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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 03:30 PM
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Finally got coilovers

Well, after 4-5 weeks, I finally got my Ksport coilovers. Big ups to UNeeKLiNG for recommending me JLB Motorsports. Ride quality isn't THAT bad as people mentioned. But of course each person's preference and opinion will be different. We had couple of problems while installing them which made it take about 2 days. Finally we got through it and I love em

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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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VERY NICE!!
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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go lower!
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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I think I should go lower in the back, but the front, im afraid of scraping...
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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what do you mean after 4 or 5 weeks? i just ordered them this morning from excelerate i hope it doesnt take that long for me. did you go with factory 12/6? you need to go lower front and back, your not going to scrape
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 05:44 PM
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took about 4 and a half weeks to get the coilovers onto my front steps. It was "backordered"
as for 12/6, if your talking about spring rate, i believe its 13/7... isnt it? not sure lol.. all i know is that i got the cheapest of the ksport coilovers
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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^ looks great man! glad you like'em...but i can't see all the pics
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 06:04 PM
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Looks nice man!
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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My friend had to wait a little bit for his ksport kontrol pros too, for a different car.
Lower it some more and repost. Unless you go offroading, you dont have to worry about scraping.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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looks good but go lower!!!
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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nice, we should meet up sometime, u live in sf?
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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Sweet, need more pictures dude! Drop it a little bit more dude!! Dont be scurrred.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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woops. sorry, i accidently deleted the pics from photobucket. should be 8 pictures.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by krisdlm
nice, we should meet up sometime, u live in sf?
yup!
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by badeh2
Sweet, need more pictures dude! Drop it a little bit more dude!! Dont be scurrred.
oh, im scurred.. i already hit a curb while parking LOL! fawk
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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yeah, it doesn't look that low =)
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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oh, im scurred.. i already hit a curb while parking LOL! fawk
dude, you should start backing into all your spots. thats what i do so i dont hit my bumpers and i can still pull in really far.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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My Eibach pro kit is lower than that!

It looks really good. Lovin' the lip on the trunk.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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lower it more
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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i'm a little disappointed.

it looks good but you can go so much lower on ksports
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RYANGP
i'm a little disappointed.

it looks good but you can go so much lower on ksports

***SLAP*** jk
maybe ill lower it more later on down the road.. i dont wanna take the wheels out, unbolt this and that...
now if i had an airgun then....................... i would, but im lazy as FOOOOOOK right now
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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lol i can tell you that you can have literally half a finger gap all around and never scrape lol. That's how damn stiff this suspension is (unless you hit some obscure dip in the middle of a turn with a fat person in the back or something).

anyways; awesome. I'm sad to be parting with my set soon =/.
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Time For Sleeep
lol i can tell you that you can have literally half a finger gap all around and never scrape lol. That's how damn stiff this suspension is (unless you hit some obscure dip in the middle of a turn with a fat person in the back or something).

anyways; awesome. I'm sad to be parting with my set soon =/.
wonder why....
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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i wonder too, eeeek!!
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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looks sooo much better. Now slam it lol. Seriously though I agree you should go lower all around, you are looking possibly even higher than my s-tech springs ride.
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:15 AM
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you get ksports and this is all you drop?!?! we should all meet up one time lol. i see krisdlm driving around all the time. havent seen yours yet though
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 03:01 AM
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I like it, nicely done.
If I end up lowering, I would be worried about scraping as well and wouldn't go much lower than you are.

How much did they set you back if you don't mind me asking?

I'm loving the lip (OEM M3?) and that second picture of your CL. (Well the background anyways)
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by calvinnguy3n
you get ksports and this is all you drop?!?! we should all meet up one time lol. i see krisdlm driving around all the time. havent seen yours yet though
hah, YES! thats all
i used to see a blue CL two blocks away from me. lowered with dual exhaust. i believe it was automatic. i also see a white CL, rarely on noriega. maybe thats one of you guys? but im down to go cruisin get some coffee, but then again id probably be the slowest car
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Koskinator
I like it, nicely done.
If I end up lowering, I would be worried about scraping as well and wouldn't go much lower than you are.

How much did they set you back if you don't mind me asking?

I'm loving the lip (OEM M3?) and that second picture of your CL. (Well the background anyways)

lip was not oem m3. ehh it was from some seller on ebay. not bad though
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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Very nice indeed
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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I like it That TL rims really look good in our CL-S. I think I'm going to start searching ones for my car.
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 01:11 PM
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Smooth...def like the color and drop.
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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 06:59 PM
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 01:20 AM
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yeah the white cl was probably mine. i also see that blue cl parked around pacheco and 35th with greddy exhaust and volk gt-p's
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by LIPPSTUH
wonder why....

wonder why what
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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looks better. but you should consider going lower
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:09 PM
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Congrats! Good that they work OK for you.

How do they perform, especially on I-280 over the the dips and recurrent bumps? Are these springs progressive rate? Any reason you did not use the Tein SS coilovers?
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by calvinnguy3n
yeah the white cl was probably mine. i also see that blue cl parked around pacheco and 35th with greddy exhaust and volk gt-p's
EXACTLY. havent seen him for a while. i live like 2 blocks away from there
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by coastal rider
Congrats! Good that they work OK for you.

How do they perform, especially on I-280 over the the dips and recurrent bumps? Are these springs progressive rate? Any reason you did not use the Tein SS coilovers?
its not that bad actually. here and there you'll hit a crazy bump and i'll fly off my seat a bit, but i like it.. lol. im pretty much on the softest setting. and tein ss coilovers are more expensive for me
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by calvinnguy3n
yeah the white cl was probably mine. i also see that blue cl parked around pacheco and 35th with greddy exhaust and volk gt-p's
ur cl is debadged right? I think i've run into u a couple times. The blue cl is pretty sick w/ carbon fiber hood/trunk, but if only it was 6spd
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