changed my cars stance, opinions?

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Offline challngd73

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changed my cars stance, opinions?
« on: July 29, 2009 - 03:00:09 PM »
I put new rims on my car a couple weeks ago, and thought it sat up too much in the front...so I adjusted the torsions bars a little..yay or nay?

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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2009 - 03:04:46 PM »
Much better, in my opinion.  Gives a noticable rake to it.  What size rims are they?
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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2009 - 03:08:51 PM »
thanks alot, they are 17x7's in front and 18x8's out back.
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009 - 03:19:45 PM »
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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2009 - 06:58:35 PM »
That's pretty much my deal. You can see the whole tire in the rear, but the fronts are slightly tucked under the fender.    :2thumbs:

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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2009 - 07:21:54 PM »
Way better.
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2009 - 07:31:27 PM »
Better for sure.  I'd lower the rear w/some 1" blocks.
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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2009 - 08:23:24 PM »
It's a tough call for me as I enjoy the rake effect that I think gives a car a "tough" look yet at the same time, when I can see the whole tire as in your first pic I feel that it has a more "classic" and "powerful" look that I'm a bit more partial towards. That's my :2cents:
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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2009 - 08:32:25 PM »
Looks good, just check that the bumpstops are clear on the lower and upper control arms.  When I had mine pretty low the lower control arm was only 1/2" from the frame.  I raised it up a bit more, need to trim the bushing a little too.

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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2009 - 08:35:19 PM »
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Better for sure.  I'd lower the rear w/some 1" blocks.


Yup, agreed. Bring the rear down to match the ride height in the front.  More aligned with the "pro touring" look. You can drop it some by flipping the rear spring front mounts. IIRC, that's good for a 1" drop.  :smokin: 

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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2009 - 08:43:01 PM »


Yup, agreed. Bring the rear down to match the ride height in the front.  More aligned with the "pro touring" look. You can drop it some by flipping the rear spring front mounts. IIRC, that's good for a 1" drop.  :smokin: 

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I also agree. Looks ALOT better but I'd bring the back down just a bit too.
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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2009 - 08:52:10 PM »
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The front looks much better, next stop should be an alignment shop though as that much of a drop has likely changed you're alignment figures. If you have a decent shop they should be able to tell you if you're going to have any interference issues.

I also agree that the back would look a lot better if it was dropped about an inch. My experience with removing the stock hangers (from a Utah car with some rust mind you) was that it was pretty difficult to do anything to the hangers without breaking some of the mounting studs. Rather than removing the hangers, flipping them, and filing out the holes to get them to fit upside down I would just buy a set of hangers from Mancini, they're stronger than stock and have an extra hole for the spring eye bolt that will lower the car about an inch. These are the hangers that I have, they're quality pieces for sure. I just use the regular height eye though, since my XHD springs provide a fairly low ride height already.

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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2009 - 12:46:23 AM »
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The front looks much better, next stop should be an alignment shop though as that much of a drop has likely changed you're alignment figures. If you have a decent shop they should be able to tell you if you're going to have any interference issues.

I also agree that the back would look a lot better if it was dropped about an inch. My experience with removing the stock hangers (from a Utah car with some rust mind you) was that it was pretty difficult to do anything to the hangers without breaking some of the mounting studs. Rather than removing the hangers, flipping them, and filing out the holes to get them to fit upside down I would just buy a set of hangers from Mancini, they're stronger than stock and have an extra hole for the spring eye bolt that will lower the car about an inch. These are the hangers that I have, they're quality pieces for sure. I just use the regular height eye though, since my XHD springs provide a fairly low ride height already.

http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/ebofrspha.html

Thanks for the link, looks like a deal to me, and dropping it an inch in the back would get me the stance i want.

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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2009 - 12:54:02 AM »
Looks good, I agree with the others in regards to a 1 inch drop in the rear to finish it off.
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Re: changed my cars stance, opinions?
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2009 - 04:14:32 AM »
Thanks for the link, looks like a deal to me, and dropping it an inch in the back would get me the stance i want.

 :iagree: should be easy and the best looking stance  :2thumbs:
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