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snik 08-28-2018 12:55 PM

Lowering a 4.8iS
 
Quick question.
Already deleted the air suspension, sitting in H&R springs and Billy shocks/dampers.
Love the ride height of the rear, but the front I wish was maybe a little lower.
Who makes a spring kit that sits lower than H&R?
Do B&G springs sit lower, does Eibach make a kit for these?
Thanks.


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BigBody 08-29-2018 09:45 AM

I just put some coilovers in front. Rear on SLS. Drives awesome.

snik 08-29-2018 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BigBody (Post 1140371)
I just put some coilovers in front. Rear on SLS. Drives awesome.



What coilovers?


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BigBody 08-29-2018 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by snik (Post 1140376)
What coilovers?


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I went with a Taiwanese brand called "Gecko". Opted to get mine with camber plates for some negative camber action in the front. Here's a video about some of their features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f0CoyXRkI4

snik 08-29-2018 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by BigBody (Post 1140387)
I went with a Taiwanese brand called "Gecko". Opted to get mine with camber plates for some negative camber action in the front. Here's a video about some of their features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f0CoyXRkI4


I think I've I've heard of these from my E34 friends.
Interesting, at that price tho, I might as well get BCs for a tad more. Hmmm


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BigBody 08-29-2018 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by snik (Post 1140397)
I think I've I've heard of these from my E34 friends.
Interesting, at that price tho, I might as well get BCs for a tad more. Hmmm


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Like BC's these are made in Taiwan. I've heard of issues with BC's as well, so I thought id give geckos a go, & have been pretty satisfied. Whichever way you go, best of luck :thumbup:

snik 08-29-2018 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBody (Post 1140399)
Like BC's these are made in Taiwan. I've heard of issues with BC's as well, so I thought id give geckos a go, & have been pretty satisfied. Whichever way you go, best of luck :thumbup:



Just now had a chance to watch that video. Steel bodies is a huge plus. All the failures of BC I've seen is the lower mount cracking.
I do like bushings over mono too.
These sound pretty good now that I watched the entire video.
It's like they took all the weak points of BC and made them better.


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LVR 09-16-2018 07:17 AM

Did you do this on a 4.8is BigBody?

snik 09-16-2018 11:07 AM

Big body?


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BigBody 09-16-2018 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LVR (Post 1141884)
Did you do this on a 4.8is BigBody?

I believe the 4.8is' are standard with 4 corner EHC air bags. I did this on my 4.4i. it is essentially the same setup as stock, spring shocks in front, bags in back. Swapped in some coilovers, lowered the front & coded lower height in the back. Works great, though i've yet to see anyone try the same setup as me.

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Originally Posted by snik (Post 1141892)
Big body?

Hello sir ;pervert;


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