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Old 03-09-2014, 09:04 PM
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17's on the front, 18's on the rear.
Perfection!
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Old 03-10-2014, 07:25 PM
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This belongs to a friend of mine.

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This belongs to a friend of mine.

That is hot! I'd love details on the lowering.
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Old 03-10-2014, 08:32 PM
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Lower it, really? I am 6'1 and have to crawl into the car. Oh well So what I did to make it easier was to install the Gymkana front and rear springs, with new KYB gassers. Dropped the front end 1"1/4 and the rear 3/4". Harder to get into but looks and handles a lot better.
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Old 03-11-2014, 05:36 AM
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VB&P 550 Coils and 8" bolts in the rear. 18" wheels with 255/45ZR18 tires




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Old 03-11-2014, 07:35 AM
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18x8 and 18x9.5
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Old 03-11-2014, 09:40 AM
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Mine is the Black 1970.
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Neat thread on lowering

How low is yours??


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Old 09-15-2015, 06:16 PM
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18's all around.

awesome car
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Nothing to the front, 10" bolts in rear!

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Old 09-16-2015, 09:32 AM
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Your car is perfect!!!!
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17s in the front - cut out 1 coil.
18s in the back - Not sure how much lowered, PO did it. Any suggestions on how to measure the bolts used?


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Old 09-16-2015, 09:57 AM
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Project car before.........................




After lowering front.................




I have lowered the rear to be even with the front , but no pic.
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