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Old 06-26-10, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by motolex722
In the rear, no. I installed a set of FIGS adjustable lower control arms to get into spec. I was running spc uca's in the front but removed them a few days ago. I haven't gotten an alignment yet. Hopefully i'll be able to answer your question on monday but i'm almost positive i was out of my stock adjustment when i had my car aligned with the spc adjustable uca's which left me no choice but to adjust the uca.
As for alignment, the fronts should be no problems. But the rears, I think u gonna need some modifying parts.

I'm 1 1/4" all around and my toe is almost perfect zero. Camber is below 2.
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Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
I have these coils...why would I kid?
Don't know why. Again I thought it was possible that they go lower all around than what was shown in the OP's pic. Appears it may be possible by other means though so I'm still interested in them.
Old 06-29-10, 03:27 PM
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here's a pic from this weekend i took on my phone. Fronts are fully slammed w/o RCA's.

Old 06-29-10, 06:03 PM
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^^ A couple guys here chimed in about the perch and removing a collar. Have you played around with any of them to go lower in the front before you took that pic?
Old 06-29-10, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by motolex722
here's a pic from this weekend i took on my phone. Fronts are fully slammed w/o RCA's.

That looks nice...especially if it's your daily driver. There's a little bit of tuck going on...too bad its as low as it'll go.
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Originally Posted by MrG4Life
^^ A couple guys here chimed in about the perch and removing a collar. Have you played around with any of them to go lower in the front before you took that pic?
No i haven't. It says in the manual that it will void your warranty if you mess with the preload and with this car being my daily driver I cant afford to void any warranty's.
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Originally Posted by fenderzig
That looks nice...especially if it's your daily driver. There's a little bit of tuck going on...too bad its as low as it'll go.

Thanks man. Yea thats about as low as i wanna go anyway. I live in Jersey and our roads might as well be dirt roads. I could only dream jersey had roads anything close to smooth cali streets.
Old 06-29-10, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by motolex722
No i haven't. It says in the manual that it will void your warranty if you mess with the preload and with this car being my daily driver I cant afford to void any warranty's.

I wonder why they would void your warranty for that. Not sure how they would know you've changed the preload unless the shock blows and I doubt changing the upper collar would do much to reliability.
Old 06-29-10, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by GSteg
I wonder why they would void your warranty for that. Not sure how they would know you've changed the preload unless the shock blows and I doubt changing the upper collar would do much to reliability.
Have to agree, no way of knowing unless they disassemble it and see marks in the cylinder... then again, you are not gonna lower it by much to slam it.

I'm going to raise mine up ...can't ride low especially when I'm aggressive.
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what are rca im new to the game thanks guys?
Old 06-30-10, 09:41 PM
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Rear Control Arm?
Old 06-30-10, 09:48 PM
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Roll Center Adapter.


Using the search function will yield TONS of info on them.
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I am thinking about getting coils myself. So after reading all the comment in this post, man you guys are really picky. lol

Coils are design for a sporty look and better handling, that is why they are adjustable to a certain degreed. Just go air if you want to slamm your car. Stop being cheap and cheating your car by pushing coils to the max. I bet 90% of member here daily drive their car and don’t realize how much it would cost to maintain a slammed vechale in the short and long run.
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Originally Posted by bigguppy
I am thinking about getting coils myself. So after reading all the comment in this post, man you guys are really picky. lol

Coils are design for a sporty look and better handling, that is why they are adjustable to a certain degreed. Just go air if you want to slamm your car. Stop being cheap and cheating your car by pushing coils to the max. I bet 90% of member here daily drive their car and don’t realize how much it would cost to maintain a slammed vechale in the short and long run.
Well said. Thanks for bringing us back to reality.
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Originally Posted by onihc
megans slam when you adjust the spring perch. out of the box, maxed out without touching the spring perch, it's the same as BC in these pictures.
I totally missed your post; thanks for clarifying.


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