possibly lowering...question

[cyberraz]

ok i am thinking about lowering my protege. the one question i have is if my aftermarket wheels will rub when the car is lowered. the wheels are msr style 126, 17inch, +40offset with 205/40 tires. yes i do know that this offset is a bit low for this car but i love the look of this wheel and as of now it fits perfectly. i believe the only way that it does fit well is because the tire profile is too low to rub the spring perches. i am planning to get some racing beat springs (.875 ride drop front and rear) and tokico
blue struts. anyways, can anybody venture a guess of whether they will rub. thanks

 

[justanothermp5]

no they wont rub
the spring perch wont move at all so the only way that it will rub is against the fender
and i doubt that .875 drop will rub
my bro has a dx lowered on eibach spings with tokico illuminas and he has no rubbing with 17's +42 offset

 

[justanothermp5]

oh and he has 215 45's

 

[99 Pro]

You won't rub at all. I would also suggest looking at some different springs though. The Racing Beat springs have a very uneven drop, and I don't think it looks good on our cars at all IMO.

On my first set of rims, I had 17" with +40mm offset (205/45/17 tires) and dropped on Tein S-Techs with Tokico Blues with no rubbing ever. I now have 18" with +45mm offset (215/35/18 tires) with the same suspension set up and still no rubbing.

 

[cyberraz]

the racing beat springs only look as if they will give an uneven drop because they preserve the natural forward rack of the car. this is not a problem because i have a heavy ass sub box loaded with 12s and as of right now the back is pretty even with the front. i will, however continue to look around. i don't want a drop of more than 1 inch so the racing beats seemed the logical choice. a car lowered more than 1 inch would most likely prove to be too harsh for the bad NY roads.

 

[red95_240sx]

u wanna buy my old evotion springs? 50bux plus shipping

heres one pic

 

[cyberraz]

did you not like the evotions 99pro?

 

[red95_240sx]

i always felt they cud of been harder, but i had just got used to them.