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Old 12-24-05, 02:48 AM
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Question Will Espelir Springs give my car a raked look?

Just wondering if these springs will give my SC a raked look?! For those who do not know what a raked look is......its when the front is lower then the back!! So the *** end sticks up higher?! I am sure you know what i am talking about!! Please let me know. I am in the market for some springs and was thinking about the Espelir springs?! Thanks, Dan.

I want it to look like this car!!
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Old 12-24-05, 02:52 AM
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Or like these!!





I especially like the white one!! He said he had the Espelir Springs on his car but want to know if my car will look that good with 18" 's?!
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espelir/tokico with 18's
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All of those cars in the pics have a little rake, maybe an inch or so, you can see it when looking at the rocer panels/lower door cut and comparing that to the road surface.
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Here is my car with the Supra TT Eibachs.
Here are more pictures of howiedoit's suspension: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hlight=espelir

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Im sure you could obtain the 70's muscle car look you are after with Stock springs in the rear and espelir's in the front.
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WOW!! Thanks for all your input ghuys. That was awesome!! I think i will try to get me some Espelir springs and some tokico's to!! i really like tha combo. I heard that Espelir's lower your car dont ruin the ride quality very much. I was told these were the best for that?! Is that true??
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Originally Posted by 1badceli
Just wondering if these springs will give my SC a raked look?! For those who do not know what a raked look is......its when the front is lower then the back!! So the *** end sticks up higher?! I am sure you know what i am talking about!! Please let me know. I am in the market for some springs and was thinking about the Espelir springs?! Thanks, Dan.

I want it to look like this car!!
Awww how nice

Yeah there's a little rake, not too much... just noticeable. The ride on those springs are really smooth compared to many others I've ridden in. One word of caution though, make sure you get sway bars as well as they have a tendency to slightly rub when at full lock (I had 18x8.5" +38mm wheels).


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Originally Posted by Soarer_25GTT
Awww how nice

Yeah there's a little rake, not too much... just noticeable. The ride on those springs are really smooth compared to many others I've ridden in. One word of caution though, make sure you get sway bars as well as they have a tendency to slightly rub when at full lock (I had 18x8.5" +38mm wheels).


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What kind of sway bars would you recomend??
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My Espelirs ASDs make my car sit nice and flat. I dont like that muscle car look on the SCs. I would definetly reccomend a set of Espelirs to anyone. Eibachs I never liked. They are affordable and they are good quality and all that but they just dont drop my car as much as Espelirs do.
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Originally Posted by 1badceli
What kind of sway bars would you recomend??
A lot of people here have Daizen swaybars on them. They're not available here in Australia so I'll have to look into other brands like Cusco etc.
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Espelir springs/ factory struts on 17" IS wheels with snow tires (so thick)

they're great i would recommend them to anyone.

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For the look youre after , most of the Supra TT setups are designed to have that look.
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espelier/tokico

on 18s.....




stock 16s...



supra tt wheels...



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