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Old 07-11-10, 01:59 AM
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Lowering 1.5" with Ground Control

I'm buying some GC's but see that they can only be lowered 1.5".
I have a 16"x7/8" RS's that I'm using so would 1.5" be a good drop?
I'm looking for an aggressive look but not "Hellagay"
Old 07-11-10, 04:01 AM
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1.5 should be enough for a stock bodied with 16s

this is only about 1.0in drop on teins with the stock 16


same specs just different wheels
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a higher profile or bigger wheels would help the aggressive look imo
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how much you buying your GC kit??
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Looks good, better than I thought.
I'm buying them off a member for $300 with struts/shocks
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nice.. if you dont like them ill buy em form you ahha I CALL DIBS
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Word, I'll hold you to that
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lol forsure.... or i can trade you my s techs plus cash if you want
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i would like to see these also on a car, was thinking of getting them my self
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Will post pictures tomorrow with my gay 15's on.
I want moar low so if I upgraded the front strut mounts with camber plates, I think it should drop it quite a bit more letting me drop the rears more.
Overall ride quality is decent.
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think you can go with something better then that setup, esp if thats your setup in your sig picture, deserves some real coilovers =)
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+1^

I'm running GC coilovers too and I too suggest coilovers if you can afford them...I got my setup brand new 2 yrs ago for $900!!!! :faceplam:

But all in all the AGX shocks and Eibach springs have been good to me for DD and touge runs

This is a 1" drop in front and rear

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^That drop looks very clean. Obviously not slammed, looks more like how the rx7 should have come from the factory. Nice.
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you can buy camber plates and it will bring it down more on stock struts, have been done on my buddy car sorry no pics but almost like .5 lower
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Originally Posted by Hypertek
think you can go with something better then that setup, esp if thats your setup in your sig picture, deserves some real coilovers =)
$300 for ground controls and tokiko blues. cant really complain. Rides decent and if I bought either racing beat strut mounts or camber plates, i could lower the fronts 2.25" which is fine by me. The rears could be dumped, its just the fronts holding it back.

But after dumping $$$ into my engine setup, I'm starting to be cheap haha.
Whatever, lowered another half inch with my RS', and a front lip, and I'll be fine.
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Originally Posted by Hypertek
think you can go with something better then that setup, esp if thats your setup in your sig picture, deserves some real coilovers =)
Tell John V that ground control sucks. Tell all the people he is beating in autocross too. https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...5&postcount=91
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Actually you're right^^^

A lot of autoX guys and SCCA guys would rather run a Shock/ Spring combo.

I see a lot of guys do the GC coilovers with Koni Yellows and Custom Eibach spring rates....since they are not all about "SLAMMING" a car....the GCs work prefectly for road race applications...
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