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Old 02-12-11, 03:50 PM
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I've been looking at pictures of stock SC, and my car seems lower than others. Maybe my struts are leaking?

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You look lowered. You actually don't have struts, rather you have shocks and springs. The shocks don't hold your car up so leaking won't lower you. If you're not the original owner then the previous owner(s) lower your car. If you're the original owner they your springs have sagged dramatically or you have an elephant in your trunk.
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Here's mine stock....looks about the same to me...
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Originally Posted by rcroller
Here's mine stock....looks about the same to me...
Beautiful car BTW...really like the Black Sapphire Pearl..

It looks like you guys both have stock wheels, same as mine, and maybe that's why it looks a little lower than the comparison car? I'd never seen the wheels on the comp car, and they look larger so I thought that might be the diff?

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Originally Posted by ballain
meaby they come lower in that colour
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Agree with 76210Guy your car is very nice. Love that color and those red MGP caliper covers you installed recently.
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Originally Posted by Bon
You look lowered. You actually don't have struts, rather you have shocks and springs. The shocks don't hold your car up so leaking won't lower you. If you're not the original owner then the previous owner(s) lower your car. If you're the original owner they your springs have sagged dramatically or you have an elephant in your trunk.

Great info, I think the springs might have sagged
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76210Guy, the wheels on the silver SC are stock. I think it's 2010 model
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looks like stock height to me. the picture you posted for comparison looks a little goofy. those wheels look like they may be slightly smaller than stock.
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are those tire 245/40 ?? bigger tire does make it look lower with that shadow & the color
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Originally Posted by cyberlexus
76210Guy, the wheels on the silver SC are stock. I think it's 2010 model
Ohhhhh... OK.
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Originally Posted by grabber2
are those tire 245/40 ?? bigger tire does make it look lower with that shadow & the color
yep, they are 245/40
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Take it even lower...
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Maybe the 06 and higher were lower?
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On the 06 and up aside from the 6 speed tranny, were there mechanical improvements?
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