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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 10:52 PM
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I'd like to thank bluevelvet for the free laces, well it was in exchange for install and alignment certificate Gotta love Edgar Lozoya!

no need to confirm it.. I was joking.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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no need to confirm it.. I was joking.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 09:57 AM
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I dig the Varrs LM reps, but damn they are heavy. How does the car ride with the added wheel weight? Apollos are like 22lbs vs Varrs at 26-27lbs.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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I dig the Varrs LM reps, but damn they are heavy. How does the car ride with the added wheel weight? Apollos are like 22lbs vs Varrs at 26-27lbs.
Feels about the same I mean they are an inch wider than my previous set up . Something I noticed today is, since I'm running a "True" Coilover setup, the spring perch ring is about 2 mm away from the inner barrel lip
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 02:07 PM
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what is the difference between a true coilover setup compared to others? Are BC coils a true set up??
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 02:14 PM
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^BCs use the rear spring bucket so they are not a true coilover.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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Oh.. Makes sense
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by CandlestickPark
^BCs use the rear spring bucket so they are not a true coilover.
so the rear coilover sits in the bucket and works w/ the strut? I haz confusion....
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Matzo Ball Soup
so the rear coilover sits in the bucket and works w/ the strut? I haz confusion....
Nope, the spring is within the strut like your front suspension setp.

OEM =
Front - spring is within the shock
Rear - spring sits inside spring bucket and strut sits by itself

True colover setup
Front - spring is within the shock
Rear - spring is within the strut

here's a pic
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 02:47 PM
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ahhh, makes sense. So w/ BC coils, i will also run the OEM rear struts as well.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 02:52 PM
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^ you will run OEM style coilovers, you prob would use the BC strut in place of ur OEM strut. So when r u ordering these bad boys? It's an endless money pit, that's what the lexus is sitting the way it is right now.
 
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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haha, coils wont be going on until summer at the earliest. Waiting a bit.
 
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 12:55 AM
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Are there any sedans out there running true?
 
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 01:06 AM
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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I use to run Stance GR+ true coils but they were way too stiff for me after a while. Sold them and went with the LX oem style instead. Tyco...true coilovers have a larger shock in the back which is why it is closer to your rim. I had the same issue but mine was hitting and I had to raise the car and eventually buy different tires...I failed at getting it all right when I got this last set of rims lol

Some of you guys are intermixing the term strut with shock. A strut is actually a suspension component made up of a spring and shock...etc.
 
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