getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question
10-17-2001, 10:52 PM
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getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question
if i get 17" rims and drop with some coilovers enough to rid of the fender gap. will it still be ok to drive around a fair amount of people? i have a 98 civic ex coupe, so i am wondering after that....can i still drive 5 people in the car. which includes the driver?.....just coilovers, not new shocks or anything.
10-17-2001, 10:56 PM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (hobo79)
heres the thing
if you just get coilovers the ride quality may be ***, shocks=good. if you know your cars gonna be everyones ride for the night, before you go out raise it a little. IMO thats the best way to do it.
if you just get coilovers the ride quality may be ***, shocks=good. if you know your cars gonna be everyones ride for the night, before you go out raise it a little. IMO thats the best way to do it.
10-17-2001, 10:59 PM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (KAMiN)
is there a way to raise the coilovers without having to take of the rims? 
also, what kind of chance do i have of bottoming out driving a total of 5 ppl including driver with the car lowered to the fender?
also, what kind of chance do i have of bottoming out driving a total of 5 ppl including driver with the car lowered to the fender?
10-18-2001, 06:16 AM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (hobo79)
Count on bottoming out. Or you get some high *** spring rates and some strong *** shocks. I think that there will be times when you bottom out the car with just you in it.....I've done it and I only dropped 1.5/1.75!!!
10-18-2001, 01:01 PM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (hobo79)
ehhh.. i wouldn't get coilovers unless they're really quality kind ($$$)... i have shocks & springs and i'm totally in love w/ them.. 
10-18-2001, 08:50 PM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (Stony TSi)
i was looking at ground-control coilovers and KYB gas shocks. is that set up good enough to withstand the ppls in the car or will it still bottom out. i dont want to drop over a thousand on apexi or tanabe systems.
10-19-2001, 05:12 AM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (hobo79)
That's a tough question to answer - we don't have enough information.
We don't know your driving style, what spring rates & free length you plan on getting, how much you plan on dropping compared to stock, what the roads are like where you live, or how fat your friends are . . .
In other words, too many variables to reliably say, "yes, you will bottom out", or "no, you will not".
I sometimes bottom out on a stock suspension with an empty car.
FWIW.
[Modified by Daemione, 9:13 AM 10/19/2001]
We don't know your driving style, what spring rates & free length you plan on getting, how much you plan on dropping compared to stock, what the roads are like where you live, or how fat your friends are . . .
In other words, too many variables to reliably say, "yes, you will bottom out", or "no, you will not".
I sometimes bottom out on a stock suspension with an empty car.
FWIW.
[Modified by Daemione, 9:13 AM 10/19/2001]
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10-19-2001, 09:16 PM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (hobo79)
If your gonna get coilovers and shocks, then seriously consider adjustable shocks. Its a hell of a lot easier to adjust them that it is to raise and lower the coilovers.
10-19-2001, 11:45 PM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (RioNinja)
this might be a stupid question, but how do u know when u actually bottom out? does the whole car just slam all of the sudden or tires rub or what?
10-20-2001, 01:06 AM
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Re: getting 17" rims and dropping enough to fill the fender gap.....question (hobo79)
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