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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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Finally gonna slam my xD! :] I'm definitely gonna lower it with coils. I don't know which ones to go with though. I want the lowest drop possible. haha comfort is not a big thing...since its not gonna be anyways lol help please!
Old Oct 12, 2011 | 12:31 PM
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me and a previous xd owner (xdtool) have/had our cars slammed. hes flushed. im nearly to the ground both runned k sport. they are pretty good.
Old Nov 7, 2011 | 06:21 AM
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you guys got pics of your slammed setup ?
Old Nov 8, 2011 | 10:40 PM
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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 07:04 AM
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im on C8sports
Old Nov 16, 2011 | 07:05 AM
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^sexy bro. i want to see your car in person
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its going lower. lol WAYYYY lower
Old Nov 16, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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how are those c8sports? havent seen them except on ebay. same for nex. just looking at options, since they seem to get pretty low. i dont want to buy coilovers that dont go a nice chunk lower then i already am (2.2in on tein stechs). though lowest ive seen thats advertised was the nex at 2.5in all around.
Old Nov 29, 2011 | 03:52 PM
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going back to stock in a week or two for the winter. then next yr going moar low with new wheel setup.

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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 04:51 PM
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im slammed on tein stechs and i love it only bad thing are the potholes it hits hard and my windshield wipers turn on lol.. think next time id go with eibach sportlines or if i had the money coilovers. itll be my first winter being slammed so this should be interesting.
Old Nov 29, 2011 | 11:07 PM
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Back when ii was on springs.. df to be exact. My car did not like snow lol .. some scenarios be like ur car being a shovel or hitting ur exhaust which is nothing but still lol .. ima take my coils off nd go stock
Old Nov 30, 2011 | 04:54 AM
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im on dfs and last winter in nebraska i was convinced that the city of omaha should have been paying me for plowing their roads. im wanting to go lower as well, im just stuck on if i want bags or coils. they both have pros and cons though. i just dont know if bags will allow me to ride as low as i really want to ride without messing something up. but they would be nice coming up to speed bumps, or my driveway. they take up alot of space and have to do maintenance. coils on the other hand, you can ride super low all the time, if you wanna raise it up then you have to spend a while working on the car to raise it and they dont take up any extra space. decisions decisions.
Old Nov 30, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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I was on ksports when I had my car.

fronts will go forever low, i wasnt able to get the rear as low as i wanted though, i think slim's setup is perfect.









my short stint with 15's:







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sorry for the massive picture book
wish i could have gotten it as low as i can get my accord, i prolly would have never gotten rid of it.
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If you can afford to bag it thats what I would do...Hit up Randode, tell him I sent ya...
Old Dec 10, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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bag it for sure. i love my 08 xb on air. if the wife would let me her 2010xd would be on air too.Randode does a great job
Old Dec 11, 2011 | 11:13 AM
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can you roll that low on air though? i was under the impression if you did it would mess up the bags and be unsafe. maybe im wrong though
Old Dec 11, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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i can roll aired out on my xb and still turn and what not
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Originally Posted by firstkingofbeer
can you roll that low on air though? i was under the impression if you did it would mess up the bags and be unsafe. maybe im wrong though
you can, i know there are a lot of people in the culture now that use bags where even at proper riding pressure, the car only raises 1-2" etc.

Its still all preference, i prefer coilovers to bags, but both have their place and people will have their preferences.
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do you have to get specific bags that only rise a little or can you use the normal bags they sell? im torn between which to get now. lol i was going to go with the coils just so i could always ride slammed since i thought you werent able to on bags. but if i could ride slammed with bags then that definitely would have pros like around speed bumps lol.



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