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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 12:03 PM
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i have a 2gs3 and its droped with h&r springs the ride is a little stiffer and lower than i wanted. i raised the car back up and sold the springs to a friend. my question is what spring would give me about an inch drop and still be a smooth ride? been lookin at the eibach's is anybody running these springs and if so how do they ride? any info you guy's could give me would be a great help!!!!
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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Had a prokit on my last car. Drop is 1.1 and it feels like stock
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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Go l-tuned you will get your inch drop and keep your stock ride quality. Eibach makes the l-tuned springs for trd.
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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if you drop with springs and your shocks have quite a few miles on them can you blow out your shocks?
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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I have L-tuned springs and they drop about 1" all around. Rides almost like stock, but not quite
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by eskaeone
if you drop with springs and your shocks have quite a few miles on them can you blow out your shocks?
Yes...You need to change your struts to a stiffer aftermarket setup that will handle the higher string rate of the performance spring
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by toeb
i have a 2gs3 and its droped with h&r springs the ride is a little stiffer and lower than i wanted. i raised the car back up and sold the springs to a friend. my question is what spring would give me about an inch drop and still be a smooth ride? been lookin at the eibach's is anybody running these springs and if so how do they ride? any info you guy's could give me would be a great help!!!!
I think i saw you out the other day. I donno for sure though cause there are so many gs300's around now. Anyways.........you need to do struts man! You cant just ride around on springs and your old oe struts or of course youll be bouncing all over the place. The tein and kyb combo has me satisfied.
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ECUgs430
I think i saw you out the other day. I donno for sure though cause there are so many gs300's around now. Anyways.........you need to do struts man! You cant just ride around on springs and your old oe struts or of course youll be bouncing all over the place. The tein and kyb combo has me satisfied.
what part of n.c. you from? im in and arround charlotte alot...any ways i plan on doin the struts a little later so for now i just wanna do the springs. you know the funds get a little tight sometimes, how much were thoes kyb's? also been looking at the coil overs they just cost so much...
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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I would just save up for springs and shocks or maybe if you do want to wait for the funds for some Tein CS... just to save you labor time if your installing it at a shop...
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