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Old 12-23-09, 06:20 PM
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Default Coilovers or Rims?..Opinions Please

Well i am currently lowered on tein s-techs but want to be slammed but i also want rims...only problem is i cant have both so i was wondering if i should get the coilovers and be tuckin tires on the stocks or have rims on the s-techs...any opinions will be helpfull
Old 12-23-09, 06:28 PM
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I had the same dilemma. But i got a BOMB a** deal on wheels so i got wheels instead.
Old 12-23-09, 06:29 PM
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coilovers...you're not going to put those wheels on anyway after you have seen how bad it looks without lowering
Old 12-23-09, 06:42 PM
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read the thread. hes lowered on s techs. id get rims. preferable some 19s
Old 12-23-09, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Kaydee
coilovers...you're not going to put those wheels on anyway after you have seen how bad it looks without lowering
oh dam.. i was planning to get rims before lowering...
Old 12-23-09, 07:06 PM
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if you are lowered already, rims for sure
Old 12-23-09, 07:42 PM
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rims for sure, especially when you already have springs
Old 12-23-09, 08:10 PM
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hes on s-techs
id get rims... i was lowerd on those springs for awhile with 19's and it still looked killa

now it jus looks more sexy slammed lol
Old 12-23-09, 08:48 PM
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rims most definitely. coils/ springs will always be in the market, but the availability of a good rim set is hard to come. find the right one, and take it before its gone.
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i'm actually going to disagree with the rest of the crowd here and say get the coils first. that is UNLESS you find a killer deal on rims.
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If you didn't already have the S-techs i'd say coils, but since you do have them, might as well get new wheels and go lower later. That's how I view it anyway
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i was in your exact shoes few years ago, i was on s-tech spring, then decided to get rims right away....*it was a mistake for me*....then months later got coil in the end.

if i have to start it again, I'd get COIL first, rims can come later, especially if you haven't decided which rims you reallllly like. Coil/air w/ stock rims are not that bad actually.....ask SeOuLiS250
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Go coils, it makes stockies look way sick! I wish I would have gone coils cause on my wheels I wish I was slammed.
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get the wheels first since you are lowered some.
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Go for the wheels... You are already lowered.


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