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Old 11-10-2005 | 10:46 PM
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Hi,im looking into buyin koni's and have been told i should only lower my rs turbo 25mm - 30mm and was woundering what you lot here think and also i would like to see some pictures of your cars lowered 25mm or 30mm on 17's.
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Old 11-10-2005 | 11:32 PM
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very common setup now on RST's now mate....lowered 30mm shud be perfect with 17s

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mine...7x17 oz crono evo's and 45mm drop









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Old 12-10-2005 | 09:32 AM
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I have Konis and chassis dynamic 25mm lowered springs, the car sits really well with minimal rubbing








Old 12-10-2005 | 10:07 AM
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Mine...at the mo sitting 25mm on PI suspension so it's not great.... however it don't rub but I have modded the rear springs slightly





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Any lower than -25mm and you tend to suffer from understeer.
Old 12-10-2005 | 08:55 PM
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thanks for all your replys,all your cars looked mint.i think im goin to go for some 30mm springs with top adjustables.

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Old 13-10-2005 | 01:46 AM
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i have 17`s and lowered 30 mm, it NEVER rubs , and my subwoofer is 30 kg`s in weight , go ahead buddy you will be fine
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ad4m rst was you in brighton at macdonalds about a month ago when the was a lot of people up there?
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here i thought id get some proppa piccys , 17`s with 40`s lowered 30mm

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i like ur combi mate ive got system 2 shocks on there at the mo which are not bad but would rather koni's,any had system 2 shocks too?what did you think of them?
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mine lowered 40mm on koni adjustables
Old 16-10-2005 | 09:57 PM
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i got a set of heavy duty caravan springs in the rear of mine just cut them so same hight as 30 drop rears, can run my konis on soft with a boot and bk full and get 0 rubbing at the bk , standard 30s on the front
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