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Low enough? I know, it's not slammed... but it scraps enough as it is...
Black 2000 NB8B, lowered with skirts, voodoo, pioneer head unit, bd roll bar, sparco sprint V, more mods coming soon...
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Damn, that looks nice!
Need to find myself a set of 8B wheels!
Need to find myself a set of 8B wheels!
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r_muir86 wrote:Low enough? I know, it's not slammed... but it scraps enough as it is...
That looks like mine when I first installed the BC Racing BR series coilovers using their default settings (Front: 315mm(12.4"), Rear:310mm(12.2")).
I began to FEAR speed humps since I constantly dragged my arse over them so I bumped the rear up to 327mm(12.7") - Keith Tanner from FM recommends that the rear should be 0.25"-0.5" higher than the front for optimal handling.
Here's what it looks like now - no scraping so far:
Here's what it looked like OEM:
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r_muir86 wrote:Low enough? I know, it's not slammed... but it scraps enough as it is...
looks sweet with those skirts + lowered.
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IB1ZA wrote:reflex wrote:Detail - Tein S-Tech Springs (theoretical 35mm fr drop, 20mm rear drop). I haven't measured the drop yet as i'm giving the springs time to settle. I will post before and after measuremenst in a couple of weeks. I installed Whiteline fr and rr adjustable swaybars at the same time.
Where did you buy these from?
MX5 Mania, still haven't measured the 'settled' drop yet.
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I find myself driving slower since lowering the car hahah scanning for bumps and potholes
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My shitter looks like this nowdays.
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r_muir86 wrote:Low enough? I know, it's not slammed... but it scraps enough as it is...
Nice one Rob
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Before and after the Eibach Pro-Kit. Not slammed, but much better than stock.
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Is currently a little lower in the front than this.
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Love the look of these wheels, anyone know brand/size/width/offset?
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Awesome, thanks for that Honki!
I thought they almost looked like extreme minilites.
Cheers,
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I thought they almost looked like extreme minilites.
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