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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 12:43 PM
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Intrax or sportlines...which is lower

hey wanted to lower my car and just wanted to kno which set of springs will lower my car more the sportlines or the intrax
if u got pic of ur car wit either spring plz post
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 03:46 PM
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Intrax is lower. All the intrax pics I've seen look VERY low.
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 04:34 PM
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Originally posted by Hg
Intrax is lower. All the intrax pics I've seen look VERY low.
Yea I to think intrax is a bit lower. I have heard that they are too low and sag over time. I have the sportlines with 17x9 wheels and I would not even dare go lower.
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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intrax are lower
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 07:36 AM
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I've seen cars with Sportlines that were lower than Intrax and I've seen cars with Intrax that were lower than Sportlines. I guess it all depends on the car. I have Sportlines and chose them over the Intrax due to several bad comments about them from users.
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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I have the intrax springs in the front, i having got around to installing the rear ones. I have no problems with them yet. They are pretty low though. My car is about 1/2 an inch lower than before.(Had 200,000 mile V-6 springs holding up a 350 so it was low.)I have stock size wheels and tires for a 91 RS and the front fender is just low enough that you can't see the top of the front tires. The car handles a lot better and seems to be a lot stiffer. I have very little body roll and I only have the little V-6 sway bars.
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 12:31 PM
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ya iunno i have a iroc wit a 350 up front and i think my spring are worn cause it sit pretty low but i want it low enough to have almost no fender gap...does anyone now how high stock 85 iroc's are from the center of the fender to the floor?
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 11:57 AM
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anyone???
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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 06:00 PM
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Well The sportlines are 1.75" right? and the Intrax are 2" drop so right out of the box the intrax are already lower then the eibachs. But the thing about intrax springs are that they like to sag...ALOT. Especially if you ever do competitive driving. I had them in my car and it gave me a 2" drop. I went to SCCA about every month for maybe about 4 or so months. After that my car was dropped about 3" if not more O_o if your thinking it could be my struts/shocks I changed them over to new stock replacements and it was the same. Those things really like to drop your car. So if you want looks intrax are okay but personally I think their crap.
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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 06:48 PM
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The Sportlines front springs drop is 1.85-2.0" while the rears drop is 1.5" which is supposed to make the car sit level (Formulas and GTAs/TAs in particular) or give a slight rake.
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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 08:49 PM
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ya i think i'm gonna go with to sportlines
thax for all the help:hail:
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 01:22 PM
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here's a pic of mine with intrax, I don't suggest them I've had them for lil over a year now and they are beginning to sag, and the ride is gettin rougher and rougher, IMO the 2 inch drop was perfect but after about a year the sag is makin me think I wanna get some eibach's
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 01:27 AM
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are the intrax progressive or linear for the front and rear?
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