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Old 09-24-02 | 12:01 PM
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just a pic of that big wheel gap, I want to ger rid off.


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Old 09-24-02 | 12:39 PM
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Get bigger tires!! LOL!!
Old 09-24-02 | 02:35 PM
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Just lower the car dammit !!
Old 09-24-02 | 06:13 PM
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Are those the 16" wheels from the LS430? If those are 16s, the tires appear way too low profile for a GS...
Old 09-24-02 | 06:34 PM
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Originally posted by squarehat
Are those the 16" wheels from the LS430? If those are 16s, the tires appear way too low profile for a GS...
I think he has 17's, not 100% sure though.
Old 09-24-02 | 06:38 PM
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as richie says they're 17" ers... indeed

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Old 09-24-02 | 08:41 PM
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perhaps a mild body slam?
Old 09-26-02 | 05:50 PM
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Blue,

You and I both know that your subconcious(spelling) is telling you to drop the car. So why are you fighting it? Just like Richie said,
"Drop it, da*n it." Believe me if you are worrying about your gaps so much, you will like it when your car is dropped.
Old 09-26-02 | 06:22 PM
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Blue was asking about the Eibach's a while ago and of course the CL response was "Go for it."

I think he's getting ready to surprise us.
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d*mn right I will surprise you pianodude .. lol

but even with eibach's I still will have an important gap.

And I decided not to change the shocks, so I am still looking around for another solution....... but I will slam that body down...

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Old 09-28-02 | 01:50 PM
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If you lower the car with springs, it is highly recommened that you change the shocks because the stock shocks not last very long after a lowering job. Once the stock shocks go, your car will bounce multiple times over a bump, just like those ricer Civics.
Old 09-28-02 | 06:30 PM
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Get the TIENs from the start. Once you lower, stock shocks go. Your ONLY replacement option that will handle the abuse after that is the TRD setup ($700 from RMM). That puts you at roughly $1100-$1200 after installation and alignment (including your springs). About the same if you would have gone TIEN except that with the TIEN you can go as low as you want. Just my opinion.

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Originally posted by minh
Get the TIENs from the start. Once you lower, stock shocks go. Your ONLY replacement option that will handle the abuse after that is the TRD setup ($700 from RMM). That puts you at roughly $1100-$1200 after installation and alignment (including your springs). About the same if you would have gone TIEN except that with the TIEN you can go as low as you want. Just my opinion.

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Thats a pretty good opinion! I agree. I wish I had done that from the start. Now I've spent about $900 on Eibach springs, KYB shocks and (3) alignments and I have to save all over to get the new full suspension!

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Rico,

900 $ ?????

eibach pro kit over here, installed and realignement of wheels etc.. is about 390 US $ !!!

that's a lot you've paid .....

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Todd is talking about springs, shocks, install and alignments. It does add up, but the springs alone retail here for about the same price as you're getting.


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