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Old 12-11-08, 01:20 AM
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Currently my car is dropped on Tanabe DF210 Springs which gives the car a 1.0" drop all around... i have 20x9"F and 20x10.5R rims and i wanted to drop my car a little lower.. I was thinking about buying the L-Sportline Lowering springs which would drop the car 1.2" all the way around... look at the pictures of my car and tell me what you think i should do....
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Dem nuh mek L sporline springs nuh more bredren
If you want to go lower you can either get the SSkit , another spring or coilovers.
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I think it looks great now, but that's just my opinion. I don't think that all the money and effort would be worth another 0.2 inches lower.
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That looks like a good riding height now. 0.2 inches won't make that much of a visual difference.
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Juction Produce or YouZealand SS kit and call it a day.

Best of all, you can still retain your current drop springs with the SS kit and you'll get and extra 1" drop at all 4 corners (total of 2" drop).

The SS kits will set you back about $500-600. Add that to the cost of your DF210 drop springs and the total would come out to less then a set of coilovers or air.
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looks GREAT now... i would leave it
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Wait. I just noticed that you have parking sensors which I think means you have an UL. I was under the impression that you couldn't put springs on an UL because of the air.
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Originally Posted by Boomer01
Wait. I just noticed that you have parking sensors which I think means you have an UL. I was under the impression that you couldn't put springs on an UL because of the air.
I have parking sensor and i don't have a UL.

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Well there goes that question.

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Originally Posted by bonafyd
Dem nuh mek L sporline springs nuh more bredren
If you want to go lower you can either get the SSkit , another spring or coilovers.
I can get a set for 150 new
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Originally Posted by Boomer01
I think it looks great now, but that's just my opinion. I don't think that all the money and effort would be worth another 0.2 inches lower.
i understand what your saying..... my main issue is that the back of the car sits a little lower then the front because of my system and i want the front to be lower so that it looks level.... everytime i step on the gas the back drops and the front kinda lifts up.....
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Originally Posted by Boomer01
Wait. I just noticed that you have parking sensors which I think means you have an UL. I was under the impression that you couldn't put springs on an UL because of the air.
my car doesn't have airbags... it has the parking sensors and the radar camera and the headlight washers just like the UL....


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