Atilla

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NO! we are NEVER to do that ever again...

lol - we almost lost john that time. lol

sephyobsessed

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almost lost him as in...he almost bounced away into the atmosphere? or.....

he almost had a piercing from his tooshie to the top of his head? o.O

Atilla

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he would have had a nut shot in his ***...






























































the hat nut that sits on top of the strut of course lol

sephyobsessed

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you had to word it like that didn't you?

At least he would've been able to use the bathroom more efficiently

kevinrogick

LOL okay so I'll rent two spring compressors when the time comes, plus beer and pizza for you knowledgeable folk. Lemme know when's a good day (Dozer, Atilla, anybody else) and ill request it off at work. Also, as for the struts, is it worth putting new ones since we're doing this whole install anyways?

Atilla

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new shocks to go along with the springs would be a very good idea but many of us who don't really track the car n' simply go for appearance just slap the springs on the oem shocks n' call it a day.

Thing is with the different spring rate and sizing of the aftermarket springs you'll eventually run into a problem with the shock blowing out n' effecting the rebound. It usually doesn't occur immediately tho - it takes like a couple of years of daily driving for it to settle like that.

your call tho - if you wanna save a buck you don't need it but it would be a good idea if you don't plan on upgrading to a full coilover system later on down the road.


btw, pizza and beer would be awesome. If you throw in some cigarettes i'm sure john will love you forever and ever...

mike[piston eater]

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im down for aN INSTALL

kevinrogick

I'm gonna look into getting some new struts then, or at least some low-miles OEM ones. I won't ask about which struts on this thread lol but so just to confirm, here's my shopping list:
Springs (check)
Struts (optional)
Spring compressor rental
Pizza
Beer (unknown brand)
Cigarettes (unknown brand)

Am I missing anything?

Atilla

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nah, looks good.

Cigarettes = Marlboro 100's red box

Good shocks = Tokico dspecs, koni yellow's, bilsteins.

beer will be up to whoever wants some. I'll be back on my diet next weekend so i'll have to stick to hard unsweetened liquers like vodka n' straight whiskey's.

slvrstreak

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you would say that you crazy mesican

edit: you took the part about mexican brews and Dos Equis off tillz
now my post doesnt make sense

mike[piston eater]

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i would like to be paid in md2020 lol

The Reverend

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spring compressor pfft - just throw a sweatshirt over the top

kevinrogick

I read that the KONI yellows will drop the car a little more. The S Techs I bought give a 0.7" drop in the back, 1.4" in the front. With that and the KONIs, is my 8 gonna be scraping on every damn speed bump out there ?? And as for the compressor, I'd rather pay a bit and make it easier for everybody rather than have the aforementioned nut going up somebody's *** lol

mike[piston eater]

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plus when you return the compressor to autozone you get the deposit back

shadycrew31

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just need to learn how to drive a lowered car.. Aint no thang...

kevinrogick

Lol teach me the ways, oh wise one. These speed bumps are the worst, and that flimsy plastic under the engine bay is shitty.

mike[piston eater]

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profiling, rx8s have everything tucked up if you do scrape its only the useless cat lol

Atilla

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^+1 w/what shady said.

an s tech drop isn't too bad. It's not too bad until you're dropped about 2inches n' daily drive on the 101/10/5 in L.A. then i could understand how that could be a problem.

besides...iono about everybody else, but i don't really mind wrenching every once n' awhile.


p.s. - the nut in the *** was purely because of our n00bness.

kevinrogick

If only I could avoid most of Santa Ana's streets, then I'd be fine! haha jk, I'm sure it'll be all right. I just Dont wanna drop more than 2" or I'll probably lose the cat knowing my luck.

dozer

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dozer

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mehhh youll be fine in Santa Ana...the worst that could happen is your undertray ripping off

kevinrogick

Funny you should say that, I lost a chunk out of my old undertray out of nowhere and had to get the whole thing replaced. Expensive-*** piece of plastic

dozer

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yeah i havent bothered looking for a new one. but i think my drop is a lil more aggressive than yours

mike[piston eater]

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hahaha or run no undertray

kevinrogick

hah radical thinking. There's an aluminum (or some other light material) undertray out there, but it's a couple hundred and only protects the middle. I gotta find somebody who knows about cutting and forming sheet metal, if I could get a custom piece of metal under there.....problem solved. I'll be scraping **** on purpose