Drop it like it's hot!!!

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:25 am

Yeah I just got my Vibe lowered!!! I went with the Hotchkis springs and it turned out absoutely perfect.Here are some before and after pics. I think I am gonna have to trim my mud guards about an inch or just take them off casue they are rubbing on the ground when I go in and out of my driveway.

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:30 am

Nice! Welcome to the club!

sloth · Post by **sloth** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:33 am

That looks very nice. Wish I could do that but to many racoons on the roads and to much snow in the winter.Your ride looks really nice, debadged and everything.

iinan · Post by **iinan** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:39 am

Looks great I can't wait to get mine outta the box and on the car

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:55 am

Thanks everybody!!Haven't gotten around to driving it much yet, but so far so good. The ride is a little more choppy than I expected, but nothing that I can't get accustomed to. Hopefully our winter is like our summer so far, no precip.

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:03 am

Looking good!

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:09 am

Welcome to the club snoop!

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:14 am

lol! and the stock height club members are becoming less and less by the day! i'm still in it though. lol

Kari · Post by **Kari** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:18 am

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic Â»lol! and the stock height club members are becoming less and less by the day! i'm still in it though. lolMe too, me too! Yay stock height! (And no scraping of any sort...LOL)

Post by **NSimkins** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:19 am

Welcome to the club.. looks good! Give the springs a couple weeks to settle and any noises you may hear should go away (if you have any).I had to trim an inch off my front mud flaps but got away without having to trim the rears (for now).

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:29 am

I think I might go out for a real drive and give them a shakedown run.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:30 am

I'll have to look at the pics at home... blocked on my work computer... dang netscape... bet it looks good, always does.

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:45 am

Quote, originally posted by NSimkins Â»I had to trim an inch off my front mud flaps but got away without having to trim the rears (for now).Why trim, just take a few quick corners and they should shave right down themselves to an appropriate level!

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:50 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â»Why trim, just take a few quick corners and they should shave right down themselves to an appropriate level! LOL let nature take care of business

scherry2 · Post by **scherry2** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:55 am

Looks nice! welcome to the club. enjoy the ride.

Sputnik · Post by **Sputnik** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:56 am

Quote, originally posted by Kari Â»Me too, me too! Yay stock height! (And no scraping of any sort...LOL)I'm still in the club too!

Pablo1669 · Post by **Pablo1669** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:03 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â»Why trim, just take a few quick corners and they should shave right down themselves to an appropriate level! Which by the looks of things in the last picture, he is letting that happen with the front air dam the way it's parked up over that curb. You really gotta watch that with the lower ride.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:03 am

Quote, originally posted by Sputnik Â»I'm still in the club too! your a dying breed...

rasermon · Post by **rasermon** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:12 am

Looks nice Brad. Be careful driving it at first. You will fit in real nice at next years Mi. meet.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:53 am

Quote, originally posted by Pablo1669 Â»Which by the looks of things in the last picture, he is letting that happen with the front air dam the way it's parked up over that curb. You really gotta watch that with the lower ride.I have a bad habit of doing that. There are a few curbs around here that scraped at stock ride height. Those will probably crack the front end. Hopefully there wont be any new posts in here by me because of damage to the front end. I like that new sig. you got there rasermon. Can't wait untill you reveal your choice. LOL

gargoyle · Post by **gargoyle** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:30 am

Quote, originally posted by Kari Â» Yay stock height! I'm in the stock height club too... for at least the next 35 months or 34562 miles which ever comes first!

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:37 am

i'm still stock on my new ride too. of course, if it were any lower, i think i'd scrape! plus it would defeat the purpose of why i got this car... awd for both snow and summer months.

Psychobroker · Post by **Psychobroker** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:18 am

Very nice redlava My solution to the scraping mudflaps was to trim them down about 1"

4X4CHICHI · Post by **4X4CHICHI** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:32 am

Looks great. I ordered mine Monday. How much drop was that?

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:53 am

Unfortunatly I couldn't find a tape measure before I got it dropped so an accurate measurement is out of the window unless soembody could measure their '03 base from the ground to the wheelwell. I would guess that what Hotchkis states is pretty accurate. 2" in front and 1.75" in back.

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