I have 18's en tranzit. Gunmetal. Need to lower car, but dont have enough for tein flex coilovers...yet...so Eibach Pro kit it is. But, i dont know lots about lovering a car. MPJ performance will sell me a springs / install, but will i need alignment?? is it good to wait a few days to align (or a few weeks) due to the springs setteling in (droping lower)(happened to my friends mustang...will i need to adjust camber also??? how is this done. are there a few good shops that can do this, or can MPJ do it?? idunno, but still not "car savvy" on subarus, so need all the help i can get. looked on suspension forum, but got lost in all the topics. couldnt find what i really wanted to hear. so ill try this.
-Thanks.

wow. this banana is cool...:banana:

 

You will need to re-align you car.

Adding negative front camber always helps. Your existing camber bolts are good for up to neg. 1.5*

I'm not sure what teh Eibachs will do to your rears, but adjustability is good.

I take my car to Roger Krauss Racing in Castro Valley for alignments, but I hear that MPJ/GBM likes some local wheelworks, who knows.

 

cool. thanks. you always reply to my posts...any one else have ideas??

 

i have pro kits. did them with me friend and couple of days later I got an alighment at Auto innovations.

 

have any pics ???? I am trying to find as much info as possible...and ideas...reccomendations. Thanks

 

lowering with 18's? aren't you a bit worried about rubbing?

If you're just looking for that lowered look i think 18" wheels would do that just fine without lowering. Even a 17" wheel fills the fender pretty well.

 

but that's just me. rock on with your bad self if you want that look. i think you'll be fine and will have that "lowered look: with 18's alone.

I'll shutup now...

 

I wish the prokits dropped the front a little more. but now I am runing a front lip so I dont want anymore drop but the wheel gap in the front is still kinda big

 

I have around a 1 inch drop with 18s on my car and no hint of rubbing.

Proper sized aftermarket wheel/tire diameters should be almost identical on 17" and 18" wheels as that of the stock wheel/tire setup so the fender gap will be the same.

 

If you kill all the front wheelgap, you will also kill all the wheel travel....

 

hey I'm the guy with the black WRX sedan in Danville who bugged you to get on i-Club fer days....

 

thanks for clearing that up.

you're talking about your mustang, right?

 

I have 18's and I have the Tein S.Tech springs..... -2.0" front drop, -.7" rear drop...... No rubbing, not even remotely close....but make sure your rims are the proper offset for your car, or rubbing MAY be a problem. I believe my offset is about 45 or so.....I dont totally remember.

and YES.....YOUR CAR WILL SETTLE A BIT AFTER LOWERING IT.....

See my lowering suspension issues Here

For the record......My car DID settle down into an EVEN STANCE, and it took a month or more to totally settle.


Mine actually is about -2" front drop, and a little over -1.0" drop rear after settling.

Yes, you will need a 4 wheel alignment after your lower it.....and you SHOULD do it SOON after your car is lowered....

hope this helps

-Ted

 

deleted

 

Here's a pic of my car lowered with 18's



-Ted