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how far can I lower this ek with these tires?

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Old May 5, 2008 | 05:05 PM
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Got a new daily, 2000 civic coupe, and threw my old ep3 wheels on it, the tires are new and the stock ep3 size 195 60 15's while its suppose to have 195 55 15's I want to drop it with some skunk2 springs which is around 2.25 inches but I'm concerned with rubbing, has anyone done this or do you know if itll work? I dont want to roll my fenders either.
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Old May 5, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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it should be fine, but dont take my word
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Old May 5, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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2.5" is a pretty weak drop. it shouldnt rub that bad if at all
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Old May 5, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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hope not, I just wasn't for sure cuz the tires look considerably larger than the stock size...
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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you should be fine, 2.25" below stock height wont bring you that low
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:11 PM
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alright! I'm gonna do it then, if it doesn't work I'm holding all of you responsible! haha just kidding, if it doesn't work it looks like some skunk2's are going up for sale and I'm done tryin to make my dd nice
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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thats not the attitude to have. Get yourself some coilovers
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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ha thats what i need to do! but hell its just a daily ya no? I'm trying to just save money and get good gas mileage but still look good, so I dont wanna fork out a bunch for coilovers and i wont put cheap poor quality **** on any of my cars
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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slam it
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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yeah I'd love to slam it like my other car but when you go low you gotta get a camber kit, I do probably 80 miles highway everyday, I'd be going threw tires like crazy
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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with a fat tire like that you might rub when you turn hard.
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:59 PM
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highly unlikely
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Old May 5, 2008 | 08:03 PM
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we will just have to wait and see, Sigh I guess I could just fork out more damn money and get ground control sleeves, haha, so much for being cheap with this thang.
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