My suspension came in this thursday, and I went home Friday night to put it on. I had a car show saturday morning and I really wanted it on, so friend and I started about 9PM neither of us knowing how to really change it so we started with the rear. There is for sure a learning curve. Got the first done and on, 2nd side went much easier. Had a bear of a time gettin the bottom bolt out, but finally got it.
Get to the front, and had a heck of a time with the bottom 2 bolts, but finally got them, then to get the assembly out took a while. All in all It was just before 3AM when we finished (longer than I expected) and here is a pic of it at the show the next day. The front is about halfway down, over an inch to drop it yet, and the back is about 6 threads up still, so nother half inch or a little more to go.
The ride is amazing, I think it handles so much better, and feels better than stock with my 18s on as well. Only a few times do i notice it will kinda bob a little when u go over alot of small bumps it kinda feels like u bouncing on a boat. Truely amazing product.
Should have entered in the SPL contest as well I think the top in the class was around 140, and I could have prolly beatten that ,but another show down.
Ended up taking 1st Place in Sport Compact Domestic so it was well worth it. For some more pics check out my link in Other cars.
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very nice looking car! well done
DUDE, why didnt you tell me about the show
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I want to go to some shows this year, next time you find one post it on the jboi.org. We can represent the J's together! BTW: Congrats on first place, how many others were in the class?
-Nate (ZeeTwankyFo)
Oh yeah, and when you said "the ride is amazing" you mean it in 2 ways, lol. I love your car so much!
-Nate (ZeeTwankyFo)
Love the Arrival Blue....
Man, it looks 10000x better with a drop. Very sweet car!
Congrats on winning first place at that show!
- Darren
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Man, if only the Type J came without that lip on the bottom of the front... Very good work with your car man, I like cars that clean. Just don't mess it up with a spoiler
Looks good! One of the few 03's that I think looks good with the Type J front
Nice, always loved that car. Thats the drop I'm looking to get. Looks real good man. How does is ride?
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nice man congrats on the win. are you gonna paint your brakes?
Looks great! Now you just need to paint the brakes, I.E. Calipers, rotors and drums a blue that matches your paint. That will add a VERY nice touch to the wheel package.
i will be painting all those sometime soon, I am not sure If i will just end up painting them black possibly. If anyone knows of a good high temp paint or whatever that will come close to matching let me know, I have not really found anything close, and the shop here listed a pretty pricy amount to do it.
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the car looked awesome in person, but the pics are even better!! thanx for coming to the show, and i hope more jbody's can come next year.
good job car looks great!
