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Old 09-03-2008, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by folgrz
are those coils settled?

cause i have the BC's and my front looks a LOT lower than that and im on stock 18's and they are not slammed all the way

+1. I have my BC coils set a little more than halfway and all 4 wheels are tucked with no fender gap at all! 19s, 245/35s and 275/35s in rear.
Old 09-03-2008, 04:04 PM
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they can go lower. You can bottom out your car on them if you wanted to.
Old 09-03-2008, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Sick Z
+1. I have my BC coils set a little more than halfway and all 4 wheels are tucked with no fender gap at all! 19s, 245/35s and 275/35s in rear.
coilovers don't need time to settle. They settle during installation.
Old 09-04-2008, 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Lawy'dU
coilovers don't need time to settle. They settle during installation.
All spring settle, some more than others. I drove my car for a week and one trackday before an alignment and my springs settles less than 5mm.
Old 09-05-2008, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
People don't read much do they
he states in the picture captions that the coils are lowered all the way

sooo obvisouly the op must have been lying about his ride height and how much he lowered the coils!
Old 09-05-2008, 11:47 AM
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Updated original post to clarify height settings for the slackers who didn't read past post #1.

Feel free to add side profile pics of your own car lowered on BC Racing coilovers to the thread. The point of the thread is to show the range of adjustment these coilovers are capable of and the effect of BC's shorter rear springs compared to the standard springs.

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Old 09-06-2008, 11:06 AM
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One more question, how hard is it to have access to the rear to set the adjustment? Do you need to cut any carpets in the trunk? pics would be nice. Thanks.
Old 09-06-2008, 12:22 PM
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This is the only pic I have available at the moment, I can take some side profile shots if needed. this is with the shorter rear springs, lowered all 4 corners a bit more than halfway.

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No wheel/fender gap, nice and tucked all around.
Old 09-27-2008, 08:51 AM
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Good thread. I'm sure a lot of people wanna know about the BC racing coilovers. ^^ Nice. What is your rear camber set at? I installed my 2 days ago and the front is pretty much tucked and the rear isn't "YET". I'm riding on 285's in the rear fender rolled and right now its not rubbing so I wanna do lower. Just wanna see what your set at.

Also, How many clicks did yall set the dampening to? I did the recommended 8 clicks front and rear. Feels better than my tein s-techs. Takes hard turns like a champ.

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Btw, my rear can go about another inch or so.

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Old 02-25-2009, 07:51 PM
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bump more pics please
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Originally Posted by TRYNALIVEPRO
bump more pics please
Dropped 20mm on BC's
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Old 02-25-2009, 11:14 PM
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^nice stance
Old 02-26-2009, 11:24 AM
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Mrtoeknee should post up his new setup..im guessing imma have to buy the shorter spring+perch
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Originally Posted by TRYNALIVEPRO
^nice stance
Just a hair over a 20mm drop front and rear.
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is there still a lot more room to lower?
Old 02-26-2009, 04:13 PM
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I have these coilovers for my 07 and on the lowest setting in the rear, I still have a 2 finger gap. My shorter springs should be arriving soon.

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Originally Posted by johzp
is there still a lot more room to lower?
Plenty
Old 02-26-2009, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by steven37
I have these coilovers for my 07 and on the lowest setting, I still have a 2 finger gap. My shorter springs should be arriving soon.
Same situation here! Did you get the shorter springs only or the whole revised set with the different perch?

Did you guys think about taking off the locking ring?
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Originally Posted by johzp
Same situation here! Did you get the shorter springs only or the whole revised set with the different perch?

Did you guys think about taking off the locking ring?
I had to get the whole revised set with the gold perch. BC doesn't make the shorter springs wound to fit the oem bucket.
I was thinking about taking off the lock ring, but decided to get the shorter springs for more adjustment.
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^^ exactly what i was going to do, but ordered the rear spring/perch because it wouldve only made like a finger difference.

Any pics of the car?


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