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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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Default Moderate kSport Drop

Before I bought these coilovers, I remember it being extremely hard to find some pictures of tC's on scionlife with kSport Coilovers. So since I just got these put on the other day, here it is for those who are interested in possibly buying these coilovers in the near future, and what it will look like with a moderate drop on 18's looks like.....hope it helps!!!!!















Old Mar 26, 2008 | 11:45 PM
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Looks good. I would kick the as$ of the person that parked that close to you.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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but he parked that close, he the one in front facing the street, lol
unless the frontier has skills to manuver the baby
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:24 AM
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ahaha Thanks....Its an xTerra and I was the one that backed it in on the driveway close to the xterra. LOL.
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^^ looks nice but if u searched under post your lowered tc thread, you would see that i too rock on ksport and would have seen how low i am with the stock rims on. but it seems that you got them and it looks good.
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hmmm. I must have missed it, but yea if I had 17's on my car I would be sitting a bit lower. I'm really impressed with the overall ride quality. Not much worse than stock actually. Would recommend this purchase to anybody interested in kSports.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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ive got the same setup on 17", any issues with rubbing? i wanted to upgrade to 18" a while back but decided against it, now im regreting the decision. heres a couple pics for comparison:

Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:55 AM
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wow that was a real girl moment for me. i saw an xTerra and for some reason put down frontier. my fault, lol, but i was right about the backing in close part.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:00 AM
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how much more travel do you have.. another inch or two?
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:58 AM
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I really couldnt tell you how much more travel i have. lol
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:59 AM
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well isn't it adjustable?!?! how much more sleeve do you have left?
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i cant wait to put my ksport coilovers on my 19" should be interesting
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 04:07 AM
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dude i'm surprised you didn't make a thread!!!
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not just yet. gotta give the rims a worthy thread...with coilovers FTW
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hmmm 19's ought to be interesting. Will be bad ___ if all the fitment works out. I have minor rubbing depending on my speed and bumps in the roads. You will like the ride though. not to bad at all.

As far as my rears go. they are at there absolute lowest setting and the fronts can drop another couple inches, I just cant drop the front all the way do to my 18's will be sitting directly on my fender on the inside of wheel well. I'm at the lowest/safest setting for 18's right now where my fender will not be dented if i hit a super big bump.
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 05:34 PM
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which is how much on front n back?
Old May 31, 2008 | 05:20 AM
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If I wanted my rear to be lowered more....how do i go about doing such a thing if these coilovers are at there lowest setting? Are there other springs i can buy that I can maybe replace or possibly cut up to make my rear where I want?
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^^ the only way i can see in order for you to go lower is to put more preload so that you can go lower. also, dont forget to lower the dampers if you apply more preload, or else your back end will be bouncing all over the place.
Old Jun 2, 2008 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bluaeon
^^ the only way i can see in order for you to go lower is to put more preload so that you can go lower. also, dont forget to lower the dampers if you apply more preload, or else your back end will be bouncing all over the place.
I'm no expert on suspension and wasnt the one that installed these coilovers but i told him to go the lowest as can be in the back. So when you talk about applying more preload I'm not sure what you mean here, but i just know that the dampener is at its lowest setting. Let me know.
Old Jun 3, 2008 | 07:18 AM
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^^ when i say preload, i mean the springs compression. apply more compression to the spring meaning adding more preload...

if your looking at your rear suspension, you have a locking perch on the bottom of the spring. if you apply more pressure on the spring, you are adding more preload. i will see if i can find some picture for you and ill post them up, but let me know if u know/dont know what im saying.



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