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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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Yeah that's what the guy from machiii.net said.. theyr'e doing away with 57C
Old Aug 26, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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Very clean!
Old Aug 26, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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Looks good Vanessa. Take some pics about a week or two later and show us what it looks like after its settled. Also, good rim choice, those will look sick.
Old Aug 26, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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Oh yeah I love the wheels..
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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The first pic was from when I just got my tC. The second pic is from today (10.5 months after) when I went back to the same spot to take a more recent pic. This is the drop Hotchkis springs provide:





I hope this thoroughly helps anyone who is trying to decide on what springs to get!
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:49 AM
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the front looks a little high in that last pic there. how many finger gap is it in the front on yours?
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:44 AM
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Well it's like 2.5 fingers for me but for a boy it'd probably be 1.5 fingers.
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:54 AM
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cool, i'm sure they will settle more as well. i have smallish hands(i wear size small when it comes to gloves) and i have a loose one finger gap all around.
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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lets us know if the gap gets smaller im trying fo figure out if i want hotchkis or 2" drop all around,
Old Sep 1, 2007 | 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by jzibit17
lets us know if the gap gets smaller im trying fo figure out if i want hotchkis or 2" drop all around,
If you wanna see how the hothckis are fully settled, there's a thread on here called "Hotchkis Springs!!!!" (or something like that) that's a good 20 pages long and has guys that have been lowered on hotchkis for years. plenty of pics as well.
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 07:52 AM
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So how often do you scrape, if at all, since you have the ground effects kit? I'm just wondering because I want the Visage lip kit.

Really nice car, by the way :D
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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I don't scrape. heh.. I guess cause I know how to drive a lowered vehicle. This ain't my first rodeo
Old Oct 2, 2007 | 03:47 AM
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i wanna lower my car but was wondering if the Hotchkis springs are too low cuz i dont want my bumper or exhaust to scrape
Old Oct 2, 2007 | 03:58 AM
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Well, my front bumber rubs on parking blocks, but not anything else. My exhaust never rubs on anything.
Old Oct 2, 2007 | 04:09 AM
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I'm just hecka worried. I scrape on steep driveways already.
Old Oct 2, 2007 | 03:57 PM
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I was actually talking to spider. I don't have a lip kit so I wouldn't know about that.
Old Oct 3, 2007 | 01:41 AM
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Haha..I know, I'm just saying.
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 08:58 AM
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i have a white tc too...now i know how mine will look with the drop...
now im saving money for this too besides the s/c!!!!!!!!
Old Oct 6, 2007 | 05:23 PM
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with that drop do you scrape alot?
Old Oct 7, 2007 | 05:19 AM
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in the first pictures also looks lower in the back....... all the springs looks the same or is only hotchkis until they settle???



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