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Old 01-26-10 | 07:16 PM
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Shave em with a dremel or belt sander
Old 01-26-10 | 07:16 PM
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so shave and dont roll??
Old 01-26-10 | 07:19 PM
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rolling can cause dimples in the fender , you can roll em but I'd just shave em 1st.. If its still rubbing than roll em
Old 01-26-10 | 07:21 PM
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lol.. that's low??? when i had to put my stock 16s back on, i couldnt even turn... no such thing as too low if your car is driveable.
Old 01-26-10 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Anthony
rolling can cause dimples in the fender , you can roll em but I'd just shave em 1st.. If its still rubbing than roll em
Thanks will deff do that
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lol.. that's low??? when i had to put my stock 16s back on, i couldnt even turn... no such thing as too low if your car is driveable.
no i know it isn't too low lol... It was just really annoying listing to the damn cover scraping the whole way home. (just fixed that with some good old zip ties) now i just scrape getting into my driveway. But its okay 2morrow I am going to buy some lugs and throw on some BS wheels for now
Old 01-26-10 | 07:24 PM
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ohh sgvdd525 can you pst some pics of your ride. I want to see how low you drive...
Old 01-26-10 | 07:26 PM
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Throw on some 18.5's, and get some 19's for the back, and get ready for some rolling
Old 01-26-10 | 07:27 PM
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lol 18.5s is there such thing??
Old 01-26-10 | 07:34 PM
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There are spacers that can be put in between the coils. I found a set of 2" spacers all around when I put my bags on they go in between the coil to bring them apart, may be enough to stop the scraping.
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Originally Posted by LudeNsoL
ohh sgvdd525 can you pst some pics of your ride. I want to see how low you drive...
this is my car rolling on the freeway


and here it is parked.


note that this is the 1st day my car came out of the shop for a complete paint job so it was raised up which is still kind of high for me still. and my wheels are 19" btw.
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lol 18.5s is there such thing??
lol
Old 01-26-10 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LudeNsoL
My mechanic told me to come back tomorrow and he could raise it up a little. I don't know how, but he said he could, and that he has done it before on other cars. What should i do.
I would assume he'll probally put coil spring spacers or thick spring pads. Not much else you can do to cut springs.

Pads and Spacers are pretty common for leveling, getting an inch or two of lift, or restoring height on wore/sagging springs.

Take some more pics of it dumped out like that before changing height, cause it looks sweet!
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Originally Posted by 99 GS3
I would assume he'll probally put coil spring spacers or thick spring pads. Not much else you can do to cut springs.

Pads and Spacers are pretty common for leveling, getting an inch or two of lift, or restoring height on wore/sagging springs.

Take some more pics of it dumped out like that before changing height, cause it looks sweet!
take pics of your ride in the daylight!
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That's an awful lot of white cars in one freeway shot!


Originally Posted by sgvdd525
this is my car rolling on the freeway

lol
Old 01-26-10 | 07:41 PM
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yea i love it
Old 01-26-10 | 07:42 PM
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heres another....


my car is still too high for me...
im trying to achieve this look



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