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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 06:17 PM
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I have tanable coilovers and although I like the ride, I wish I could go a little lower. The rears have a good amount of room left, but the fronts are maxed out. So, since I'd like not to remove a perch ring, I was thinking if I changed the stock mounts that are used to pillow ball mounts I may see a decrease in ride height. My thoughts are the pillowballs are "shorter" than the stock top hats. I saw k-sport sells a pair.

http://www.jdmhub.com/index.php?rout...56_28906_57153

Any thoughts on this or anyone that has or can compare a pillowball amount to a stock top hat to see if the pillowballs are indeed shorter?
Old Sep 17, 2011 | 04:41 AM
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Nope.
There's a good reason they don't sell lowering springs with a 6" drop.
Your suspension won't work right past a 2" drop.
Old Sep 17, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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What brings you to your "nope" conclusion? Have you compared the height of a stock stop hat to a pillowball mount? Just to clarify this isn't a will lowering a car mess up my suspension components/geometry question. My question is are stock top hats longer than pillowball mounts.

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Old Sep 17, 2011 | 12:23 PM
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"Nope" comes from a very reputable racer telling me that, and personal experience too.
You'll probably still go lower anyway, but by design, pillowballs will raise your height.
Old Sep 17, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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So you actually compared the height of a pillowball mount to a stock top hat? Which coilover was it from? How exactly is a stock top hat shorter by design. It's hard deciphering any true information from your condescending posts.
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