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Old 05-05-2012, 06:50 PM
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I am about to order these springs real soon for my xD. Would anyone like to share their thoughts of these springs?
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I love mine. Nice solid drop, good ride.
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i had them for awhile before i got my coilovers. best drop for springs, and a decent ride. a little bouncy but nothing major.
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does it fill in the wheel gap?
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^sure does. evenly too.
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Pretty good! Any pictures of them with stock wheels?
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here's my RS1 on s-techs. not stock wheels, but they are 16" with 215/55 tires.



i think i'm on my bumpstops on the front. the rear tucks tire right now and the front doesn't. the pic is a day after i had them put on.
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Old 05-08-2012, 03:23 AM
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WOOOW! That sits reallly nice!
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Old 05-08-2012, 10:38 AM
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i like it, though i'd like to be lower.....but my budget doesn't allow for air, coilovers, or hydraulics.
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^smaller tires would help. not exactly the cheapest way, but its less than coilovers. and cut your front bumpstops in half. you might just be sitting on them like you said.
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i'm gonna remove them completely. maybe after work today. i keep the taller tire because i don't want to have to recalibrate my speedo.
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that makes sense. though i just use my gps now for speed. the faster rev is kinda fun, but on the highway its a little ridiculous when the speedo says im doing 80 when really its roughly 70 lol. luckily for me im low n' slow anyway.
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took a picture after the install. looks great with the stechs.
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haha i see you sitting on that speedbump. proof that even lowered on stechs you have tons of clearance left. looking good bro.
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looks good
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haha yeah, we were testing it out to see if it'll scrape. looks like it wouldn't scrape as much. The clearance is pretty good for me and the way it sits is what I expected. hopefully with 17 inch wheels will make the car look even lower
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can't wait to cut/remove my front bumpstops to get the front down more on my s-techs.
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Those did a great job keeping it even. I am looking at doing the same springs on mine. Just have to convince the wife to let me haha.


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