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Old 05-16-2006, 06:50 PM
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anyone around here dropped ~2 inches on stock struts, with just different springs? skunk2 says their springs lower by 2", wondering if its going to jack up the car, i.e., fender rubbing, other bad things, etc., haha...

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Do like nike, and just do it. Take one for the team.
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you wont rub if you have stock wheels.
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no rub, but say goodbye to you CVs and you struts. just springs tends to put too much stress on the stock shocks, and a two inch drop puts lots of stress on those CVs..ask Mic Crispy about ridin too low in the rear
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so i need to look at full coilovers for no advserse effects?
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not neccessarily, if you did a spring, strut combo like the koni yellows and the skunk2 springs you might find some good results. try doing a search for the koni yellows and see what people think about those and all the different springs. i know some guys like ameet are running those types of setups
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Originally Posted by XLeezardx,May 16 2006, 08:57 PM
Do like nike, and just do it. Take one for the team.
That's the spirit. I've been thinking about getting some coilovers as well... $$$
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Originally Posted by rion,May 17 2006, 12:56 PM
not neccessarily, if you did a spring, strut combo like the koni yellows and the skunk2 springs you might find some good results.
Don't Konis run about $600. Tack on some springs for another $200, and you might as well save a few more and get coilovers. Don't you think?
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Originally Posted by Bo_Vien,May 17 2006, 11:58 AM
Don't Konis run about $600. Tack on some springs for another $200, and you might as well save a few more and get coilovers. Don't you think?
give me an hour and I'll have a price on konis for you
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Originally Posted by DFWs2k,May 17 2006, 09:28 AM
so i need to look at full coilovers for no advserse effects?
Could help. But dropping any more than an 1" or so will dork up the camber curves so bad you can toss the S2000's handling capabilities out the window. Not to mention the CV carriers are going to develop the divot and you'll be on the bumpstops more often then not.


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