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Which ride height looks better?

Before
41
75%
After
14
25%
 
Total votes: 55
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:37 am

Cheers Will, no probs Nickp owes me a burger this time :lol: - you going mate? I must have a ride in Karan's white knuckle mobile this time....
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:44 am

yeah sure i am, should be a good one :D
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:29 pm

the lower the better i say mate. mines lowered 60mm and i want it lower! my mate had a lovely green 325i touring that was lowered 80mm on 17in momo arrows with limo tint windows, now this looked totally pimpin!!!!! :cool:
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:06 pm

i just put some cheap ass tyres i had lying in the garage on the rear as my rear tyres were shagged

however i have been having some probs to get the car to stay in a proper slide... i put them on for the sole purpose of drift rubber but they are utter wank, car feels very jelly like with high grip level on rear and sudden breakaway, even with 44psi rear pressure. -moral of story- cheap tyres not always better for drifting


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Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:35 pm

I agree Karan,

the high powered jap drift cars use 17's still to drift! The lower profile makes drifting easier I think, less flex in the sidewalls.

40mm with 17's and lots of power and an LSD means there enough movement in the rear, but not too much, like standard.
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Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:14 pm

it looked like ya springs had broken at the rear. keep the drop equal to avoid looking very strange and wrong.
but its what you like at the end of the day matey. :cool:
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Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:29 pm

No Dave.

Its too low at the rear. Even if you level it out by taking the front down, I still think it'd look pooh. But I'm not really into "slammed" cars anyways.

Just IMHO.
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Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:01 pm

Phaaaa!

Don't listen to Russ...

60mm all round dude...

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Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:27 pm

Geeman wrote:Phaaaa!

Don't listen to Russ...

60mm all round dude...

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Says you, who lowers his car on photoshop, but keeps it standard for the road!

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Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:00 pm

Excuuuuuuuuuse me!

My Cabby was 60mm all round, the track car is even lower... so don't give me that, Jasper!

Sport will be lowered as soon as I have sufficient funds to do so...

Bloody Rice boys... Phaaa! :wink:
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Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:18 pm

:P
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Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:32 pm

Dave, IMHO, before looked okay (maybe even a tad low there) but after it looks plain silly.

Needless to say i voted before!
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