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Old 04-21-2006, 02:29 AM
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I have s-tecs and love em.. check my pics to see the fitment
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Old 04-21-2006, 02:38 AM
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\/ to be honest, I was expecting a remark anyways. I did laugh at it, but it doesnt mean I get to be the butt of a joke
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okok.... lets not start.
My bad. Thought you could laugh at it.
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Old 04-21-2006, 02:47 AM
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my car on hochkis springs with 18's:




no scraping, some rubbing.
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Old 04-21-2006, 02:50 AM
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^^ nice!
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Old 04-21-2006, 06:50 PM
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werd... 18's look good on the tC. and yep, from kingsville i am. what a chit hole man!
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Old 04-21-2006, 09:01 PM
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Did you guys have crazy negative camber on the rear with the Hotchkis springs, after an alignment? When I had my alignment done, they said they couldn't get it better than -1.8 degrees camber on both sides in the rear... I really don't want to drop money on the adjustable camber links...!
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Old 04-21-2006, 11:56 PM
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^ i have a little, but it wont mean much! I was thinking about getting camber links but then said no cause it looked sexy!
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Old 04-22-2006, 12:17 AM
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sweeeet i can do 18s without resorting to coils =D
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Old 01-18-2007, 09:02 PM
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I have 18" Tsw Thruxton's on Hotchkis and whenever I am going highspeeds like 80mph and hit a fairly good bump... then i hear rubbing =(
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Old 01-18-2007, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by grmorrow04
Did you guys have crazy negative camber on the rear with the Hotchkis springs, after an alignment? When I had my alignment done, they said they couldn't get it better than -1.8 degrees camber on both sides in the rear... I really don't want to drop money on the adjustable camber links...!
if any alignment shop tells you they can't get it within spec on the front and back with the hotchkis springs on they do not know what they are doing. i got my car aligned yesterday and they got it within spec. so if they tell you they can't go somewhere else. the back was -2.0 on both sides when i brought it in and they got it to -0.6 on each side. -0.9 to +0.5 is what they told me the specs were for the rear. just FYI.
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will 18x7.5 with a 42 offset work on a hotchkis drop?
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Old 08-20-2007, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by JonnyHomesick
will 18x7.5 with a 42 offset work on a hotchkis drop?
yea you should be alright
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Old 08-20-2007, 10:48 PM
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I have been running 19" TSW Sakata 5's with 225/35/19's, Hotchkis springs factory struts with no rubbing at all for over 6 months, if that helps....


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Old 08-20-2007, 11:19 PM
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^^ wow, very clean tC!
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