Safe, Good Drop?
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Safe, Good Drop?
i recently bought my rx8 a couple weeks ago, and i am planning to lower my car on tein coil overs after the winter. what is a good looking drop, but is still functional? (low speed humps, drive way bumps, rail road bumps)
I'm thinking about a 2.5 inch drop in the front and 2 in the back
I'm thinking about a 2.5 inch drop in the front and 2 in the back
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on sprint spings which is basically a 2inch drop and its perfect for me.
I avoid speedbumps, but 20% of them are okay to go over, The one at my school parking deck gets me every time and i baarely scrape my midpipe, its a big bump.. the low style speed bumps are no problem whatsoever..
My lip is usually an 1/8 inch higher than curbs.
My doors are always higher than curbs.
No problems whatsoever with RR
Baaarely scrape my midpipe on the sidewalk when going up my driveway
I avoid speedbumps, but 20% of them are okay to go over, The one at my school parking deck gets me every time and i baarely scrape my midpipe, its a big bump.. the low style speed bumps are no problem whatsoever..
My lip is usually an 1/8 inch higher than curbs.
My doors are always higher than curbs.
No problems whatsoever with RR
Baaarely scrape my midpipe on the sidewalk when going up my driveway
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Q5TM_-kTCyw/T-pXCWKkH5I/AAAAAAAAAGI/Ti-QPeKMTOU/s800/IMAG0907.jpg)
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Im not sure if this changed with an alignment, because i havnt had the time to get an alignment after dropping the car.. I dont really mind, i want to kill these shitty nexen tires.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IYDL7vLOj_Q/UG0fnBg4uuI/AAAAAAAAAS0/afVppAaXscc/s800/IMAG1248.jpg)
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Not sure if its okay or not, but as far as daily driving, i believe it is the perfect balance between looks (lowness) and practicality (no scraping on ****, and hitting curbs)
I am unsure if my oem bilsteins make the car lower than standard S1 shocks, so i might even be lower than 2inches...
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