Finally lowered... with TEIN S-TECHS!

[mattyfo0z]

Got my springs last week, installed them over the weekend.. and now enjoying that I'm part of the lowered family again I hated riding stock height.. way too much wheel gap for me. To be honest, I'm actually thinking about getting 17s instead of 18s when I get new wheels+tires next year since it doesn't look that bad at all IMO. I got a lotta time to think about that though.

Sorry for the bad pics, btw. I'm gonna try to find a friend with at least a decent digital camera to take some pics for me.. these are off my phone with a little bit of color editing in PS. Thanks for looking!

[AlexN09]

Congratulations, that looks so much better, I'm really jealous

[mattyfo0z]

Thanks man! No kidding, everytime I'd see a lowered A/C here on the forums I'd whimper a bit to myself Hahah! I picked these up for $200 off of eBay, which was a good deal considering they're A) cheaper than Eibachs and B) they lower the car more

I think the biggest pain in the a** was using the spring compressor for the fronts, man that was a pain.. it probably took me and 2 buddies about an hour or so to completely take off the old spring and compress the new Tein spring, then TWO times I guess we didn't compress the spring in the right spot because you couldn't reattach the top part. On the flipside, the rear was easy as hell (obviously, as the spring and shock are totally separate).

[Coupeguy23]

very nice man , now we need to have someone do a side by side and see which spring sets lower

[GrayCoupe]

Congrats, I would say do 18 or 19" wheels at least FTW!

[mmkeller]

Looks nice man. As far as lower, it looks the same as my Eibachs. Wish my garage was that clean.

[mikethemike]

nice, too bad i could never lower my car here in LA, i would go crazy with the rough ride and bottoming out.

[AlexM.]

Nice! Are those xxr's?

[christos0320]

Looking good man..

[AlexN09]

Nice! Are those xxr's?

Ha I think they're plasti-dipped stock rims

[Hussain]

Lol i'm painting my rims saturday so i came online to see your pics when you painted your rims and i find this... Who needs photoshop when your car is the same color, tinted windows, debadged, lowered, and black rims! .....looks nice!

[mattyfo0z]

Congrats, I would say do 18 or 19" wheels at least FTW!

Yeah I most likely will go with 18s.. gonna get a meaty tire though so I don't have to endure too much wheel gap haha.

Looks nice man. As far as lower, it looks the same as my Eibachs. Wish my garage was that clean.

Thanks! Yeah, I'm hoping in a couple weeks they'll be a little more settled and a little lower too

Nice! Are those xxr's?

Aha I wish! Actually they're plastidipped stock wheels.. got tired of the chrome so decided to go this route.

Looking good man..

Thank you sir!

Lol i'm painting my rims saturday so i came online to see your pics when you painted your rims and i find this... Who needs photoshop when your car is the same color, tinted windows, debadged, lowered, and black rims! .....looks nice!

Hahah no kidding! Doesn't seem like there are too many modded D/S on the forum.. so we gotta stick together! Ha.

[mattyfo0z]

Took another picture this morning before I left... looking goooood!

[IBCoupe]

Matty, you're riding at about the height I have my BC's set to, and I think you just sold me on plasti-dipping the stockers. I'm 100% committed, now, and I think I'll try to get into an AutoZone or a Home Depot sometime this weekend.

[IBCoupe]

Lol i'm painting my rims saturday so i came online to see your pics when you painted your rims and i find this... Who needs photoshop when your car is the same color, tinted windows, debadged, lowered, and black rims! .....looks nice!

Hussain, where the hell have you been?

[mattyfo0z]

Matty, you're riding at about the height I have my BC's set to, and I think you just sold me on plasti-dipping the stockers. I'm 100% committed, now, and I think I'll try to get into an AutoZone or a Home Depot sometime this weekend.

Hahah, sweet man! You'll definitely be happy. I loved the change it made to my car, because it was a BIG difference for sure.

[Flores45]

Do the Tein springs go lower than the Eibach ones?

[SanoSuKe]

How are those the stock wheels? What year is your coupe Hussain?

[mattyfo0z]

@Flores45: I've read that the Teins do go lower, and from the looks.. I dunno, it looks the same almost. I think the rears drop lower with the Teins than the Eibachs though, for sure.

@SanoSuke: They're the stock wheels that came with my car, but painted black with Plastidip.

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

Thanks man! No kidding, everytime I'd see a lowered A/C here on the forums I'd whimper a bit to myself Hahah! I picked these up for $200 off of eBay, which was a good deal considering they're A) cheaper than Eibachs and B) they lower the car more

I think the biggest pain in the a** was using the spring compressor for the fronts, man that was a pain.. it probably took me and 2 buddies about an hour or so to completely take off the old spring and compress the new Tein spring, then TWO times I guess we didn't compress the spring in the right spot because you couldn't reattach the top part. On the flipside, the rear was easy as hell (obviously, as the spring and shock are totally separate).

I took 2 chunks out of my hand I posted a thread a while back hahaha one of my first years here hahhaa

The tein springs are so perfect if you want to dd your car.

[Hussain]

How are those the stock wheels? What year is your coupe Hussain?

they're the stock rims on the 2008 3.5se. the a/c only came with them for 2008.

[alphapig]

Dat single angled exhaust and stickers

[AlexM.]

Dat single angled exhaust and stickers

I didn't even notice this pic. Looks sick. What kind of exhaust do you have?

[mattyfo0z]

@alphapig: Yep

@AlexM: It's actually just a custom axleback at the moment. I was gonna save up for the TopSpeed N1 exhaust a month or two ago, but a buddy had this muffler left over from his 240sx so he said I could have it (just an eBay N1 muffler) and I got it welded up to the stock exhaust for like $27

[downedzephyr]

hey hey hey. i have stickers too... but no angled exhaust.

[mattyfo0z]

I have that same second ILLEST sticker hahah.

[mattyfo0z]

Another picture from Target tonight...

[alphapig]

Those stickers are wayyy too silly IMO

They belong on herrafrush cars with stuffed toys hanging from tow hooks.

Have some class

[mattyfo0z]

Ooooookay.

[AlexM.]

Those stickers are wayyy too silly IMO

They belong on herrafrush cars with stuffed toys hanging from tow hooks.

Have some class

I sorta agree. Depends on the look you're going for with our cars. Our cars aren't solely classy or aggressive though. So it can play on both styles. Gonna try to go a bit classier with next wheels