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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 05:32 PM
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stock struts good enough

anyone ever drop their evo after having like 30000 miles. My car is daily driven, but not hard on the streets. I do track days with my car, like once every 2 months. Like 5 -6 times a year. I do want full coilovers, but i want the ohlins and want to save for them. i got exactly 33000 miles and want to drop them with the espelir gt springs. Just want to know, how long or good are the stock struts
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 12:18 PM
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I've used the stock struts with Tanabe GF2100 springs for a while now. These are pretty stiff springs. Look at the sticky about on aftermarket springs for the rates. I have about 10K miles on the combo with 6 driving school weekends and 6 autocrosses. I think the car handles really well. Neutral, although I also have camber plates with -2.5 degrees in the front. That helps dial out the understeer. No problems with the shocks/struts. No leaks or obvious loss in compression/rebound, although that would be pretty hard to feel unless it got pretty bad.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 09:10 AM
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The stock strut should last for a while since it went through all the durability tests etc. Unless you are feeling something different or leaking, otherwise should not be a problem for 33k miles
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