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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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that'll be nice then. Three s14's with gunmetal cr kai's. we should eventually have a photoshoot haha.
Old Jun 16, 2007 | 04:10 PM
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somebodys gonna have to photoshop. we live at opposite ends of the country
Old Jun 16, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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2 examples of the CR kai on silvias
http://www.workwheelsusa.com/gallery...kai-corona.JPG
http://www.workwheelsusa.com/gallery...hi_s14_012.jpg
Old Jun 16, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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looks pretty damn good. i think white would look great.
Old Jun 16, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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yeah white is pretty nice...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...g/PIC-0011.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...g/PIC-0010.jpg
Old Jun 16, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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love teh emotions, those rims look great on 240's
Old Jun 16, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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J, meet up after you get some paintwork done?
Old Jun 17, 2007 | 02:44 AM
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since people are giving suggestions of colors.

my opinions.

green with white wheels
red with white wheels
white with polished wheels
Old Jun 17, 2007 | 04:08 AM
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Somebody's been neglecting the girlfriend. Looks like you've been busy for the last year and a half man! Good job!
Old Jun 17, 2007 | 07:27 AM
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I have no money right now after paint, so I'm not gonna buy new wheels or anything like that....nor am I interested in painting these...

The main reason I like the gunmetal color is that they it is so versatile in terms of what color car you can put them on....

Still gonna do white paint on the car

Also, not lucky enough to have a girlfriend lately in response to positron hahah
Old Jun 17, 2007 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by jspaeth
I have no money right now after paint, so I'm not gonna buy new wheels or anything like that....nor am I interested in painting these...

The main reason I like the gunmetal color is that they it is so versatile in terms of what color car you can put them on....

Still gonna do white paint on the car

Also, not lucky enough to have a girlfriend lately in response to positron hahah
"If you build it...they will come!"
Old Jun 17, 2007 | 08:49 AM
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I'd say yeah lower the front a bit more until you have about 1finger gap. For the rear you can go a little lower if you rolled the fenders, if not you'll rub.What are the offsets on the rims? They car looks good overall.
Old Jun 17, 2007 | 08:51 AM
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I'm pretty happy with the rear...as of now, if the suspension has to travel more than 1/2 inch in the back, they might rub there

Gonna go like 1/2 inch lower up front...can't roll fiberglass reinforced plastic really without cracking plastic

Wheels are 17x9 +17

I dont wanna go much lower overall, bc you reach the point where you adversely effect handling, and I am pretty sure I am past that point already....control arms are below parallel
Old Jun 17, 2007 | 06:17 PM
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Ok, so I just lowered the front about 1/2 inch, as per everyone's suggestion...

Here's the deal...in the process of taking off my front coilovers (I was cleaning them too), I realized I may be reaching the lower limit of the coilovers...

I had already cut the bumpstop down from about 2 inches to about 1.2 inches a few months ago to pick up a few mm of susp. travel....so this time, i cut it down to about 3/4 inch....

Now, with the car lowered this extra 1/2 inch in the front, I only have about 1 inch or so of suspension travel left, before the shocks tops begin to hit the bumpstops....

This basically means on big bumps, I will probably hit the bumpstops, but for regular driving it should be okay

I want to get the ride-height set before I get an alignment, and I want to test out the new ride height before I get aligned

I will post pics tomorrow of the front lowered an extra 1/2 inch, and let everyone know if I am bottoming out....if this is the case, I will have to probably go back up...

According to my measurements, I am about -1.8" rear and -2.8" front

Starting to get pretty low in the front....prolly too low to where its gonna effect handling adversely
Old Jun 17, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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Nice!! i love those rims what are they?



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