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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 04:06 PM
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Unhappy Installed GF210's........

And man this car is way to low, is it possible I could have put the springs on backwards I installed them with the lettering facing upright.
I feel like my poor Evo looks like a ricer car
The front of the car looks way to low, what do you guys think......



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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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Those pics are to dark, I need to get some of it in the daylight. Our alingment machine at work will not work cause the front end it to low, to me it might look ricer cause the front camber is so far off making the front bumper looking like a street sweeper . Is it possible to get the alingment with in factory spec with these springs?

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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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how does the car ride and handle? what size tires and wheels (offset)?
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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^Factory tire's, and rims. Rides and handles fine, so far, I haven't driven it to much cause of the alingment, but the ride seem to be sweet
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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looks pretty damn nice to me!

you just need time to get use to it
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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Doesnt look low to me at all
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by vwjeff
Those pics are to dark, I need to get some of it in the daylight. Our alingment machine at work will not work cause the front end it to low, to me it might look ricer cause the front camber is so far off making the front bumper looking like a street sweeper . Is it possible to get the alingment with in factory spec with these springs?
make sure your front crash bolts are set to -1 and not -2, you'll wear out tires pretty quick if you've got em on -2.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 05:20 PM
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how do they come set from the factory
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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i like it! you'll get use to it.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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Here's mine with the gf210s... looks about right. Just be glad you didn't get the S-techs!!!
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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Here's mine with the gf210s... looks about right. Just be glad you didn't get the S-techs!!!
Strerling your car looks great, I guess I think the 8's look so much better than 9's also I just like the front end and wheels alot more than I do on the 9's.
And yeah I think it will just have to grow on me a bit.
I went back up to work today after I made this post and did some reserch on the camber, and found I had one of them -2 and the other -1..... opps I fixed that problem, when I put everything back together I didn't realize that the top bolt was cammed
So I fixed it and gave it an alingment (after f-ing w/ the machine) and it drive SO much nicer, I just didn't have time for the alingment lastnight.
Here are some better pictures......







My poor poor GTi on one of my racks in the background

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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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looks dope to me!
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 08:01 PM
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It looks great man. Glad you got that stuff figured out. Definitely not an ounce of "rice" to it... unlike my overload of carbon fiber
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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think i would have any rubbing issues with the tanabe springs on my IX with 18x9 +29 offset rims w/245x40 tires?
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 11:32 PM
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They sure dont look Ricey Too mee as weLL!!! they look "Sick Wit It".
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