy my wallet and then i couldnt get rims til middle/late summer...
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What's more important to you? Wheels or Suspension?
Shocks + Springs will run you around $600 for something nice, that's only $200 more than Tein's entry level coil over. If you're really worried about pot holes & driving in the winter, then you're better off spending the extra $200 on coil overs.
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i lowered my car with goldline springs and i know that i am gonna buy a beater for next winter
a kid told me that celicas handle like crap... i laughed
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Or just keep your stock springs and install 'em back in the winter time...
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^ you'd have to get an alignment every time you did that, plus it's easier to just turn the "rings" on coil overs with the wrench You can't have your cake & eat it too. You've heard what everyone has to say, now the ball is in your hand and it's up to you
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^^^ the ball is in your court... (hand? - )
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you gotta have the ball in your hand to do something with it I never understood why some use court
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that's the saying bro - it's a metaphor alluding to the fact that the situation is now under your control... like if you're playing tennis and you're about to crush a forehand down the line - you control its direction, rotation, and speed - whereas as soon as the ball passes over the net the situation is out of your hands
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you guys and your balls. get something with adjustable dampening if you're worried about ride.
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jsut get the coils it will be worth it in the long run
A boats a boat, but the mystery box could be anything....Even a boat!
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hows good are the tein basics?? i hear good things about the ss...and their only 200$ more
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They probably won't ride as smooth as the SS or perform as well, but what do you expect from an entry level coil over. If you want Performance, then I would go with the SS or Tanabe.
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