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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 10:00 PM
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Eibach kit installed!

http://users.pullman.com/jsjensen/iotus/rx7/06-18-2003/



Still have to get the new engine in there and drive it around a bit to make them settle in.

The front springs are DAM CLOSE to rubbing the tires, and i think that any seriuos bump would make them touch. Something tow orry about? The current tires are 205's, and i'm thinking the next ones will be 195's just for more insurance.

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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 10:03 PM
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Wow, that's pretty low, very nice.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 10:07 PM
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Nice !!!
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 10:13 PM
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i wish my eibach kit made my car sit that low

its probably all in the 17's though. very nice man.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 10:30 PM
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mine are 16's with lower profile tiers than they should be:

205/40/16
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 10:43 PM
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Damn dude, looks badass!! I cant wait to get mine in now!

~T.J.
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 01:19 AM
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16x6.5 or 16x7?
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 01:23 AM
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Could you pose a better side shot?
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 02:17 AM
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hallow, click on the link of his first post and go to pic #1, that gives a great side shot. Man that looks slick as hell. Are they all teh way settled, if not then, like i said on AIM, they would REALLY look bad *** with lowering them another .5 maybe.
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 02:27 AM
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No, they havent been driven a mile yet on this car. so they still have to settle a bit.

the wheels are 16x7.
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 08:46 AM
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Did you put them in yourself?
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 11:37 AM
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i put the rears in myself. for the fronts I took the struts down to the shsop adn they have a sspecial tool for removing the top nut. They did it for $31.

then i installed the front struts again.

~Geoff
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 12:00 PM
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did they just use a rattle gun on the top nut?
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 02:02 PM
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no they have a device that grabs the center part of the threaded bolt, and then there is the socket that goes over than and grabs onto the bolt and unscrews it.

It as a fairly large device, that you cannot buy anywhere that i know of.
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 03:01 PM
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like any of these? id think the last one
http://www.lislecorp.com/tools/catalog/suspens/sus1.htm
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 03:47 PM
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No it was a large contraption bolted to the wall, the way our upper perches are designed they make it impossible to have 2 wrechnes on there because the nut is down too far.

This contraption was about 2 ft wide, a ft deep,and 3ft tall
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 08:21 PM
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I used a standard Mcphearson strut compressor and a impact gun,

worked flawlessly
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