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I think the 275.. 245 combo fits great and I am on 8.5/9.5 wheels
Looks great on your setup, the extra .5" of wheel width adds that right amount of stretch to the tires and it also depends on the type of tire, maybe the PS4S has a bit more meat. Also your wheels may have a bit of a higher offset that brings them in more. The lowering helped a lot and I am happy with them now!
Originally Posted by TarmacSL3
Install the fronts man!!! Just do like me and back into spots with a curb..I did this even before putting on the front lip..On another note @chinee@BMGS We should meet up for the next Cars & Coffee..
I probably will, I just ordered the BeatSonic front camera kit and that should give me what I need to feel comfortable with a bit of a drop. Even with a .8" drop, I still should be about .5" above the standard 6" parking curb height.
Would be nice to meet up one day but my 2.5 year old is currently taking up 100% of my free time! Any of my car/workout/garage project time is between the hours of 2am and 6am lol.
@ BMGs @ Greys0uled I am debating between springs and coilovers. Just want a slight drop, Maybe half that gap. Wish their were springs just slightly lower in the front. To get that I will need coilovers. Also worried about the the shocks failing with the springs. Very hard to find shocks for this car aftermarket.
The Swift springs I mentioned have only a .8" advertised drop, that's likely the most mild. That combined with a close-to-stock spring rate shouldn't stress the shocks.
Over time the springs will settle just slightly and lower just a bit more than when new installed.
Yup, it looks like they are about an inch of drop initially based on the hub to fender measurements, which is a bit more than advertised. It's a good height now in the rears and the floor to base of side skirt measurements are exactly the same in the front and back but its hard to resist dropping the front also when I have the springs sitting here. Installing the front camera will help with the decision.
Yup, it looks like they are about an inch of drop initially based on the hub to fender measurements, which is a bit more than advertised. It's a good height now in the rears and the floor to base of side skirt measurements are exactly the same in the front and back but its hard to resist dropping the front also when I have the springs sitting here. Installing the front camera will help with the decision.
Yea they will settle down. BM you are not suppose to run/mix 2 different spring type rates like that. They are matched with all 4. You should install the fronts to match.
BTW who installed them? If not you, what did they charge? Did you get the car Aligned back again after? Also do you have AVS? If so need to have the AVS system recalibrated for the struts. Looks Great!!!
Yea they will settle down. BM you are not suppose to run/mix 2 different spring type rates like that. They are matched with all 4. You should install the fronts to match.
BTW who installed them? If not you, what did they charge? Did you get the car Aligned back again after? Also do you have AVS? If so need to have the AVS system recalibrated for the struts. Looks Great!!!
Thanks man. The rates are pretty close to stock but yeah I will have the fronts installed once the front camera goes in. I did the rears and will get an alignment after those are done. It's non-avs. It feels great as is though.
Guess she's finally broken in. Only had her since 69K. Favorite car I've ever had by leaps and bounds.
Just made a trip to the Big Island and thought several times about how nice it would be to have more miles of roads to drive on. Would never have occurred to me to think about this if I didn't have this fun, driveable car. Puts a smile on my face every time I drive.
Told you it happens lol, I actually think this one is cracked on the left side
I was driving behind a silver 15 FSport yesterday with wheels and possibly lowered. It looks really nice. There was a Corolla driving in front of us trying to keep up. That poor rolla didn't stand a chance and ended up moving over as soon as the road clears.
We were riding together for a while until my exit came up and I gunned it to 99 and disappeared. I don't know, it feels really good when there's another GS FSport riding along since they're quite rare around here. This car doesn't age at all. 2013-2020 FSport still break my neck every time I see one.
I'll get this back on track as a photo thread. I finally washed it after it being in the shop for the front lowering, control arm bushings, alignment and some other stuff. I don't know what goes on in these shops but I always have to break out the compound and polish to fix marring or scratches that the shop introduced to the paint. I was going to bring it back to adjust the alignment but decided to learn how to DIY.
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