So, what did you get for Christmas? Woot! I finally got my coilovers!

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12-25-03, 11:28 PM

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So, what did you get for Christmas?

Woot! I finally got my coilovers! They aren't JIC or TEIN, but Kei-Office coilovers, very firm ride (I now loathe every pothole and corrugations in the road) but damn they make the car responsive! Also I had the Soarer lowered by about 25mm all round. Anyway here are some pics...

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12-25-03, 11:29 PM

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My car before the coilovers were fitted (stock TT TEMS)

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12-25-03, 11:30 PM

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... and with the coilovers fitted (lowered about 1" all round)

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12-25-03, 11:31 PM

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12-25-03, 11:31 PM

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12-26-03, 09:26 AM

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That looks really good. One question, how wide are those wheels?

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12-26-03, 06:21 PM

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Big improvement. Looks good. You should just slam the car and take some pics for fun.

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12-27-03, 03:34 PM

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Thanks guys

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That looks really good. One question, how wide are those wheels?

They are 18x8.5" all 'round, running 235/40 up front and 265/35 up back.

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Big improvement. Looks good. You should just slam the car and take some pics for fun.

You bet I will be! hehhe

I've seen a few pics of yours, looks great! How far did you drop it? Mine's basically only a 25mm drop from stock height (about two finger spacing gap up front, and nearly no finger space gap in the rear)

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12-28-03, 09:40 AM

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tight!!!

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12-28-03, 10:01 AM

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Very nice man, now the car handles like it should

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12-28-03, 02:07 PM

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hey man, the car looks nice, glad you got your coils!!

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12-28-03, 07:25 PM

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12-29-03, 05:12 PM

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Looks good but like others have said slam the car. It would look alot better with zero wheel gap.

-Steve

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12-29-03, 08:01 PM

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You bet I will be! hehhe I've seen a few pics of yours, looks great! How far did you drop it? Mine's basically only a 25mm drop from stock height (about two finger spacing gap up front, and nearly no finger space gap in the rear)

I really have no clue how low my car is now. I never got the chance to measure my car when it was stock height. Plus with the JIC FLT-A2's there are two points where you can adjust the height and Ive been playing with them so much that I have no idea where the original settings were. Im tucking tire in the rear and I have no tire gap in the front. I basically HAVE to go sideways over speedbumps and be extra careful over steep driveways and what not.

BTW, is that a stock color??

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12-31-03, 07:43 PM

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Oh ok cool

I've dropped the rear while it was at the shop (another 10mm, so I'm on about 35mm drop at the rear) and the fronts need a tiny bit of a drop too... but at the moment I have no problem with speedhumps nor driveways (and I've got the factory front lip).

Yup that's a stock colour (on Soarers I know)... Super Silver III (paint code 176)

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