First pic of my car w/new wheels
07-19-09, 09:04 AM
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First pic of my car w/new wheels
I've been lurking/posting for a while now, so I thought I would finally share. Lemme know what you think! I'm in the process of picking out an exhaust and installing the f-sport shifter next.
I would love to drop, but this is my daily driver and we get some serious snow in the winter. Anybody drive in the winter with lowering springs?
I would love to drop, but this is my daily driver and we get some serious snow in the winter. Anybody drive in the winter with lowering springs?
07-19-09, 09:13 AM
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Looks really good!! I have the same issue as you do... Im in Buffalo Ny and have 20's for summer on my AWD. I admit the car would look better with a drop and I bet everyone on here is going to tell u to slam it. The thing they dont understand (since most members seem to be in either cali or warmer areas) is we drive in winter and I just cant justify doing it. I like it a lot though nice wheels!
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car looks great! You might want to change your front tire to 225 to keep the overall rolling diameter to be as close as possible. as far as driving in the winter goes with the car lowered, I live in canada and dropped on F-sport springs, no problems except you do get snow build-up in your wheel wells but that's expected.
07-19-09, 10:11 AM
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I've come over the same issue, i live in Cleveland, Ohio, and our winters are terrible. I wanted to get either Tein S Tech Or Megan springs, and after thinking about it long and hard, i decided to go with coilovers. Sure, they much more expensive, but i'd much rather just raise it for the winter than spend an entire day spend putting them on and then an entire day putting the stock springs back on. You can find a nice set of coil overs for under 1k.
Car looks great! With all the grass around, kind of gives it a green hue
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Car looks great! With all the grass around, kind of gives it a green hue
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07-19-09, 12:09 PM
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If you dont want to go too low just get the F sport springs, I am lowered on those and I handle the recent winter just fine, some times I plow the snow a little, but nothing major enough for me to get stuck
07-19-09, 03:33 PM
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I'm in Rochester, NY, unfortunately a little far from most of you in the Long Island area. SlickRSM is the only person I've found in upstate NY so far.
these are not tfz_hebe89's old wheels, I bought them from Performance Plus auto Online (from California I think).
It's encouraging to hear that you guys have had few problems with the f-sport springs in winter, I might give it a shot.
Hopefully I can get some more pics up soon. Thanks for the compliments.
these are not tfz_hebe89's old wheels, I bought them from Performance Plus auto Online (from California I think).
It's encouraging to hear that you guys have had few problems with the f-sport springs in winter, I might give it a shot.
Hopefully I can get some more pics up soon. Thanks for the compliments.
