Thinking about my first mod.

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jdeb101
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Hi Everyone,

Im new to the forum and even more a noob to modding! I've been on here for a while though and its very informative.

I have a few mods in mind I'd like to do, but not all at once cuz I'm broke and owed the goverment some good tax money. lol

My first mod in mind was Stillens lip spoiler, and maybe the sideskirt and rear bumper skirts. Possibly even the rear spoiler.

A question I have is...with the front lip spoiler does it lower your ground clearance at all? I have a somewhat steap driveway and also live in New England so dont want to be scraping.


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LongBeachCoupe
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it lowers it a tiny bit, but it also extends it out an inch or 2...

my first pick would be eibach springs.

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PHENOMenalVinyl
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it will lower it decently but you go in at an angle which helps the whole scraping situation........of and first mod = wheels/drop......drop is amazing with cornering and it makes it look sooooo much better....i live in ny /pa trust me i hit a ton of potholes ull be fine

jdeb101
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I've thought about lowering it, and def love the look but have you guys ever seen the potholes during winter in Mass!!

Part of the reason for me doing the body mods first is because I got rear ended last summer and will be getting my bumper repainted soon, so figured might as well do everything at once.

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well now that ur talking bout potholes... mexico's streets are the WORST eveeeeeeeer, take a look at some of this examples... really

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phobs
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I would not like to face one of those potholes here, ouchh. We have more bumps than potholes so we just go ricer sidewayz yo.

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hugot80 wrote:well now that ur talking bout potholes... mexico's streets are the WORST eveeeeeeeer, take a look at some of this examples... really
hahahahaha wow the last pic is insane..

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PHENOMenalVinyl
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if i ever hit a pothole like that ide sue the s*** outa the town.....n trust me we have some of those aound here too, but once u notice em everyone swerves around them like your doing autocross lol

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hugot80 wrote:well now that ur talking bout potholes... mexico's streets are the WORST eveeeeeeeer, take a look at some of this examples... really
YOU WIN SIR!!!!

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BigDankCloud
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If you'd like to see a car on eibachs, i work in Chelmsford and live in wilmington (2 towns that are on either side of his town for all of you who dont know). Its really the way you want to go. Send me a PM if interested.

hugot80
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PhEnoM78 wrote:if i ever hit a pothole like that ide sue the s*** outa the town.....n trust me we have some of those aound here too, but once u notice em everyone swerves around them like your doing autocross lol
suing each "delegacion" which is like... mmmmm... each region in mexico city, u know like manhattan, queens and bronx in NYC, so TRYING to sue the "delegacion" for the repair of the damage to ur car for this craters, it could take u up to 6 years if ur really stubborn for them to pay up, and u will waste a loooot of time in that bureaucracy, so its really not an option.

despite this, my first mod will be springs for sure coz it looks awesome

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Get springs. DO IT

jdeb101
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Wow you guys are all about lowering it huh? lol I would love to but scared during the winter driving over a foot of snow. I read a thread on here not too long ago about a member that was driving his lowered a/c on a backroad that wasnt plowed and iced over. Scraped up the whole bottom of his car. I'll look into it, but I would rather have a nonlowered a/c in good condition rather than a lowered scraped up one.

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I second that. I am curious to know how many people drive with lowered A/C's in the winter. I really want to lower my car, but somehow the fear of a scrapped a/c just stops me. So anyone with a lowered a/c that drives in the snow? stories??

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hugot80 wrote:well now that ur talking bout potholes... mexico's streets are the WORST eveeeeeeeer, take a look at some of this examples... really
((((((((((((((((((((((Reminds me of home...this what roads on the reservations look like!4REAL- all it needs are dead horses, dead cattle, no running water, and no electricity!!!))))))))))))))))))))


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