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Old May 9, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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Nice drop....
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Old May 9, 2005 | 11:20 AM
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Dronells still looking good! The car looks great with the lower drop!
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Old May 9, 2005 | 12:27 PM
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thats looks great man, I have 1 thread left in the front and about 3.5 in the back. The best part is and i'm sure you can confirm now is that they ride so nice for being this low...congrats man..
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Old May 9, 2005 | 01:21 PM
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Adrian,

Do you have any rub in the front with this low? It happened once to me while I was doing 90 and hit a dip on highway. I found out while the suspension under compression, the tires hit the top of the liners inside the wheel well. I the used what I learned from RMMGS4, used a sledge hammer and heat gun to flatten the top part of the liners abd fixed the problem
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Old May 9, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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We did something along those lines, but I didn't think about useing the heat gun...but i only rub on a big dip on the highway, other than that i'm straight under any other condition. except a big driveway but have very few if any here i just turn wide under those conditions...but its the game we play for the looks..great trade off imo. it looks great man. congrats again..
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Old May 9, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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Thanks for the pics Jacob. That height looks great. I think I am going to readjust mine and see how it comes out. The pics were very helpful
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Old May 9, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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Rich,

You're welcome. Here's another pic shows the front drop:


Last edited by JacobT; May 9, 2005 at 02:06 PM.
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Old May 9, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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looks great!!! i just got my CS and EDFC installed last week and i am still getting used to it but it feels fine - almost no different than stock. how do you like your Nitto's? i am deciding between them and TOYO...thanks!
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Old May 9, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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Nitto's do not have the best handling in all high perf. tires but they last. My last set of Nitto's lasted for 30k miles that's why I went with Nitto again.
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Old May 9, 2005 | 07:17 PM
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Cool, I normally have 68 cm from floor to the top of bottom fender for normal daily driving. That translates to 26.7" which is right about where you have yours right now....
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Old May 9, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by JacobT
Nitto's do not have the best handling in all high perf. tires but they last. My last set of Nitto's lasted for 30k miles that's why I went with Nitto again.
Agreed, I had over 2.0 degrees of negative camber on my last set of rear wheels and drove some pretty extensive distances with NO wear! I was amazed when I took the tires off the car.

Needless to say, I went Nitto again as well LOL
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Old May 9, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by D2-AUTOSPORT
Agreed, I had over 2.0 degrees of negative camber on my last set of rear wheels and drove some pretty extensive distances with NO wear! I was amazed when I took the tires off the car.

Needless to say, I went Nitto again as well LOL

ON a sidenote, how much are those nitto tires and do they have wide sidwalls? thanks
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Old May 10, 2005 | 12:27 AM
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looking good man,i think the car looks a lot better with the tein cs

about the rubbing, i think it's ok, doesn't sound like any serious rub

just be careful when you drive up driveway. don't get the front wheel to catch on the fender, that can blow the fender
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Old May 10, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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WOW jacobt, that drop was dialed to perfection.
The rear matches the front , not the sagging *** effect I see alot of for the rear
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