Body Kit or Good Drop???
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Body Kit or Good Drop???
okay guys i have a problem here...
this isn't really an issue for most people but i live in Georgia where it is very hilly and i have to deal with Speed bumps every day i go to school.
i want to know if i should get the either Auto Couture or Vertex kits i was thinking about and probably not drop it but half an inch bc otherwise it'll be too low and scrape or just lower the car 2" or so and get rid of all wheel well gap but probably not have room for a body kit and have to do 97+ conversion instead...
so basically in short, should i prioritize the body kit and see how much i can drop or do the drop first...
if anyone has both a body kit and dropped their SC and succesivly go over speed bumps every day without ever scratching please let me know what solution you found, i would hate to spend all this money and **** it all up on a speed bump.
heres the picture of the car now with its gaps...
heres what the car would look like with all of the gap gone, courtesy of Black_SC, this is the part in question if i would have enough clearance of speed bumps...
any pictures, advice, or personal stories would be helpful in anyway, i just need a game plan before i start throwing money around, thankyou
this isn't really an issue for most people but i live in Georgia where it is very hilly and i have to deal with Speed bumps every day i go to school.
i want to know if i should get the either Auto Couture or Vertex kits i was thinking about and probably not drop it but half an inch bc otherwise it'll be too low and scrape or just lower the car 2" or so and get rid of all wheel well gap but probably not have room for a body kit and have to do 97+ conversion instead...
so basically in short, should i prioritize the body kit and see how much i can drop or do the drop first...
if anyone has both a body kit and dropped their SC and succesivly go over speed bumps every day without ever scratching please let me know what solution you found, i would hate to spend all this money and **** it all up on a speed bump.
heres the picture of the car now with its gaps...
heres what the car would look like with all of the gap gone, courtesy of Black_SC, this is the part in question if i would have enough clearance of speed bumps...
any pictures, advice, or personal stories would be helpful in anyway, i just need a game plan before i start throwing money around, thankyou
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from the pic it looks like your sc has the same stance as mine after the gaps are gone (can't fit my pinky into gaps). I scrape all the time with speedbumps and what not (I'm on 19 inch volks with no bodykit). previous owner screwed me over and never sent the adjustment keys to the coilovers, so i'm pretty much stuck until I can get a set.
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so if i install the coilovers at a shop would it be easy to adjust the coilovers by myself? as in under an hour or so?
bc if ur scraping with no body kit then this could be a real problem i dont want my daily and only car to not be able to go over speed bumps...
i think im gonna put on some HKS RS Coilovers, they look like the best option as of now. i guess from there i can see how much room i have to work with right? just want to know with those coilovers will it be easy to move them up and down to see if i can fit a kit afterwards?
even after my senior year is over in may im either going to Alabama, Clemson, or Florida State i haven't decided yet, and for all i kno it could be a speed bump minefield at any of them lol
bc if ur scraping with no body kit then this could be a real problem i dont want my daily and only car to not be able to go over speed bumps...
i think im gonna put on some HKS RS Coilovers, they look like the best option as of now. i guess from there i can see how much room i have to work with right? just want to know with those coilovers will it be easy to move them up and down to see if i can fit a kit afterwards?
even after my senior year is over in may im either going to Alabama, Clemson, or Florida State i haven't decided yet, and for all i kno it could be a speed bump minefield at any of them lol
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I have the same body style as you w/Tein SS and I'm dropped to where I have about a 1cm gap between the wheel and fender(probably less). Everytime I go over a speed bump I slow down a lot and i mean A LOT to where I'm going like 1mph. I do this because If i go over the bump too fast like an idiot I might scrape. When I go out of steep driveways sometimes I scrape the bottom part of my front bumper, even if I do angle out. My suggestion to you is do a 97+ body upgrade because it looks so much better than the pre-97 body. Don't slam the car like I did and leave 1.5 finger gap in front and 1 finger gap in the rear.
Good Luck with your decision!
Good Luck with your decision!
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k i think i'll go with the coilovers first then...
has anyone heard any good things about the HKS RS Coilovers?
they retail at like 1900$, i think i could get them at around 1k or so...
i've heard they are a lot better then tein
has anyone heard any good things about the HKS RS Coilovers?
they retail at like 1900$, i think i could get them at around 1k or so...
i've heard they are a lot better then tein
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I have teins. I recommend staying away from them.
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