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      08-17-2014, 02:53 PM   #23
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Just be ready. When you switch to real tires you're going to lose some of that steering responsiveness. Tradeoffs.
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      08-17-2014, 06:30 PM   #24
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After a long 700 mile trip I certainly feel the car is 200% as stiff as it was all around. Body roll is significantly less, and the ride is firm. Turn-in is much much better, and grip has increased significantly as well. Slight trade off in comfort with the stiffer springs as expected, and more road vibrations in the steering wheel then before. I do feel the runflats are contributing a lot to the harsher road feel now, since everything else is tighter. Very satisfied with this combination, as it ended up the perfect ride height and I was able to acheive the camber I was after without an expensive or noisy adjustable camber plate or $$ coilover system.
Do you have a pic? Would like to see your ride height, if you don't mind.
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      08-17-2014, 07:00 PM   #25
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Do you have a pic? Would like to see your ride height, if you don't mind.
I'll take one tomorrow when I wash all the bugs and crap off.
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      08-18-2014, 01:53 PM   #26
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Pretty level front and rear.
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      08-18-2014, 02:07 PM   #27
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Nice transformation ! For me not too high, not too low, just good setup

Could you discribe a bite more the feeling of the auto now ? I know you already wrote something, but could you be more precise ?

Thanks a lot mate !
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      08-19-2014, 06:20 AM   #28
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Pretty level front and rear.
That does look great. Thanks for the photo.
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      08-19-2014, 03:54 PM   #29
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This set up looks brilliant pretty sure I've found the route I want to go, how is it on every day roads?

I've stayed away from coilovers due to the roads where I'm from being horrible at the best of times. But I need my 135 to stop feeling like a marshmallow so I have to compromise.
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After driving it a week it feels just as comfortable driving daily but I do notice the vastly improved handling. I have the fronts set at 2/3 stiff and the rears at 60% stiff. For anyone who never wants to mess with ride height (I sure dont) it's the best simple setup out there since you dont have to drop $$ on coilovers.
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      08-19-2014, 05:17 PM   #31
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Looks a bit lower than other people's 135is with Swifts, dunno. Looks great, however.

Thanks for sharing this!
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Looks a bit lower than other people's 135is with Swifts, dunno. Looks great, however.

Thanks for sharing this!
It may be the angle of photo - Higher vs other photos
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True dat.
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