Joe5.0

Well after a long, harsh winter on steelies & winter tires I finally put my 19's back on. Last Friday at the same time I had my H&R Sports & Tokico Illumina's installed. So far it has dropped 1.75" front, and 1.5" in the back. Ride is nearly as smooth as stock on the '3' setting, and is definitely firmer than stock at '5'. I think I'm gonna leave it at '5' because it still isnt harsh or kidney pounding at all, but it gets rid of just about ALL significant bodyroll and pitch. I cant believe how much smoother my shifts are now that I dont have that HUGE weight transfer back & forth.

Anyways, here's some pice I'll stop blabbering.













Anyone else polish the inside of their wheels?


BTW I paid $200 to get the stuff installed, $127 for the springs (NIB, hellacious deal) and $365 for the struts (ebay).

MarbleGT

ill be the first to say, it looks great. i cant to get my shocks!! how easy is it to adjust them by the way?

cltypeSLOW

twist the top of the shock. its that easy. the rears are a bitch kinda unless you cut a small hole in the rear deck

PS: your car looks really nice man. the ABP looks awesome with chrome

DaInFaMMuS1

mattg

finally. yaaay!

shystee1

03silvertypeS

looks good

phipark

Very nice

Joe5.0

Thanks guys, I appreciate the positive feedback. I am so glad now that I have it done, and it was 100% the drop I wanted. Not too low, but also got rid of most of the annoying wheelgap.



With the Illumina's there is a 5 position tab on the top of the struts that you turn until it clicks into the next position. The fronts are easy of course due to being right out in the open, but I wouldnt suggest cutting the rear deck to adjust the rears. It literally took me 5 minutes to remove the rear seat, and there is enough room between the strut top and the rear deck to slip a small screwdriver & adjust the setting.

ChucksCL-S

I will say that the sheet metal that makes up your door is perfect! Nice shots, great looking car.

Joe5.0

Yep, 3 years old and not a single parking lot ding

CL Platano

Looks great ...

Stealth CL

mine was 3 days old and a fresh ding arrived....damn lincolns and caddys
ive got the tokicos too and i agree, setting 5 is awesome!! just perfect

mclarenf3387

Looks great

You should hit the track now and see if you can dip into 13s.

Joe5.0

We'll see, kinda doubt it tho. My mustang has the SC going on soon, and I am installing the heavy as sin JL W7 in the CL-S in the coming month, so if it doesnt happen before then.....

Sun Diego CL-S

ahh yesss! spring then summer are right around the corner.

Lord Helmet

Car looks great man! I hate winter...

Have you ever considered doing your headlights ABP??

Joe5.0

yeah i thought about it, but at $180/headlight I dont want to risk it.

Lord Helmet

After I get my other ones done, I might have an extra set you can try it on if you were interested. Once I get my second set done, I won't need the originals anymore.

03 CL TypeS

Dude your car is beautiful.

It almost makes me want to keep mine.

Almost..

MarbleGT

seriously, it is so easy you will slap yourself for not doing it earlier!! my headlight was fogged up, so i was in a "nothin-to-lose" situation, i pulled the headlight, stuck it in the oven, dried out the light, sealed it back and was good to go. the oven DOES NOT get hot enough to melt anything but the seal holding the lights together. if you ever feel like doing it i could give far more detailed instructions on exactly how i did mine!

Mikes96TL03CLS

Looks great man!!

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

Looks great.

Blitz

PM me the details. I'm thinking about trying it to switch my diffusers. Nervous as hell though.