Tanabe fronts, stock rear, on stock 18"
Tanabe fronts, stock rear, on stock 18"
I know this should be a sin using the word stock so many times in one sentence.
Ive seen threads on lowering only the front but the car had big wheels on it so they couldnt lower the back.
Has anyone by choice only lowered the front and not the back with tanabes on stock 18"?
Ive seen threads on lowering only the front but the car had big wheels on it so they couldnt lower the back.
Has anyone by choice only lowered the front and not the back with tanabes on stock 18"?
I dont think anyone has. I actually thought about doing it because the Eibach's I had on the rears only dropped 1/2 inch.
The Eibach drop was too much for me in the front and not enough in the rear, so at one point I was even considering putting the tanabes on the front and leaving the rear stock.
When I had the tanabes put on the front, the drop was dead even with the Eibach rear and I didnt want a rake look, so I kept the Eibach's on the rear.
If the tanabe's didnt drop the front enough and the front still had more gap than the rear, I was planning on putting the rear springs back on.
Although, BEFORE I put on springs, I measured the fender gaps of the stock springs and I believe the front had 1/2 inch more gap on the front than the rear.
If you put on only the tanabe fronts, which drop the car 1 inch, you will be left with 1/2 in extra gap now in the rear.
If you want a dead even fender gap, tanabe fronts and eibach rears are the way to go.
The Eibach drop was too much for me in the front and not enough in the rear, so at one point I was even considering putting the tanabes on the front and leaving the rear stock.
When I had the tanabes put on the front, the drop was dead even with the Eibach rear and I didnt want a rake look, so I kept the Eibach's on the rear.
If the tanabe's didnt drop the front enough and the front still had more gap than the rear, I was planning on putting the rear springs back on.
Although, BEFORE I put on springs, I measured the fender gaps of the stock springs and I believe the front had 1/2 inch more gap on the front than the rear.
If you put on only the tanabe fronts, which drop the car 1 inch, you will be left with 1/2 in extra gap now in the rear.
If you want a dead even fender gap, tanabe fronts and eibach rears are the way to go.
Just for clarification, my car is a S coupe.
And I dont think they will hurt your suspension at all.
Your rear will be stock, so there is no change there. And the front tanabe's have very similar springrates to the stock S springs and are only a very mild increase.
But you said 18"..... so Im assuming you dont have the sport suspension? The non-sport suspension is a little softer, so although it wont hurt your suspension, you might feel more of a springrate difference with the tanabes on the front and a non-sport spring in the rear than you would with tanabes on the front and a sport spring on the rear.
And I dont think they will hurt your suspension at all.
Your rear will be stock, so there is no change there. And the front tanabe's have very similar springrates to the stock S springs and are only a very mild increase.
But you said 18"..... so Im assuming you dont have the sport suspension? The non-sport suspension is a little softer, so although it wont hurt your suspension, you might feel more of a springrate difference with the tanabes on the front and a non-sport spring in the rear than you would with tanabes on the front and a sport spring on the rear.
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