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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 01:40 AM
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Default I heard that illuminas are bad for lowering your car...

I heard that they are really rough and blow easily, do any of you guys know about this?

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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 08:42 AM
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Default Re: I heard that illuminas are bad for lowering your car... (father figure)

lowering a car itself is bad and will blow any normal shock if you go too low.

tokico blues seem to have the bad reputation tho. illuminas are in a different class of shocks and come with a lifetime warranty.
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 08:01 PM
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Default Re: I heard that illuminas are bad for lowering your car... (father figure)

I heard that cucumbers taste better pickled...
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 07:21 AM
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I had illuminas/pro-kit on my 2k civic before I got my gc/koni setup which I put about 75k miles on and the guy I bought them from 4 years ago had about 60k on them and they still are good to go anytime I wanna throw them back on so i say if ya want to get them go for it -
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 08:52 AM
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Default Re: I heard that illuminas are bad for lowering your car... (father figure)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by father figure &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I heard that they are really rough and blow easily, do any of you guys know about this?

thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

The illuminas I have are AWESOME!! they do come with a lifetime warranty. I have used many different brands of shocks and I love these the most
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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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Default Re: I heard that illuminas are bad for lowering your car... (father figure)

i just posted some similar stuff in another thread, but I have illumina's also. I didn't find them rought at all, actually the ride is pretty good. However, after maybe only a couple months i noticed the ride is now pretty much too soft even on the firmest setting. they don't really ride like they're blown, but the number 5 setting (firmest) now feels like a 3 did when it was new. Also they rub somewhat.
Besides being too soft for my taste the ride around town is pretty good.
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