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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 03:30 AM
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can omni's be able to tuck 15in rims

does anyone have any pictures of it turned all the way down w/o the preload
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 06:49 AM
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yeah im tucking a little and i still have a little lower i can go
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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on 16's adn still have a lil to go too



ill try and find some of my older pics with 15's to post
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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more pics please
anyone have it all the way down
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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found some with 15's on....still not lowered all the way.....as much as in the other pics



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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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blades on that green delsol look amazing
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 05:37 PM
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the real q you should be asking is, can you slam it without removing any preload?
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 06:53 PM
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i still font see the point of the preload......but no u cant...

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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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hows the ride without the preload
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 01:24 PM
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instructions are explicit that the shock and spring must have preload to work properly, they help and create the movement between lower spring perch and spring


why would you sacrfice yoru safety and performance for 'da look'
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KTeller8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
why would you sacrfice yoru safety and performance for 'da look'</TD></TR></TABLE>

saftey i have no clue about, but pre-load does ZERO for performance.

There have been a billion threads about this, pre-load does nothing for performance.
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 07:48 PM
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and whats the safety factor about it....when the cars down its still on the springs and compressed...
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 09:53 PM
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well, when you raise your car with lowering springs, the spring comes off the perch, if you set the car back down and it doesnt sit right, then bad things can happen.

ive seen a skunk2 coil sit crooked on a strut and cause damage. so, preload is good for that reason i suppose.

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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 11:29 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by veggiemaster &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well, when you raise your car with lowering springs, the spring comes off the perch, if you set the car back down and it doesnt sit right, then bad things can happen.

ive seen a skunk2 coil sit crooked on a strut and cause damage. so, preload is good for that reason i suppose.</TD></TR></TABLE>

take the extra 2 seconds to make sure it sets right, if you have 1 brian cell its not hard
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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 05:38 AM
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hell ya, it can lower bout 4"
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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 03:41 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed_93_hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">take the extra 2 seconds to make sure it sets right, if you have 1 brian cell its not hard</TD></TR></TABLE>

you are right, its not hard, but it happens.
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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95sol are runnin street or sport
and does it make a diff on how low it goes if i get the sport or street
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 10:50 PM
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im runnin the sports.....dont know about ur 2nd question

when i put my S-T sway bars on with my old suspension it raised me up a lil bit so idk if i could go lower with the omnis now if i were to take them off...
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 06:09 PM
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The EF (88-91) DONT LOWER MORE THAN 2.5" !
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Old Sep 15, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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yes you can tuck rim...i wouldnt recommend doing it but it is very possible
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Old Sep 15, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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lowered the omnis a lil more...can still go another 1/2" in the rear..fronts done...



have more if u want
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 12:51 AM
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^^^thats pretty low for omni's^^^
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 04:14 AM
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MAN.. I wish my EF omni went that low..
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 04:17 AM
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i luv my omnis

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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 04:18 AM
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