midnightblue97

Welcome to earth.

unclebuz

BlueLedz cut his springs. His ride looks nice and seems to handle well. Of course, I don't dare get in his car for a couple of reasons: He drives poorly, he has no passenger seat (too much stereo stuff), and he has so much boom from his stereo - it knocks my hairs off my head!

celi85

cut mine on my 323 and i have no problems...except for minor wheel rubbing. that type of stuff will happen when you have 17's on an small car

jeremy

the dude hasn't even cut my springs yet.....he never showed that night...but we tried and we could not get the front strut bolts off for ****...so now we are supossed to be using his friends shop in the next couple of days to get to an impact wrench.....

but i got 17's just put on yesterday......if i drop it.....

there will be wheel rubbing???.......is this normal???

won't it bald my (expensive,cash paid) bran new tires......


laTeR

Identity_X

I wouldn't cut the springs if I were you, but you seem to be going for it. How much do you plan to cut them?
If you cut them in half they'll rub for sure

celi85

true. if cut in half, you might as well go buy some new springs cause youll be draggin your gas tank on the ground.

i cut one coil off of each spring (front and rear). i also left the struts on the car. it was just too much work to pull them off for five mins worth of cutting.

as far as the scrubbing goes, ive got 17's with 215/45/17 Toyo Proxes. the sides all have scrapes from rubbing on the fender lips. and this is even after rolling them. if your going to lower it, roll the lips, and use 205/40/17 tires. this should help prevent MOST scrubbing.

hope that helps some.

2fast4u

as long as you get an alignment so then your tires won't wear too fast, but it kinda depends on what kind of driver you are. me personally, they would be bald pretty soon cuz i would be dropping the clutch and then rotating them. But i also want to know, do you 17 inch wheels with 205 rub on your back strut, on my 91 i know i can't go bigger than 195 cuz they would rub really bad, or maybe it depends on what kind of tire, like brand name, you have
also, there are these coilovers made by Drop Zone that i have on my car, and on the front the top of my tires are tucked inside the fender and the back gap between the tire and body is about a 1/2 to an inch. they are pretty stiff, but i don't mind, they are about 160 with a lifetime warranty so if you want to, check into it good luck dropping your car

mazdaspeedwest

my thoughts exactly, when getting wheels and tires, you must consider all the aspects. And it's usually the offset that causes tire rub.

celi85

well, it could also be the fact that i dropped it 3 1/2" and im running huge tires (215/45/17). if i had smaller tires, i dont think i would have that much of a problem.

Identity_X

3.5" is way too much. That's the reason why they rub.

celi85

it could also be the fact that my car is lowered more than most. 3" to be exact.

if i went with a more positive offset wheel, the back would smack the strut, and if i went with a more negative offset wheel, the front would smack the fender lip. sounds like i got the right wheels, but lowered it too much.

oh well, cant complain. i get looks everywhere i go....

jeremy

ok......i am happy that we couldn't get the strut bolts off......my tires are 205 40 17

anyway i decided just to wait for the sprint ones and with my tax return money i bought some....and still have $$ left over......but the dude is just going to cut the sprint ones --he said 1 coil will work.....thanks for all the replys..really helped....


lAteR