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Old Oct 28, 2003 | 10:46 PM
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since when have ANY BMW's been slammed from stock?

i'm not saying little wheel gap is bad...just BMW's are designed for it, their wheel wells are shaped nicely around their tires so the gap the entire way around is uniform...plus their spring rates and tire sizes are also designed for it (no need to roll fenders to fit tires up into wheel wells during suspension compression

most aftermarket springs that produce the "slammed" look don't have the spring rates to accomodate for the weight of an accord...most of the springs that are sold in the US were designed in Germany for European cars...the Euro accords are sufficiently lighter than the USDM ones which means that the car rides lower on the springs and also bottom out more often due to the increased weight

the best way I've seen to overcome this is to either get a set of coilovers w/ custom spring rates higher than the ones sold off the shelf...that way you will be able to conpensate for the more weight, you will be height adjustable (so you can have the slammed look if you want it), and you will still retain enough suspension travel so that your car will handle like it should without bottoming out...

1.5" drop gives a uniform wheel gap the ENTIRE way around the wheel so i don't understand how you would look like a 4X4...if anything you would look better than the slammed look, more like a BMW than any slammed car, and have increases suspension travel and not need to worry about bottoming out...not to mention the money you could save by not needing a camber kit

if all you want is show then fine, slam the hell out of your car...but if you expect to get better performance out of it you're sorely mistaken
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