Need pictures of 2gn's lowered....

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:20 am

CA180 wrote:
grambo wrote:

Eibach Sportlines, ACR Dynamic Struts, Hotchkis Sways, Energy Bushys....
sebring rims!?! Yeah? sweet, ive been lookin for a set forever!! looks nice!

Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.......probably been raced a few times at Sebring but, not Sebring rims...sorry.

CA180 · Post by **CA180** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:27 am

crap! i thought they were! Still some sharp lookin rims! i'd love to have a set of straight spokes like that

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:07 am

SX_2.0_Monkey wrote:

heres my slammed ride!!! stock suspension for the win!!!

Old school rake.....

Riddler · Post by **Riddler** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:51 am

Back on topic....don't stray on me now.

Riddler

Wisher2 · Post by **Wisher2** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:12 pm

Riddler wrote:Back on topic....don't stray on me now.

Riddler

Go to an auto parts store and get some PB Blaster......Spray and let it sit for a couple of minutes then try to unlock the rings.....I have Ip2's and they locked on me but I got them open....easy as pie

Riddler · Post by **Riddler** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:36 pm

Wisher2 wrote:
Riddler wrote:Back on topic....don't stray on me now.

Riddler
Go to an auto parts store and get some PB Blaster......Spray and let it sit for a couple of minutes then try to unlock the rings.....I have Ip2's and they locked on me but I got them open....easy as pie

I've been doing that 2 days. They have been sitting. Then I've been trying to get them loose. When I say there frozen, they are.

Riddler

01neonrtblk · Post by **01neonrtblk** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:48 pm

here are a few of mine, for the drop, i am on mopar stage 3 coilovers on the lowest setting...comments welcomed....

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:49 pm

Currently:

IPP Coilovers, Hotchkis sways. Still have a couple of inches in the front and about 3 in the back that I could drop it, but im def. not.

My previous setup:

Dropzone Springs, stock struts. I still actually wish I had this setup. I really liked it.

sullygully · Post by **sullygully** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:14 am

Riddler wrote:
Wisher2 wrote:
Riddler wrote:Back on topic....don't stray on me now.

Riddler
Go to an auto parts store and get some PB Blaster......Spray and let it sit for a couple of minutes then try to unlock the rings.....I have Ip2's and they locked on me but I got them open....easy as pie
I've been doing that 2 days. They have been sitting. Then I've been trying to get them loose. When I say there frozen, they are.

Riddler

Have you tried heating them up?

OB · Post by OB » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:37 am

01neonrtblk wrote:here are a few of mine, for the drop, i am on mopar stage 3 coilovers on the lowest setting...comments welcomed....

beautiful car, minus the wing and tails. Other than that, perfecto.

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:58 am

1st Gen ACR springs on stock struts.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:10 am

the 1 thing i hate about our cars are the fenderwells. the fornt 1 comes up so high that it looks liek an uneven drop with a saggy ass, when the car sets perfectly level.... i wanna drop the fornt of mine more and make the wheel gap even..... but i dont know what would do it.

sullygully · Post by **sullygully** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:26 am

TNK wrote:the 1 thing i hate about our cars are the fenderwells. the fornt 1 comes up so high that it looks liek an uneven drop with a saggy ass, when the car sets perfectly level.... i wanna drop the fornt of mine more and make the wheel gap even..... but i dont know what would do it.

What i did to make mine even, before i went to bags, was i took out the upper mount /w bearing, replaced it with just the bearing from a first gen(they pop right out of the mount), and it lowered about an inch more.

Mind you, i had coilovers, so unless you changed, this won't work on your set up

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:30 am

godammit. you had me excited. im considering getting a set of 1g drop coils like crucial had on his CG before the bags....

TiOL · Post by **TiOL** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:50 pm

^^ who wants a munchy ride ?????

702Neon · Post by **702Neon** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:24 pm

TNK wrote:the 1 thing i hate about our cars are the fenderwells. the fornt 1 comes up so high that it looks liek an uneven drop with a saggy ass, when the car sets perfectly level.... i wanna drop the fornt of mine more and make the wheel gap even..... but i dont know what would do it.

dude, why don't you just take out them front springs and cut a little peice off. it ain't gonna hurt.
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03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:03 pm

702Neon wrote:
TNK wrote:the 1 thing i hate about our cars are the fenderwells. the fornt 1 comes up so high that it looks liek an uneven drop with a saggy ass, when the car sets perfectly level.... i wanna drop the fornt of mine more and make the wheel gap even..... but i dont know what would do it.
dude, why don't you just take out them front springs and cut a little peice off. it ain't gonna hurt.

All depends in how you cut it, though.

2003silverneonsxt · Post by **2003silverneonsxt** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:50 pm

NEVER EVER EVER EVER cut springs at all!!

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:18 pm

2003silverneonsxt wrote:NEVER EVER EVER EVER cut springs at all!!

x2...I wouldnt even TRY to do that.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:28 pm

702Neon wrote:
TNK wrote:the 1 thing i hate about our cars are the fenderwells. the fornt 1 comes up so high that it looks liek an uneven drop with a saggy ass, when the car sets perfectly level.... i wanna drop the fornt of mine more and make the wheel gap even..... but i dont know what would do it.
dude, why don't you just take out them front springs and cut a little peice off. it ain't gonna hurt.

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702Neon · Post by **702Neon** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:33 pm

TNK wrote:
702Neon wrote:
TNK wrote:the 1 thing i hate about our cars are the fenderwells. the fornt 1 comes up so high that it looks liek an uneven drop with a saggy ass, when the car sets perfectly level.... i wanna drop the fornt of mine more and make the wheel gap even..... but i dont know what would do it.
dude, why don't you just take out them front springs and cut a little peice off. it ain't gonna hurt.

BANNED!

Hey now.

i'm just sayin'. i'm not putting no gun to his head and makinj' him do it.
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TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:37 pm

i made the mistake of ghetto dropping my 1g. granted, cutting coils isnt as bad as what i did... heated the coils into somethign resembling a really bad pretzel..... but im not half assing shit on this car.....

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:50 am

scneonchic wrote:
2003silverneonsxt wrote:NEVER EVER EVER EVER cut springs at all!!
x2...I wouldnt even TRY to do that.

whats wrong with cutting the springs? people do this all the time... as long as you cut a full coil at a time so the spring is well seated.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:00 am

doesnt the ride suffer horribly? plus some people might not know how to 'cut the spring the right way'.

IMO, springs arent really made to be cut. if you want your car lower for a cheap price, Id just go to ebay and get some aftermarket springs. My dropzones were $100 and I loved them. They gave me about a 2.5" drop or more and they actually rode really well. Alot better than my coilovers do right now because I havent had time to adjust anything the way I need to. Even the drop on the first gen springs is very nice. Alot more than I wouldve orginally expected, honestly.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:57 am

scneonchic wrote:doesnt the ride suffer horribly?

it is a possibility..... but its not a fact.

every car is gonna react different to this due to them having different rates and the weight of the car. so unless someone here has done it to a neon, i wouldn't leave that option out. and if you really think about it, dosen't the ride suffer horribly with certain "lowering" springs?

ChrisRT · Post by **ChrisRT** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:08 pm

Wow, alot of misconception here.

You CAN cut springs, but you need to do it properly.

DO NOT use a torch, or anything that will heat up the spring dramatically.

DO use a grinder or something like that with a cutting wheel. In fact, hotchkis recommends this with Dakota R/T's, if they dont' sit low enough, they recommend you cut it a quarter of a coil until its low enough.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:49 pm

dblsg wrote:
scneonchic wrote:doesnt the ride suffer horribly?
it is a possibility..... but its not a fact. every car is gonna react different to this due to them having different rates and the weight of the car. so unless someone here has done it to a neon, i wouldn't leave that option out. and if you really think about it, dosen't the ride suffer horribly with certain "lowering" springs?

True....right now I am actually hating my coilovers

Im sure if I had time to adjust them and I relaly need to tighten up the springs in the back, but since I dont have time, when I do drive it, it throws me everywhere

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:55 pm

Lowered on stock ACR struts and 1st gen RT springs.

Random shot.