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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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how much do you drag after a 2 inch drop and rims/tires?? just would like to have this info before i do it..
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 12:44 AM
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i kinda feel dumb asking but saw your post this morning and no one has a response for you.....i am left utterly confused by wtf your asking what do you mean DRAG?????
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 12:50 AM
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He's asking about the drag coefficient of the car and what percent change lowering it two inches has. Kidding.

I think this will answer your question:
Yes, you may scrape the bottom of your car a little, or hit your fenders/liners with bigger wheels & tires, on a 2 inch drop. Will it hurt anything? No.
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 01:48 AM
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I've had no issues on tein's that are a 1.9" drop with 235/45/17 tires and 17x8 rims. there is a 0 finger width distance from tire to fender.
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Zefoxe
I've had no issues on tein's that are a 1.9" drop with 235/45/17 tires and 17x8 rims. there is a 0 finger width distance from tire to fender.
that could be due to wrong offset though huh? i was just wonder about like speed bumps and things like that. any problems? im trying to see if its going to be majorly low or not.
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 03:59 AM
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im on tanabes so like 2 inch drop. and im really careful about speed bumps and ditches and what not. only hit one speedbump so far cause my car was fully loaded with people and the bump was extra high
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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depends on what your daily load is like.
Do you drive a lot with passengers in the back? Do you have a large audio setup or carry any heavy loads?
I'm on df210's, which is a 2.2" drop in the back, 18" wheels and a medium sized audio setup. I'm fine with no back passengers but with two people in the back I have to be careful going over large bumps or big dips in the road.
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 01:12 PM
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King, if you drop it, at some point, on some road, you're gonna hear something rub or scrape. I have DF's which are around a 2" drop with 18" wheels, and I've rubbed nice big holes in my well liners. Its not a big deal. Just drop it and enjoy it. The wheel well liners are plastic for a reason.
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Old Jul 2, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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yah, i plan on enjoying it, haha. im going to get it dropped may take till august, but it will be done.
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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i drive over speed bumps on a daily basis on my street, even with +200lb passengers, no scrapy scrapy
Old Jul 3, 2010 | 02:35 AM
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rock on. i cant wait to get my springs. how difficult is the install?
Old Jul 3, 2010 | 06:33 AM
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took 4 1/2 hours with hand tools
Old Jul 3, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Zefoxe
took 4 1/2 hours with hand tools
oh great, that sounds fun
Old Jul 3, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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Its not hard, just time consuming. Make sure you have some offset wrenches for the top half. Or those dogbone wrenches sears and harbor freight sell(not true dogbone wrenches)

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Originally Posted by cobaltbravo
Its not hard, just time consuming.
nail on the head. try to have someone help out to, especially to pull off the springs in the rear and removing the top bolt on the struts. a spring compressor would help also
Old Jul 4, 2010 | 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Zefoxe
nail on the head. try to have someone help out to, especially to pull off the springs in the rear and removing the top bolt on the struts. a spring compressor would help also
yeh, im going to take it to the hobby shop on langley AFB. taking a buddy or 2 with me, shouldnt be to bad..
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You're lucky, they ripped down the hobby shop at Dover AFB. It was a craphole anyway..

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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by cobaltbravo
You're lucky, they ripped down the hobby shop at Dover AFB. It was a craphole anyway..

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if they do that, then ill go to Oceana NAB, or Norfolk NB, or Chesapeake. it dont matter
Old Jul 17, 2010 | 07:32 PM
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I have the following set-up for reference:

18x8 +35 offset
Tanabe DF210 Springs
Grinded lip of inner rear fender almost all the way down...
Pretty big audio set-up in the rear hatch
I weigh 200 #'s

Ok when I am by myself I rub every once in awhile in both the rear and the front...But this is only on large dips in the road...I take speed bumps very slowly...The fronts are rubbing on the plastic fender liner but only barely so it's no big deal...The rears I think bottom out because of the extra weight, they don't rub on the inner lip because I grinded the fender lip down...With my kids in the back, it rubs much easier on smaller dips, but again its only hitting plastic so it doesn't bother me...
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