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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 03:16 AM
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Any pics of 17" wheels and racing beat springs?

Sorry to make another one of these type of threads, but I've been looking all over this forum for a couple hours, and can't find any. I'm sure some body has this setup. I want to see how much lower than stock the rb springs are.
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 09:03 AM
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225/45's, but im going to 18" rims now, hopefully I dont kill the ride too much



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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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ok, thanks.

btw, my tires are 215/40 front, 215/45 rear.

any more?
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 06:41 PM
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any lower and I would not be able to drive the car safely.

if your into that slammed and useless drift look more power to you, keep your opinion out of his thread.
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Renton
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Racing Beat FTL
No, that's what my stock setup looks like, especially in the rear. (see pic below)

I'm not in to the slammed look. I'd rather have a track car than a show car, but I do admit the car looks better when lowered a bit. I'm pretty set on getting RB springs (along with some shocks of course). I just want to know what kind of drop I should expect.

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any lower and I would not be able to drive the car safely...
My car looks similar to yours in the front. My springs must be sagging.
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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Here you go.




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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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I'm just saying, with the way RB makes their springs you see more cars actually being raised when they are installed compared to the old sagging springs.

Tanabe makes a very good set of springs (GF210's) that lowers the car just enough to fill the wheel gap but are extremely drivable.
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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I agree with the Tanabe statement. GREAT SPRINGS
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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Thank you.

Not too low eh?
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 07:51 AM
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renton- your car looks to sit about the same as mine, you aint that low

and truthfully my car did not sit that much lower, less then 1/4" when I changed the springs, but the originals had 152k miles on them, and now the springs are new.
Some of us dont want really low cars, as it is my front lip scrapes and the exaust scrapes certain driveways.
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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Some of us dont want really low cars, as it is my front lip scrapes and the exaust scrapes certain driveways.
I totally agree. My driveway is a killer =(
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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eibachs would be a very mild drop if thats what you're looking for... what you want to stay away from is if you didn't want a more aggressive drop would be intrax springs
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