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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 12:08 AM
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Hi. As per title, i am looking for set of springs that will lower my STI V2. At the moment, on standard STI springs ride height on my car is 3 fingers gap between tyre and wheel arch. I am running on 17's 205/40/17. Which ones will you recommend?
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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 12:11 AM
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these's one's mate
https://www.scoobynet.com/private-fo...-kit-30mm.html
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It says that they will fit from Bugeye upwards and mineis Classic shape.
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I've also read that some people used Spax springs on their classics Sti. I don't want to go extremely low, but definately lower than 3 fingers gap.
Please guys, HELP !
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coilovers will be the best bet
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:-) I know but don't want to lose ride quality and the second thing is that can't really afford to spend £500 or even more on coilovers at the moment :-(
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Lower than 3 fingers is a fair drop.
Whitelines or Teins possibly? Prodrive / Eibach only drop the car between 25-30mm.
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Originally Posted by ScoobyForLife27
:-) I know but don't want to lose ride quality and the second thing is that can't really afford to spend £500 or even more on coilovers at the moment :-(
If you don't want to lose ride quality mate don't fit lowering springs!
I'm on Prodrive and they're harder than std. You can't have it both ways I'm afraid.
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Whitelines or Teins ? which ones are better?
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What i was trying to say is that i know that Coilovers are proper hard when lowering springs aren't that hard, if you know what i mean? I don't mind to make it harder/stiffer (will be even better) but not as hard as coilovers.
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You can adjust coilovers so they are not hard and you can also buy a softer spring with coilovers. But you will be hard pushed to lower it and keep the ride quality.

Tein are a good spring but you realy need to pic the correct rating..
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Thank You mate ! So, what brand of Coilovers will you recommend?
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BC's are decent budget coilovers mate (approx £500-600 depending on vendor).
Tein are highly rated, and then you've got bigger budget ones like Cusco, AST, etc.
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