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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 12:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A visual demonstration of what happens when you put cheap springs on your car

A lot of people here don't seem to have a clear idea of what can happen when you install cheap lowering springs on their cars. Well, here's a video to show you precisely why you don't want to do things like slap Eibach sportlines (soft lowering springs that lower your car significantly) on KYB GR2's (cheap dampers designed for use with factory springs).

Auto-X: Poorly set up Prelude
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 12:54 PM   #2 (permalink)
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A lot of people here don't seem to have a clear idea of what can happen when you install cheap lowering springs on their cars. Well, here's a video to show you precisely why you don't want to do things like slap Eibach sportlines (soft lowering springs that lower your car significantly) on KYB GR2's (cheap dampers designed for use with factory springs).

Auto-X: Poorly set up Prelude
That looked painful!

I've never been to an AutoX event, but that just did not look good at all.

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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 12:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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wow sucks for him his backs were rubbing right? thats the only thing i could see
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 02:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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ouch that looks painful
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 03:12 PM   #5 (permalink)
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wow sucks for him his backs were rubbing right? thats the only thing i could see
Front and back....

IMO he should have saved his cash from that lame ass paintjob, and fruity aircraft wing.
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 03:21 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Front and back....

IMO he should have saved his cash from that lame ass paintjob, and fruity aircraft wing.
yeah after a second view i saw the fronts
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 08:22 PM   #7 (permalink)
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wow, big wing, terible kit, bad suspension......best part of that video was the r32 at the end
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 09:09 PM   #8 (permalink)
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That is the most horrible, god aweful, piece of crap, excuse for an autocross I have ever seen.....

Prelude sucked too.
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 10:03 PM   #9 (permalink)
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even the wife...

... and she's not a big car fan, asked me, "he has to be able to hear that right?"

he has to know that he's rubbing like that. looks to me like he would drag ass just backing out of a parking space, or rounding a corner in traffic @ 5 mph. that was way sad.
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 10:07 PM   #10 (permalink)
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LMAO that one turn at the end of the first stretch... look at his rear left tire.. hahahaha


It happens multiple times, but that time was just so blatant lol
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 10:16 PM   #11 (permalink)
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so those are really eibachs? they look like cut springs. idk, if thats eibach, on a honda no less!, then sentra deff. need to stay away! if a honda cant handle the eibachs nissans have no change.
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so those are really eibachs? they look like cut springs. idk, if thats eibach, on a honda no less!, then sentra deff. need to stay away! if a honda cant handle the eibachs nissans have no change.
The springs on the car itself aren't Eibachs. I just used Eibach Sportlines and GR2's as an example of what's available for our cars which would cause similar things to happen on a Sentra.

EDIT: ...Or maybe I'm wrong. I just came across a Japanese Autocross Club's message board, on which one of the members claims that he spoke to the owner of that car and that those are Eibach Sportlines on stock dampers.
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 11:45 PM   #13 (permalink)
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WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT, theres more tire on his wheel wells than on the road,
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Old Apr 12th, 2005, 11:59 PM   #14 (permalink)
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my god... i think i could do better in my stock sentra than he is... i like how his kit drags the ground about 8 times :-P

That car is the epitome of RICE.
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EDIT: ...Or maybe I'm wrong. I just came across a Japanese Autocross Club's message board, on which one of the members claims that he spoke to the owner of that car and that those are Eibach Sportlines on stock dampers.
i see, i can understand they are to soft, but i bet the stock dampers has alot to do with that. ever since i have been studying suspension i have noticed nearly ever single lowerd car around here is useing stock dampers. even my b13 with nearly blown shocks dosent bounce as much as these cars.
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