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Old 04-26-12, 10:23 AM
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Default question.. for those slammed on stockies

decided to adjust my coils to the lowest setting (while still being able to turn in front) and so far i havent done any body work.
i was wondering if anyone ran into any problems at this height, is there anything that i could potentially damage riding like this?
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UPDATE

so after messing around with the height yesterday, decided to just ride as low as possible



what do you guys think?






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Old 04-26-12, 10:31 AM
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the 2 lug nuts missing frm your wheels for starters.
Old 04-26-12, 10:49 AM
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It might rub.
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stating what coisl you have would help

im wayyyyyyyy lower than thatt and dont rub on full uturns, only rub on dips / bumps. keep in mind if you wanna slam your car, its inevitable that you are going to rub get use to the low life!
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I'm slammed on my 18" stockies and I only rub on a big dip, in the rear... My uca will hit the top of the wheel well before my front tires rub.... I'm on meagan LPs...
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I'm on stance and probably the same height or a tad bit higher on stock 17's. No problems, just might wanna switch out some other suspension parts
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Originally Posted by 4eign
the 2 lug nuts missing frm your wheels for starters.
+1

Your wheels gonna fall off before anything.

No, no damage unless you dont know how to drive. People are WAY lower than you and have no problem. I know cause I'm lower than you and I have no problem besides scraping, but eh
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+1 ... I drive pretty low on bags. I'm on stock 16's and my fender is half an inch on top of the rim. So yes, scrapping and knocking will occur! Only got my rears rolled due to scraping when I had 20's. But turning when my car is low is not good for the front with stockies. It scrapes. Getting fronts rolled soon.
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Originally Posted by 1sWt2GS
stating what coisl you have would help

im wayyyyyyyy lower than thatt and dont rub on full uturns, only rub on dips / bumps. keep in mind if you wanna slam your car, its inevitable that you are going to rub get use to the low life!
im on stance coils, and yea.. figured i was gonna rub, just didnt want to run into any other unexpected problems later on.

Originally Posted by WLGS01
I'm on stance and probably the same height or a tad bit higher on stock 17's. No problems, just might wanna switch out some other suspension parts
what other kinds of suspension parts?

Originally Posted by sc300jz
+1

Your wheels gonna fall off before anything.

No, no damage unless you dont know how to drive. People are WAY lower than you and have no problem. I know cause I'm lower than you and I have no problem besides scraping, but eh
Originally Posted by 4eign
the 2 lug nuts missing frm your wheels for starters.
lmao i was too lazy to put them on

Originally Posted by YxUxMADDDD
+1 ... I drive pretty low on bags. I'm on stock 16's and my fender is half an inch on top of the rim. So yes, scrapping and knocking will occur! Only got my rears rolled due to scraping when I had 20's. But turning when my car is low is not good for the front with stockies. It scrapes. Getting fronts rolled soon.
yea i have problems turning sometimes... is it better to get it rolled/pulled in the front? ( whats the difference)
Old 04-27-12, 03:17 PM
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you're fine man Im lower than that on 20s and when I throw on my 16s every now and then for whatever reason I never have any issues..
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We swapped in my EZ's straight from the box and it looks just like that. Been riding it for about a week with no rubbing.. just watch for pot holes.
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love how the gs looks with no mods and just lowered
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I rode on stock 16's for a while on air. I could slam the car and make full turns. I didn't ride like that, but I rode the lowest possible with the minimum psi required to hold the car up a bit.
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Rolled is just clearance and pull is for more clearance. I got stockies on so my tires hella fat. When I turn, I scrape. But that's just my car. Others posted that drive low said they have no rubbing issues. Maybe I'm just beyond low =p... Envy, what psi were you running at when you had your bags? I'm at 90 psi and my frame is literally a little less than 2 inches off the ground with the UAS spacer bracket and I have a tough time turning unless I push it to 100 psi and that's another inch to barely clear a slow turn. Maybe it's just my stock shock is blown from driving to low. OP, just to give you an idea, if you lower your front 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 more and the back half an inch, that's how low I'm driving. Yours barely scrapes here and there, imagine how bad mine scrapes on turns.

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Roll and pull the fronts and you should be golden. slap on some spacers and the stockers look pretty good.

Things to watch: control arm and ball joints. Ridding low puts a lot of extra stress on them


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