Lowered it today:(

[Mendi3]

[QUOTE=sohc12vm20;2155642]My last late model, Eibach Pro's/Drop Hats with Bilstein sports.
I would think the rears would be some what the same? It just seems more than a 1.25 rear drop...
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Hey, that car looks familiar! :-)

[JT325is]

just go coilovers, your not gonna get too low on sports.

[StereoInstaller1]

Half a coil up front with no spring pads, new thick pads on the rear.

[87e30]

people never learn.

[kronus]

people never learn.

wow, that's super insightful and stuff.

OP, get rid of spring pads up front, find e90 (15mm) drop hats or richard keith's 25mm drop hats, put an extra spring pad in the rear bottom.

Or just hack off half or 3/4 of a coil up front. Some have even taken off a full coil, but those were stiffer springs. Low up front + soft springs = physical oil pan-ground relationship.

[87e30]

wow, that's super insightful and stuff.

OP, get rid of spring pads up front, find e90 (15mm) drop hats or richard keith's 25mm drop hats, put an extra spring pad in the rear bottom.

Or just hack off half or 3/4 of a coil up front. Some have even taken off a full coil, but those were stiffer springs. Low up front + soft springs = physical oil pan-ground relationship.

It's a reminder to people reading this thread. How many of these threads have there been?

If you're picky about ride height then get coils.

[kronus]

If you're picky about ride height then get coils.

That's a pretty crappy viewpoint. This isn't a question of ride height, it's a question of obscene reverse rake.

[ak-]

wow, that's super insightful and stuff.

OP, get rid of spring pads up front, find e90 (15mm) drop hats or richard keith's 25mm drop hats, put an extra spring pad in the rear bottom.

Or just hack off half or 3/4 of a coil up front. Some have even taken off a full coil, but those were stiffer springs. Low up front + soft springs = physical oil pan-ground relationship.

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Again. Don't do this with sports. You will bottom out.

[Erik]

That's a pretty crappy viewpoint. This isn't a question of ride height, it's a question of obscene reverse rake.

I see no obscene reverse rake. I see a late model on evenly dropped springs.

[sohc12vm20]

I think thats what I might do, extra spring pad in the rear.. On this car here I don't want it to sit any lower up front, I just want the back up and i think a extra spring pad might do the trick! Thanks!

wow, that's super insightful and stuff.

OP, get rid of spring pads up front, find e90 (15mm) drop hats or richard keith's 25mm drop hats, put an extra spring pad in the rear bottom.

Or just hack off half or 3/4 of a coil up front. Some have even taken off a full coil, but those were stiffer springs. Low up front + soft springs = physical oil pan-ground relationship.

[VicSkimmr]

I see no obscene reverse rake. I see a late model on evenly dropped springs.

That's what I see too.

Late model rear arches suck, but you either even out the wheel gap and have insane rake or lower it evenly and learn to accept that it's going to give some appearance of reverse rake IMO.

Edit: Or get coils and find a happy medium.

[rabbitude]

I agree about the late model arches, but I have seen a ton of them lowered on various springs and they don't all have the reverse rake you do. The car does have a reverse rake, lowering the front with the low spring rates will cause bottoming, I say go h&r race with drop hats, at least then you will have the spring rate to support the ride height.

[StereoInstaller1]

The half coil deal will be about 1/2" at most, so bringing the rear up about 1/2" will make your stance correct, but the car will be virtually the same height it is now.

[trackjunkie21]

Give them some time to settle.

[sohc12vm20]

Give them some time to settle.