New springs Pics

[BabaGenushe]

nd a new hood i grabed from a salvage yard still have to put the door on but i got so excited she was dropped i stopped to drive it i love the 2 in drop and i hate to say it but the scion xb hub caps dont look to bad either

drove to NYC today> it was Bumpy as hell but handled awesome.



before

i wanted to get some better ones but its raining

[QuicksilverFX]

20 people are going to mention this but i might as well get it out of the way.

lose the hubcaps paint your hood black and your hatch red.

looks good, be prepared for noises you've never heard before and think your breaking things when you hit potholes. lol

[heartofaskyline]

lowering springs on stock struts and it handles awesome

[breadbox]

Looking good. Pin stripe could go, imo.

[fun240]

Looks good man!!!

I'm not a hatch fan myself

Get some strut bars for cheap, and it'll handle even better.

Whats future plans??

[BabaGenushe]

thanks! i wanna get the body straightened out and painted then ill start doing the drive train. its too crappy outside now to do anything

[ZX88]

in 6-9 months expect more bounce.

[1rst240sx]

The drop looks great for springs, what springs did you get?

[MastaYu]

thanks! i wanna get the body straightened out and painted then ill start doing the drive train. its too crappy outside now to do anything

a good start

[Jadesr20det]

congrats....unfortuantely as stated depending on what shocks/struts you have they will strat to leak and eventually blow (especially if they are stock)....the car should handle better as you have lowered it......strut bars, sways, c pillar, rucas, tr (depending on how far you wanna go suspension wise) will have you enjoying your car so much more, even w/a stock motor....then save up for coilovers and enjoy it 1000x more ( im sure someone will edit and add a few more zeros to that )

[BabaGenushe]

the springs are KGG and i have brand new kyb Gr2s in the back i justt waitin on my paycheck to get the front and the fronts are blown i had to hold them up to put the top of the strut on and to clarify it handles awesome compared to stock

[hpmachine]

There are a lot of people that will PROMISE you (and they are probably secretly hoping) that your springs are going to blow your struts. Well, I drove my s13 with Eibach Sportlines and KYB GR2's for 2 years and put nearly 25,000 miles on them and NEVER had a problem. Granted I did not drift the car and I did what I could to avoid potholes but I live in North Jersey and the roads are terrible.



I also took it to the drag strip 7 times and that ain't easy on your struts either. Like I said, never had a problem.

[RustspecS13]

I had kyb agx's and sportlines for 25-30K on my old car. They rode pretty harsh even on soft, had alot of body roll, and handled ok. I also had 1.5in of fender gap or so. It was barely lower then stock....they claimed like 2in/1.9 in and maybe it was but it was hardly lower.

But I had them on for about two years, 10-15 drift pratices (more track time then events) two drift events, and daily driving in chicago for 6 months. So they were abused. Still worked ok when I traded them to my friend for his clean stripped shell.

The OP's springs look alot lower, so Id be wary of how long his GR2s will last.

Looks pretty good and pretty clean tho. Good base to start from for sure.

~Alex

[YOUNG240SX]

Im rolling on some spring and shock combo myself.There some old gab springs with kyb agx's in front and gr-2 in the rear.my car handles great around tight corners but lower than ballers,my front lip is like less than 2in off the floor with 215,55,15 tires but now i have 225,45,16(new rims in total) soo it like 2 1/2in off the floor.Also i can tell you this nyc street are worst street known to man.you live in queens soo i really dont know how is it up there but in brooklyn it was pretty hard to keep the speed limit when dodging potholes and bump.