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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 08:33 PM
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^ No not the house work! I have too many projects to finish up there. I'm soooo over modding the house right now lol The house can wait ;-)

Lowness looks good Chris =D
 
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 08:49 PM
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It's raining thol......


I did get ONE Nismo side skirt mounted just now before it started pouring.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by G35Papa
^ No not the house work! I have too many projects to finish up there. I'm soooo over modding the house right now lol The house can wait ;-)

Lowness looks good Chris =D
Thank ye.

I need a little more tuck in the rear. But it's maxed out. It's OEM style. Maybe if I got a lower profile tire? Would it tuck more? Or less?
 
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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You can take out one of the collars in the rear if you havent already and look into the spring mount mod which I did once for someone and won't do it again lol. Not worth the trouble IMO but will add a little more drop. A lower profile will help some as well but stay within 3% of oem tire size
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 10:04 AM
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How many 10 mm washers do i need to replace most of the ones in the engine bay and inside the trunk lid. 10 pc enough or need 20 pc?
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Help with Tein Basics!?!?!?!

I am running Tein Basics on my 05 Sedan. I have the front maxed out and I'm getting all kinds of odd noises when driving over bumps and vibrations. The rear has more room for low but i like the raked look. and my wheels aren't that aggressive (19" Coupe Rays). Should i tighten the front coils more to stop the sound and vibes. Or what I'm open to suggestions.

This is my old stance before dropping the front and rear about half an inch I'm thinking of going back to this to stop the noises.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 05:33 PM
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^Sounds like you lost your pre-load when you dropped it more up front. The basics use the same collar for height adjustment and spring pre-load. Raising it back up will put tension back on the spring and you won't get the clanking anymore

If you jack the car up in the front till the wheels comes off the ground, you should be able to grab the spring and wiggle/move it up and down if you've gone beyond the spring load
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 05:52 PM
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Well i guess that means the fronts going back up a little. Ill just raise it back up the half an inch when i get a chance sounds like crap and bugs the hell out of me.

Basically my Basics are to Basic for the drop i want lol
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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Noises from suspension are almost always improper install, poor lube, or misalligned components (improper install)

Now noises due to rubbing, that's a different story, but falls into improper install IMO also.

In short, raising/lowering should not make a difference in your noises, unless you've lowered it improperly in the first place.

Does that make sense?

Also, most don't come with them, but spring isolators will cure pretty mcuh any issues that AREN'T 'install' issues. You can use any dense rubber for this
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 06:21 PM
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edit: somehow missed G35papa's post, that's good advice, rite thur!
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Well i guess that means the fronts going back up a little. Ill just raise it back up the half an inch when i get a chance sounds like crap and bugs the hell out of me.

Basically my Basics are to Basic for the drop i want lol
^"basically"

Stance, BC, Function and Form....HKS...etc, all cost hundreds more but they have seperate collars for the spring load and height adjustment.

All of them come with bump stops but that's for when you bottom out
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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whats most likely to get damaged when going over a speed bump? My clearance is like 1 inch. With the exhaust hanging a little lower. My ypipe is already really beat up.

Even if I go as slow as I can, how likely is it to damage my oil pan/rear diff/etc. I avoid bumps at all costs, but I don't know where all of them are. And sometimes "new" ones come from nowhere.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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Your cats and Y pipe will get beat up before the other things you mentioned. If you drive slow, you "should" be ok
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 07:11 PM
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Even if I hear that super loud thump? I heard like 4 or 5 of them on the speed bump, along with the scraping noises.

The thumps are what worries me. If it's all the exhaust, that's no problem. But if it's something like the oil pan or differential or what have you, that's what I'm worried about lol.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by G35Papa
^"basically"

Stance, BC, Function and Form....HKS...etc, all cost hundreds more but they have seperate collars for the spring load and height adjustment.

All of them come with bump stops but that's for when you bottom out
I wish i could get a set of those but my Agency Power Exhaust hangs low cause the can. So i think ill keep my current coils for now.

Im going to start my performance mods and handling mods soon instead.
 
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