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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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Besides the Tanabe DF210's which other different brand gives the lowest drop?? Lastly, for anyone thats had the df's would you say that the drop was too much, not enough, just right, or wished you had gotten coils?? Thanks!
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 05:05 PM
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Your gonna wish you had coils regardless springs are going to drop the car differently over each wheel your car will be lower on the driverside by about 3/8 of an inch than the passenger side blower!!!
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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i just got the DF's installed 2 days ago and i like it.. its a temporary setup for me.. i will go coils one day once my stock shocks blows out!
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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I think TEIN H. Tech has the lowest (if you mean least) drop of all GS aftermarket springs.
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 04:08 AM
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You can check out Swift Springs. I use them and I am very happy with them. I went down only ~1" and I prefer this stance rather than very low, specially if you go with 20" wheels.
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by lkapimp216
Your gonna wish you had coils regardless springs are going to drop the car differently over each wheel your car will be lower on the driverside by about 3/8 of an inch than the passenger side blower!!!

why is that????
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 01:34 PM
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all I am going to say is I started with H tech springs ( way more conservative than DF210) and ended up switching to coils not because the drop was just to conservative but also because the springs sag. I had Tanabe NF210 on my Infiniti that sagged and my H tech also sagged. My coilovers are perfect. It will cost you a lot more but its totally worth it in the long run
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by JBasco20
why is that????
The car at factory ride height is like that, you won t notice it until you close the wheel gap. the cars weight isn t evenly distributed so i causes the car to be lower on the driver side
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 05:12 PM
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Thanks for all the feedback so far guys. Really appreciate it!
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