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Old 08-14-2006 | 07:55 PM
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ej u think tht if i just buy a set of springs from Advanced Autoparts (250$ at the most) i wont need anything else?

mill$ u say i need a a camber kit and shocks. any reason y the stocks wont work fine?

-JP
 
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Old 08-14-2006 | 09:08 PM
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thanks civicexracer, i was just going to keep my stockey wheels, good lookin out
 
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Old 08-14-2006 | 09:44 PM
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word!
 
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Old 08-15-2006 | 01:51 AM
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had my 2.5" drop for about 2 years now, no problems, but thank you for the smartass attitude.
You probly don't know your shocks and struts are toast,.....they "go away so slowly" smartass!
 
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Old 08-15-2006 | 01:54 AM
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i think what hes ^^ saying makes sense, but i TOO have been told a few different answers? take mine for example, i plan on dropping like 1.5" i have been told that i need camber and what have you, ive also been told it would be ok with just the s techs...what do you guys thing?
u wont need a camber kit with a 1.5" drop unless u have like 18" wheels or somethin like that..
What does the diameter of the wheel have to do with the alignment specs?????? NOTHING! the wheel dimentions do though....just thought I'd throw that in, so you don;t have time to pitch it in my face......
 
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Old 08-15-2006 | 10:28 AM
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mill$ u say i need a a camber kit and shocks. any reason y the stocks wont work fine?

-JP
well they will work fine, but you need both shocks and a camber kit unless you want to be replacing your tires and shocks way more often than normal. a sitffer spring means you need a stiffer shock, otherwise the shocks rebound wont be strong enough and it will be fighting a spring stronger than it. also, when you lower you get negative camber. that means that, from the front...it looks like this:
/-----\ where the tires are bent inwards towards the top and are closer than the bottoms. with this, most of your weight will be on the inside of the tread and the inside walls of your tires...and since the weight isnt dispersed like it should be you will be shooting through a new set of tires every 3 months.

cheap and good do not go hand in hand with suspension. choose one, drop the other.
 
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Old 08-15-2006 | 12:36 PM
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ej u think tht if i just buy a set of springs from Advanced Autoparts (250$ at the most) i wont need anything else?

mill$ u say i need a a camber kit and shocks. any reason y the stocks wont work fine?

-JP
I think he was just saying to be on the safe side. I am guessing anyway, but i was wondering what to do also.
 
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Old 08-15-2006 | 12:43 PM
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you know what, i'm just going to stop posting because little smartass' that always want to throw in their two cents.
 
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Old 08-15-2006 | 02:51 PM
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ej just PM me with ur knowledge id apreciate it. thnks

-JP
 
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