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    How Low On Bottlecaps

    Hey all I know this prob been said but I wanted to ask a specific question. I found some bottlecaps and the old crooked chrome 16's are in the shed lol. I would like to know how low you can go on the stock caps while still keeping geometry good because I could really slam this car no because of the wheel/tire size and I don't want to over do it. I can't afford a coil over kit so spring suggestions only please, thx in advance.
    sigpic87 325E The Honey Badger

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    I'd say pretty low depending on what you think "keeping geometry good" is... Probably 2 inches of drop from stock 4x4 height would be a good start.

    Many on the forum run H&R race coils for a drop.

    I'd wager that you could lay frame on bottlecaps if you tried...
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      #3
      Originally posted by DER E30 View Post
      I'd say pretty low depending on what you think "keeping geometry good" is... Probably 2 inches of drop from stock 4x4 height would be a good start.

      Many on the forum run H&R race coils for a drop.

      I'd wager that you could lay frame on bottlecaps if you tried...
      I will prob look for some 2-2.5" drop springs then. I think your dead on, and I calculated how far I could drop this thing and I think putting the frame on the ground would be easy lol.
      sigpic87 325E The Honey Badger

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        Don't go past 2" for a daily unless you have extra oil pans laying around and you want to swap them...frequently.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Poorboyz View Post
          Don't go past 2" for a daily unless you have extra oil pans laying around and you want to swap them...frequently.

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          Roger that! thx again bro.
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            #6


            you can go alot lower then 2" safely, these cars are rediculously high stock.. especially down in TN where they actually have smooth roads..

            btw you can lay "frame" on bottle caps lol
            IG: haggardfab

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