Blown shocks?
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Blown shocks?
Hey, I am trying to help out a lancer owning buddy of mine and require your help, experience, and comments.
We are going to install lowering springs on his Lancer ES but am wondering how long do you figure he will be able to run on the stk shocks before they all blow?
I know lots of people running protege 5's like this with no problem at all but when I had my acura all my shocks blew very quickly.
If any of you out there have lowered with the the stk shocks before can you please let me know what the ride is like? I will provide everyone who replies with free
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We are going to install lowering springs on his Lancer ES but am wondering how long do you figure he will be able to run on the stk shocks before they all blow?
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I know lots of people running protege 5's like this with no problem at all but when I had my acura all my shocks blew very quickly.
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If any of you out there have lowered with the the stk shocks before can you please let me know what the ride is like? I will provide everyone who replies with free
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lowering springs wont kill ya shocks as logn as it dont go past 1.7 - 1.8 im guessin...and i doubt any company makes springs to drop more than that...unless your cutting them yourself heheh
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lost my struts a good 6-7 months after install of eibach springs. it's not super bouncy, but you get used to it. when you go over speed bumps, there's a lot of suspension travel. but at least the ride isn't like those ricers who cut their springs(do people even do that anymore?). you definately feel when they're gone if you frequent turns that require good suspension at speed. there was this strip of road that my car could take like a champ and now i have to take it easy or else i would understeer off the road.
installing progress springs might aggravate the aging as it's a lower drop than eibachs.
installing progress springs might aggravate the aging as it's a lower drop than eibachs.
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Yeah thanks for the post's fellas. My friend is running on a limited supply of funds so we are forced to perform a ghetto drop for now.
My suspension is being installed today, Tien springs with Tokico HP's. Mine is a P5 incase you didn't notice.
Thanks for the imput, keep the comments coming!!!
My suspension is being installed today, Tien springs with Tokico HP's. Mine is a P5 incase you didn't notice.
Thanks for the imput, keep the comments coming!!!
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I have an 03 OZ and i put Eibach Pro's on it and they killed the struts and shocks as soon as I pulled it out of the shop. I think the shocks and struts that are put on our cars are inferior. So now I have to find a company that sells them for our cars and get new ones all the way around.
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