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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedy1973 View Post
    so you have full strut travel... But your maxed out for loweness?? What about running a shorter spring? could that not get the car lower, but loose some of your strut travel?
    Any lower and your subframe will become the next pavment grader.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kuntzie View Post
    the key is finding the correct length, and these are adjustable from the bottom for height so they are always in full travel of the strut
    The other thing would be a useable spring rate/dampening. From what I could find, BC ES coilovers come with 7kg/mm springs up front so about 392lb/in which would work well. Although, I know BC can do custom spring rate/valving.
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    i can tuck over 1.5" of tire, why would i need to go that low, it can near lay unibody
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    Quote Originally Posted by 95naSTA View Post
    The other thing would be a useable spring rate/dampening. From what I could find, BC ES coilovers come with 7kg/mm springs up front so about 392lb/in which would work well. Although, I know BC can do custom spring rate/valving.
    I started out with 400# springs and wanted stiffer, I went to 500# and like how it rides now. It helped a lot with not bottoming out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sandman View Post
    I started out with 400# springs and wanted stiffer, I went to 500# and like how it rides now. It helped a lot with not bottoming out.
    I'm 400lbs up front on a heavier car (95 Bonnie) and it's perfect IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kuntzie View Post
    i can tuck over 1.5" of tire, why would i need to go that low, it can near lay unibody

    Coming from a guy who had a bagged grand prix...

    I just wanna go as low as possible on static... Lower than the **** you can buy off the shelves, if not, i'll just make my own coils, and deal with them being maxed out.
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    need to tuck all the tire on 18s.

    and realistically, everyone i know with BC's (or similar style JDM coils) just droops the springs and doesn't care. they live and function awesome still for some reason.
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