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Old May 10, 2013 | 05:56 AM
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Eibach Pro-R2 Coilovers installed.

So I shopped around for a while and finally ended up buying these from American Muscle at a great price. I installed these myself along with the Whiteline Adj. PHB and Brace and this feels like a different car. Cornering, lane switching, nose diving and squatting have greatly been improved. I have just started playing with the settings but then I realized I need and should have installed the mm cc plates, so I guess Ill be doing double the work since now I have to remove the fronts again. My car is a dd and would like to be able to ttrack it as in roadcourse or autocross a few times a year. Here are some pics, tires wheels and cc plates next. Was wondering if 275s would work all the way around without rubbing. I didnt measure the drop but it seems to be about 1.5" Downloaded my own pics from am because I didnt have them on my phone.
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Old May 10, 2013 | 07:12 AM
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I think you would be fine with 275 or even 285 all around.
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Old May 10, 2013 | 07:51 AM
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Those coilovers look and ride great, awesome choice! You should be able to run 275's on all 4 corners without any issues at all. Please let me know if you have any questions or need some assistance!

Thanks for your business and loyalty, we really appreciate it!

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Old May 10, 2013 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by AMDanBailer
Those coilovers look and ride great, awesome choice! You should be able to run 275's on all 4 corners without any issues at all. Please let me know if you have any questions or need some assistance!

Thanks for your business and loyalty, we really appreciate it!

-Dan
My pleasure Dan. I've always heard about American Muscle and the great products and great customer service but now I know about it firsthand!

I've read about others saying the 275s rubbing at full turn so I was bit concerned. I was looking into the RTR/Sumitomo package and would like to know if there are other 2013-2014s out there with coilovers running this setup.
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Old May 11, 2013 | 04:04 AM
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That is slammed! I dig! Amazing!
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Old May 11, 2013 | 02:39 PM
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That is slammed! I dig! Amazing!
Thanks! Going crazy trying to decide on a wheel/tire combo though!
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Old May 13, 2013 | 10:24 AM
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You may want to consider triming down those bump stops or buy shorter ones so they do not interfere with suspension travel now that you are that much lower.
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Old May 14, 2013 | 09:57 AM
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You may want to consider triming down those bump stops or buy shorter ones so they do not interfere with suspension travel now that you are that much lower.
Those are the bump stops that came with the kit. I replaced the oe stops which were a little taller I believe, should I still trim these down? I may have to raise the height in the front though for my daily driving because I've been scraping on certain speedbumps when I have others on board. Perhaps just dial in a stiffer ride after I get the cc plates.

I wonder how others are mounting the rear reservoirs. Not too thrilled how I mounted mine.
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Old May 17, 2013 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by alphastang
Those are the bump stops that came with the kit. I replaced the oe stops which were a little taller I believe, should I still trim these down? I may have to raise the height in the front though for my daily driving because I've been scraping on certain speedbumps when I have others on board. Perhaps just dial in a stiffer ride after I get the cc plates.

I wonder how others are mounting the rear reservoirs. Not too thrilled how I mounted mine.
Maybe it's just perspective of the picture...but it doesn't look like much travel. If you have a pretty stiff spring 450/lb-ish it should be OK. Raising the height obviously would also help. A lot of folks drill holes to route the lines inboard the trunk...but as long as they are out of the way and still reachable w/o taking a wheel off you should be fine...they can get dirty
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Old May 18, 2013 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ConeBoss
Maybe it's just perspective of the picture...but it doesn't look like much travel. If you have a pretty stiff spring 450/lb-ish it should be OK. Raising the height obviously would also help. A lot of folks drill holes to route the lines inboard the trunk...but as long as they are out of the way and still reachable w/o taking a wheel off you should be fine...they can get dirty
Yes inside the trunk would definitely have been ideal but the reservoir line had very little slack, it seemed like it wouldnt reach. The front reservoir lines were much longer.
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Old May 22, 2013 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ConeBoss
Maybe it's just perspective of the picture...but it doesn't look like much travel. If you have a pretty stiff spring 450/lb-ish it should be OK. Raising the height obviously would also help. A lot of folks drill holes to route the lines inboard the trunk...but as long as they are out of the way and still reachable w/o taking a wheel off you should be fine...they can get dirty
So I relocatex the reservoir to a better location and I did see that there is enough line to tech into the trunk the problem is that the line had to be detached f from the reservoir and not sure how to do that, if you have any info that would hel, because in the trunk would definitely be more accessible.
On another note, seems like I purchased the wrong mm cc plates. Apparently there is a whole other set of plates when you have these coilovers! Arghh
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Old May 22, 2013 | 03:45 PM
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So I relocatex the reservoir to a better location and I did see that there is enough line to tech into the trunk the problem is that the line had to be detached f from the reservoir and not sure how to do that, if you have any info that would hel, because in the trunk would definitely be more accessible.
On another note, seems like I purchased the wrong mm cc plates. Apparently there is a whole other set of plates when you have these coilovers! Arghh
Most likely the 05-10 CC plates.
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Old May 26, 2013 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandon302
Most likely the 05-10 CC plates.
I ended up returning the mm cc plates and found that mm makes the exact ones to use if you have the r1 or r2 co's to accomodate the smaller spring and ordered those from cj pony parts.
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