I'm going to order myself lowering springs for my late Christmas present, but didn't know what a good drop it. I've mainly found 1.6"F 2"R. Is that normal? Will that type of drop actually be worth the money? Or is there a larger drop available that'll look better?

Please keep in mind that I live in KY right now, which has snow at times, heh, and pot holes, and salt, and every other hazzard available.

Thanks!

 

Normal is very suggestive. I have Hotchkis springs with 1.5" drop all around. But when I used to go up north I would always put my stock springs on for snow duty just to play it safe.
If I lived where you did I would go with something like TRD or Tein Htechs with 1" drop for year round use but that is me. 1.6"F/2.0"R is right on the borderline of being too low for anything over 3-4 inches of snow and causing possible front lip damage.

 

Uhhhm, 2".

I'm dropped 2" on Goldlines and I'm in Chicago. I was plowing a bit a week or so ago and the car held up just fine.

 

haha a 44 year old would say something like that.

I was dropped 2" last year when CO got 4' of snow, and my baby did just fine, but now im on bags.

 

i think the usual is 2" GoldLines FTW!

 

i say go Tanabe DF210swith drop a little over 2" good drop for the money but im in sunny cali so its up to you

 

I'm a meticulous old fart that likes my front lip.

 

Eh, front lips are overrated.

Besides, if you screw it up over winter, that's just a good reason to get a new one!

 

what is a good drop? any drop is a good drop, drop it how much YOU want to. on a daily driver a 2 inch drop is a good start, me I am over 5 inches of drop on my daily driver, but that is just me.

 

5 inches?! our potholes would slaughter that thing! you must have some seriously nice streets...

 

nope, I just memorize where they are, and avoid them, along with speed bumps.
I messure 21 inches at the top of the rear wheel well, and 22 up front.

 

The gothbox is the epitome of riding low on conventional springs. You'll be riding in front of it looking back and it looks like a vaccum cleaner. Almost as low as an F1 car.

 

yah 5 inch is a bit muck for me.
im 2.2 front and 1.5 rear, i like the racked look.
even with only, 2.2 in front i still have to take a few areas carefull as ive scraped the ground.
its not too bad, only a few spots around town. then i get plenty of snow but i havent run into any problems, but then again i dont drive thew a 6" snow drift.

 

I'm probably gonna be doing springs this spring... whats a good drop for the crappiest roads in the world? you know the ones here in arkansas where a pothole is as big as an 18 wheeler?

 

Looking good also depends on what size tires you are running-that determines the gap quite a bit.

I am running 205/50-17s and I finally ended up deciding on the Vogtlands-they are a really good quality spring and progressive (means they get stiffer as they compress which is better for cornering as well as keeping from bottoming out) and they were cheap-$150 included shipping from ebay.

They lower it 1.4 inches, my fender to tire gap is 2.75 most of the time, so this will give it a really good look while still being livable.

The tein s or h techs were ones I looked at, the TRDs are good but only a 1inch drop, the progressives were probably my second choice-very close to the Vogtlands but the quality isn't as good.

I am installing them tomorrow and then posting pics-should be cool-I am going to do it even if it snows.....

 

Tanable DF210's...believe me, i wish i would have went that route...i am on skunk2's so its not too bad, like 1.75 i think

 

i just got done putting on my DF210' s about an 1 1/2 hrs ago. holy shnickies, it looks good. but i think i really need to get the shorter shocks in the back. and my 2.25" exhaust is hitting the axle cross member now, so i need to figure something out for that too.

 

Glad to hear you got it dropped but confused how shorter shocks will do anything about the exhaust being routed to close to the crossmember?

 

no..those were two seperate issues. (1)shorter shocks for ride comfort. and (2) fix exhaust issue

 

For ride comfort get the Monroe struts and shocks.
struts #72245
shocks# 5601