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Topic #72947 8 posts Started by Goonter
hi... was plannin on lowering the car just a tad bit.. a little lower and close to stock ride.. tanabe GF210s look like theyre perfect for that. anywho my question is for that kind of drop will i need to change the OEM struts?. or will they hold out? thanks in advance guys
Any drop. They will blow.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Mar 28, 2010 - 1:15 AM

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QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Mar 28, 2010 - 1:15 AM) *
>Any drop. They will blow.


I x2.

Just have a think about how old the stock struts are, and how much miles they have on them to begin with. Anyway, if you put new struts you will be very happy you did. The improvement of ride quality and handling will make you wonder why you didn't change them before. wink.gif

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QUOTE (Goonter @ Mar 28, 2010 - 7:46 AM) *
>hi... was plannin on lowering the car just a tad bit.. a little lower and close to stock ride.. tanabe GF210s look like theyre perfect for that. anywho my question is for that kind of drop will i need to change the OEM struts?. or will they hold out? thanks in advance guys


Theory is one thing... but there are also people that tried it first wink.gif. I have used GF210s on my car with OEM struts for one year (than upgraded to TEIN coilovers). My friend has them on car for three years and has no troubles at all!

For reference: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=48069
PM this guy and ask for review if you want: http://www.6gc.net/members/urputus

btw. according to Tanabe guide those springs are designed to be used on OEM shocks wink.gif

This post has been edited by malpaso: Mar 31, 2010 - 3:20 AM

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QUOTE (malpaso @ Mar 31, 2010 - 10:01 PM) *
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QUOTE (Goonter @ Mar 28, 2010 - 7:46 AM) *
>hi... was plannin on lowering the car just a tad bit.. a little lower and close to stock ride.. tanabe GF210s look like theyre perfect for that. anywho my question is for that kind of drop will i need to change the OEM struts?. or will they hold out? thanks in advance guys


Theory is one thing... but there are also people that tried it first wink.gif. I have used GF210s on my car with OEM struts for one year (than upgraded to TEIN coilovers). My friend has them on car for three year hand has no troubles at all!

For reference: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=48069
PM this guy and ask for review if you want: http://www.6gc.net/members/urputus

btw. according to Tanabe guide those springs are designed to be used on OEM shocks wink.gif


i think its hit or miss because iv been on bombed ground controls for about 2 month's and mine are fine

"she can polish my strut bar anytime As long as her blow-off valve's in good order"
smile.gif thanks for the inputs. and thanks alot for the reference Malpaso biggrin.gif
just for info: only what you need to do is cut this bump rubber for 15-25mm...



And her is scan of installation guide:




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redface.gif awesome!.. this will come in handy thank you very much biggrin.gif