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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:27 AM
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?? for lowered evos...

Im thinking about lowering my evo but have some questions first. The headlights on my evo make a bad view of the road when on. I have them set at the highest setting and the light is too low too the ground still. Would lowering evo make it worse? Is it hard to install all four springs? Is there a how to? Thanks.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:32 AM
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depends on how you lower it, if you lower front and rear the same, it shouldnt make a difference, but a lot of springs lower the front more than the rear, so that might make visibility worse at night. I don't know what the point of the adjustbale headlights is, beacuse I always have mine at the highest setting anyways, the low setting is pretty much pointless....
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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Yea lowering the car makes it worse but there is a way you can adjust your healights. Search in the How to installation forumn...
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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will make you lights lower. here is a how-to adjust them:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=75583

the spring install is easy but you need a spring compressor.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:39 AM
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Yeah the lowest point is useless unless you dropped something in front of your car. Are the front and rear coils the same? If they are then i might just drop the front using the rear springs. The rear is OK, i can probably put two fingers through the wheel gap. But the front, i can probably put 4 fingers.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:40 AM
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no, not the same at all
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:47 AM
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sometimes my friends complain about the brightness of my lights when i'm following them for a long distance. so since were close i lower the lights so they dont blind them.

other than that its just fun for showing off lol
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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Thanks for the link mump. How about for the lowering. Im sure i can rent the spring compressor at autozone. Do i have to remove any brake lines or rotors??
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:52 AM
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I lower the lights on hilly roads in the evening out of courtesy for oncoming traffic, especially if I'm behind another car that I can just follow. I think I'm going to stop, though, because nobody does it for me

I'm lowered with Tanabe GF210 and it's lower in the front, so I still need to raise my lights back up. My highest setting is about = to the lowest stock setting.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:56 AM
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Thanks for the link mump. How about for the lowering. Im sure i can rent the spring compressor at autozone. Do i have to remove any brake lines or rotors??
nope. 3 bolts on top, 2 bolts on bottom and a little bolt clip that holds the brake line out of the way.

in the back, 2 bolts on top, 1 on the bottom.

remove wheel of course.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:59 AM
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Geez that sounds easy. What else would i need after the install. Do i need an alignment? Will the wheels butterfly?
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:01 AM
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Alignment after lowering would be good....
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:02 AM
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on my tein h-techs, I just got an alignment.
Same thing when I switched to Ralliart Coilovers.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:10 AM
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Thanks for all the help guys.
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