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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 12:41 AM
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Should I go lower or leave it be?

I've been debating for some time now, should I lower the car a more or leave it be?
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 01:34 AM
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leave it be it looks great
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 06:50 AM
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Looks good to me. What wheels are those?
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 06:56 AM
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What springs do you have?? It looks like it has a perfect stance!! Don't touch it. I have the Hotchkis springs and the front is slammed while the rear is still to high .
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 07:22 AM
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yeah. it looks really nice as is. but if you really want to go lower you can sell me the old ones cheep
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 08:44 AM
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Looks good to me. What wheels are those?
They look like Firehawk wheels (Ronal R15's)... Don't lower it anymore..
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 09:56 AM
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its looks good , the only way i would lower that car if i was you , if i had coilovers, but i dont think you do , so leave it the way it looks. It looks good.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 10:05 AM
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Leave it be, looks perfect
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 11:49 AM
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They're the ronal R15 "Firehawk" wheels like stated above.... it has the pro-kit right now. Sometimes it looks too high to me, at others it looks perfect...
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 12:14 PM
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Isn't the pro kit lower than sportlines???
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 12:16 PM
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Isn't the pro kit lower than sportlines???
That's what I thought too.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 12:29 PM
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I voted to leave it alone, your car is gorgeous as it is now. I especially like the wheels, by the way.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 01:12 PM
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simply gorgeous. i wouldn't bother changing it.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 01:21 PM
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The stance looks perfect how it is, I would leave it alone.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 01:49 PM
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you can never go too low...i love being low...just have to be sure you can manipulate your car properly... i vote go lower...BUT

the stance of you car is nice now too...

tis up to you now..

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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 01:53 PM
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Thanks guys. The pro-kit is 1-1.5 inches all around... I think on the 3rdgens it's 1.25 all around. The sportlines is 1.6-1.8, front/rear.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 02:14 PM
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Originally posted by 91wtROH17's
What springs do you have?? It looks like it has a perfect stance!! Don't touch it. I have the Hotchkis springs and the front is slammed while the rear is still to high .
Agreed, your car has a great stance. Unfortunately, my car has the same stance as 91wtROH17's, but I'm learning to live with it. I have the eibach pro-kit.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 02:26 PM
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Ya 87rediroc, I think I'm gonna try to chop a half coil off of the rears to get a better stance. I have heard a few times that it will help a bit.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 02:50 PM
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I think it looks good, but it would look good lower too. Do you have any lower shot closer pics of the full car, i've been curious what the pro kit looks like as I probably couldnt run anything lower with the ****ty roads I have.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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Beautiful car! I like it as it is. :-)
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 03:35 PM
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leave it. the stance with those rims is perfect.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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Leave it!
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 04:03 PM
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You could lower the Ranger behind it if you wanted to... But your car shouldn't be any lower...
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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Personally I would go lower but you may regret if you use your car alot on the street. If you lower your car anymore the streets may not be so forgiving to your car anymore.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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Off topic - I can't tell if that is purple or moroon or what. What color is your car? (got more pictures?)
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 10:11 PM
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holy crap dude your car is beautiful, dont touch it. i think you should leave it how it is
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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Thanks for the compliments guys. I can't post any pictures cause they're too big, but I'll try and get some later this week. I'm really not positive what the color is, the decoder on tgo says victory red, but the guy at the paint shop said that isn't the color of my car. He said it's flame red metallic or something like that.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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How is your curb clearance? That'd be a deciding factor if it were me. I have the Intrax 2" drop and the nose clears a curb almost too tight for comfort, but it always clears and you could barely slide a sheet of paper between the car and curb. I'd love to got a tit lower but don't want to bang it up

EDIT; BTW your car looks friggin' GREAT :rockon:
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 03:20 PM
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Yeah, I need to check the car on my driveway as I pull in. I think it's pretty close right now but I'm not exactly sure how much clearence there is. My driveway is the only place I'm really worried about scraping at all. I think I'm just gonna leave it. If I scraped the front lip I'd probably have a heart attack
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 04:09 PM
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I like the blackouts on your tailights. I have them on mine as well.

Have the police ever given you any problems with those?
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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I haven't had any problems with them so far...
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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Originally posted by Hg
I haven't had any problems with them so far...
Me either, but they were only on for about a month before I had to put the car away for winter.

I know that they are, uh... slightly less than legal... I was just wondering how far less.

I will stop rambling now
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 07:31 PM
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Hey man...Great Car! Dont change it at all, i was wondering though....what size tires are u runnin? Nice car again!:hail:
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 08:25 PM
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 09:06 PM
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Beautiful car bro. Leave it be. It looks awesome.
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