My 2003 Lancer ES!
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finally got my hands on some coilovers, dropped her all the way! Both perch rings are out in the back on both sides. In this picture the front is maxed, but i just recently raised the front about a quarter of an inch due to lots of rubbing..
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Nahh haha i used toothpaste lol i guess you could say kind of sanding cause toothpaste does have a grit in it but i rubbed it on my headlight with a dry paper towel and then wet a paper towel and wiped it off. Did it about three times on each headlight
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Oh ok I thought about that but didn't believe it actually worked lol
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Maaan, that's cool. How is the ride on the local streets? When I say ride I'm asking specifically about it's harshness. I'm so confused where suspension is concerned, I can't make up my mind. Arrrgghh!
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Yeah thats what i thought but i decided to give it a try cause i didnt wanna spend the 20 or 30 on a good restoration kit. But it works..probably just as good as any of the kits too and its easier and faster
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Now for ride quality, if you set the dampening all the way to stiff, man the ride is stiff as hell. Especially if youre maxed out cause there is pretty much no preload in the springs. Lol the first time i drove my car after the coilovers being on, i set it all to hard and as each day went by, i spun the dampers 2 clicks towards soft and it will do just that. As your riding after you just changed them, itll gradually change to what you set it at, pretty cool in my opinion. Right now im 6 clicks from hard in the front and 4 clicks from hard in the rear and it rides nice. In that setup, i took my mom for a spin but she said it road pretty good! I thought she woulda been like damn this rides like ****! Hahah but naww she was fine with it! So that should give you a good example of the megans! She also drives an SUV where its bouncy af so that coming from her made me realize i bought good quality coilovers
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Oh cool, I never thought that actually worked. Thank you for the heads up though. I actually just paid like $10 for the turtle wax brand yesterday at auto zone. Will try both! I tried some off brand before but never had good results.
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Yeah i know what you mean! Haha im one of those stance guys so i was trying to find the coils that slam our cars the most haha i dont know what youre into but ive heard that BC makes coilovers that lower our cars really low as well but i picked megan cause megans known for lowering cars in general a **** ton. Now tein just makes everything for racing so i didnt want them.
Now for ride quality, if you set the dampening all the way to stiff, man the ride is stiff as hell. Especially if youre maxed out cause there is pretty much no preload in the springs. Lol the first time i drove my car after the coilovers being on, i set it all to hard and as each day went by, i spun the dampers 2 clicks towards soft and it will do just that. As your riding after you just changed them, itll gradually change to what you set it at, pretty cool in my opinion. Right now im 6 clicks from hard in the front and 4 clicks from hard in the rear and it rides nice. In that setup, i took my mom for a spin but she said it road pretty good! I thought she woulda been like damn this rides like ****! Hahah but naww she was fine with it! So that should give you a good example of the megans! She also drives an SUV where its bouncy af so that coming from her made me realize i bought good quality coilovers
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Ohh no problem man! And the roads are absolutely horrible where i am and if you drive 15 minutes away in any way, they get even worse and lol im on stockies, 14 inch steelie with im pretty sure its a 185/65 tire. So i got aton of absorbence by the tire but im also maxed out so if you dont max yours, you will definitely be fine
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Yeah thats what i was going to get but then i just gave the toothpaste a try. Let me know how that works compared to the toothpaste though! That would be cool to see
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That would be cool, probably I will try one headlight with toothpaste and the other with the turtle wax.
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