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Old 03-17-10, 10:46 AM
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Hey guys, I current have F-Sport Springs on my ride and am happy with the drop and fender gap in the front but it seems the back needs to drop about .25" more inches. Is there anyway to make that happen w/o going with different springs or coilovers?
Old 03-17-10, 10:49 AM
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nope, not really... sorry
Old 03-17-10, 12:09 PM
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Put a heavy sub and amp in the trunk. ha ha.
Old 03-17-10, 12:14 PM
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gain some weight? lol may be bigger tires could be an option idk.. :0
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What size rear tires are you running?
Old 03-17-10, 12:40 PM
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you can try what they call "preloading" them... a friend of mine tried it on his S2000 and it went down about 1/4 inch, I saw it before and after.

1) lift the car
2) take the wheel off
3) unscrew the top 3 bolts on the top of the suspension
4) using a spring compressor, compress the spring as much as you can
5) while having the spring compressed, screw the top 3 bolts back on
6) then de-compress the spring
7) put the wheel on again and take the car of the lift/jack

try this, drive it for a mile or 2 and measure it again to see if it went down. Dont hate on me if you dont believe on this, ive seen it work
Old 03-17-10, 01:16 PM
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Why do you want the back to be lowered? Actually it looks a lot lowered already. My back has almost no gap.
Old 03-17-10, 01:19 PM
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The gap also depends on the size of the tires too
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1/4 inch (roughly estimated visually) isn't worth the bother. Easier to just fill up the gas tank.
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Im running 275/30/19s on the back. Might switch spring, which ones have the lowest drop with the best ride?
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2 heavy *** subwoofers in a big heavy box. or just roll with 2 fat *****es in the backseat at all times.
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i have no gap on my car but then again im running 255/35/19. my tires are alittle fatter then yours but not as wide as your tires.
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Dude...I am in the same situation, well not quite. I have the f-sports and wanna go a lil lower without getting coilovers. Tein S-Techs will take you lower. Those are the springs that I am thinking about switching to.
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Nite, i think im going to Tien S-Techs as well.
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