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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 06:08 PM
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lowering my car

hey i had some ?'s about loweriing my car
what do i need to do this. right now it is lowered a little bit. the previous owner put tokico gas shocks and eibach springs. thats all i really know about the car like i said its lowered a little too. thanks for ur help
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 06:15 PM
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at this point the only thing you can realyl do to lower it more is to cut the sprinsg. Post pics of your car please, lets see how low it is
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 06:16 PM
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here ya go.
http://www.racingbeat.com/FRmazda1.htm
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 07:16 PM
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heres some pics!
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 07:28 PM
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does that pic help any? im tring to to upload another one on the site but its not working..
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 07:42 PM
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how much do u think i should cut off the spring ?
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 07:45 PM
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i think that geoff meant that we needed to see pics of how your car stands as it is. if we can see how low your car is now, we can give you an idea of what you will have to do to make it lower.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 08:52 PM
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i tryed to post the pic but i didnt work my buddie is telling me that it will **** up the spings if u cut them off. i dono tell me what u think.,

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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 09:16 PM
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There are things called coil stabilizers that you can pick up at autozone that you use to crimp a layer of your coils together, it will dramatically stiffen your coils and lower the car slightly.
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