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What to do after my Retrofit....

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Old 12-02-10, 05:28 PM
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Default What to do after my Retrofit....

So I finally did my retrofit... now its on to my next move. I figure my tires probably have about a good 5,000-10,000 miles left on them so I figure I could get some coilovers and a good set of tires. Then part of my wants to buy some rims. Decisions decisions. Im leaning towards the coilovers and tires so that way when I get the rims I wont be riding around with so much fender gap. Would like to hear some opinions. Now for the coilovers im thinking of bc racing. Anyone tried these before and can give me a yay or nay?
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woops! How do I change my vote?! LoL

ALWAYS drop a car before rims.
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Here's a pic of the car from the side(before my retrofit of coarse... you can tell by the ugly oxidized headlights on the front)

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woops! How do I change my vote?! LoL

ALWAYS drop a car before rims.
yea i was thinking it would still look nice dropped. Any opinion on the coilovers i was thinking of getting?
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I dont know anything about coilovers... Just bags: (pic of mine when dropped on same rims )

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Please drop it before you get rims!
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hmmm That looks nice all by itself without the rims..... Of that pic sold me. Think I might invest the 2 grand for rims and then buy a body kit after seein this pic.
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I dont know anything about coilovers... Just bags: (pic of mine when dropped on same rims )

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so im probably looking to spend around 1000 for the coilovers then about 400 for the tires... So whats a good set of coils for that price?
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For a grand? You're limited, so you're better off settling for something in the classifieds cause you wont find anything decent for $1000
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I was thinking that to start off with... i could go up a few hundred. so maybe between 1000-1500. Those bc racing ones i saw for just under that so thats why i was wondering if anyone had any problems with them. also seen some megans around that price. I can save up for whatever but just have a lil bit of a timeframe

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For a grand? You're limited, so you're better off settling for something in the classifieds cause you wont find anything decent for $1000
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Originally Posted by Mr Jokster
For a grand? You're limited, so you're better off settling for something in the classifieds cause you wont find anything decent for $1000
Just saw these online... any good? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TEIN-...Q5fAccessories
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Once again, you're asking the wrong guy. I do bags, not coils... There are quite a few writeups on coilovers. In fact one guy bought like 4 sets and did a complete comparison...

I'm surprised no one else is in here.
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