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jdms14
05-05-2002, 07:26 PM
got  a set of sportlines for my s14a. i'm gonna put them on monday and i think for now i might just put on the front ones. reason being that because the front and rear wheel wells differ in height i believe that this will even out the gap and then it won't look so goofy. plus it might give it a slight muscle car stance, which i feel is sweet. just woundering if anyone has tried this with anything, if so, results? also why are the front/rear wheel wells different sizes? thanks

DSC
05-05-2002, 08:53 PM
DO NOT do this. Your car will handle horrably. These come with the front springs being a little bit lower, so there is no need to only install the front. I think you underestimate how much 2" really is. Also, make sure you replace your shocks with aftermarket shocks at the same time you install your springs because stock shocks WILL fail, almost guarinteed in less than a month...you may not even make it a mile.

No clue why the wheel well sizes are different, I assume just for clearance (more suspension travel in front and the wheel turns)

Again, do NOT install any aftermarket springs up front with stock rears <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/nervous.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':nervous:'>

AceInHole
05-05-2002, 09:04 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DSC @ May 04 2002,10:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">DO NOT do this. Your car will handle horrably. These come with the front springs being a little bit lower, so there is no need to only install the front. I think you underestimate how much 2" really is. Also, make sure you replace your shocks with aftermarket shocks at the same time you install your springs because stock shocks WILL fail, almost guarinteed in less than a month...you may not even make it a mile.

No clue why the wheel well sizes are different, I assume just for clearance (more suspension travel in front and the wheel turns)

Again, do NOT install any aftermarket springs up front with stock rears <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/nervous.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':nervous:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
due to time constraints, i had sportlines on the front and stock springs in the rear for a while.... then again, i didn't exactly go autocrossing with that setup, and i really babied the car (speedbumps.... college campus).

FYI, it looked ugly... it just made the rear wheels look even smaller with all that wheel gap &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/notify.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':notify:'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/nervous.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':nervous:'>