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Old 10-24-05, 04:44 PM
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What do u think should be the first thing i should do to my car?....get shocks + lowering springs? coilovers instead?.....or hit it with a sound system?... i was considering dropping the car...but now that i think of it.....winter is just around the corner do u guys think that lowering the car at this point is really a smart move? and if i lower it what do u guys think is the best drop?... is 2 inches too much?.....

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Do you plan on driving your car in the winter ?
Old 10-24-05, 04:59 PM
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If you're considering suspension setups, I vote going coilovers over springs and shocks. It always seems that most people that go springs and shocks first end up converting to coilovers in the end, so you might as well go coilovers the first time around and save the money....
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I vote coilovers also. If I were you I would save your money until winter is over and then do wheels and suspension at the same time.
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I agree with everyone above. Coilovers is the best route to go, although there's nothing wrong with going the shock/spring route, but considering you're driving this car during the winter months in the snow...with coilovers, you can adjust the height to a level thats driveable in the winter and then lower it during the summer months. If you're thinking of going shock/springs, im selling my Tanabe GF210 springs. Let me know!
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Originally Posted by TLW
Do you plan on driving your car in the winter ?
yeah, its a daily driver...=]
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so im guessing a sound system would be a dumb choice huh?
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Originally Posted by tone
yeah, its a daily driver...=]
Then airrunner LOL so this way your not a snowplow with our crazy winters
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Originally Posted by TLW
Then airrunner LOL so this way your not a snowplow with our crazy winters

OMG I DIDNT EVEN THINK OF AIRRUNNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOUR THE BESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!@$!@%$_@^%)@


*puts on hooker boots and walks to the corner..... when it comes to airrunner...a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

no...but....really. lol
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Originally Posted by tone


*puts on hooker boots and walks to the corner..... when it comes to airrunner...a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

no...but....really. lol

Hunts point Ho LOL
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if money isnt a problem i would do the system now, im doing all my interior mods in the winter and the exteriors in the summer.
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Hunts point Ho LOL
ahahah...you'll see me on the next COPS episode running away from police in some knee-high stockings talkin about "no officer im not prostituting myself for money, im doing it for airrunner"
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