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I'm lowering my car soon..

When I was reading on the fourms awhile ago, I had read that this guys had lowered his brz 1.2" in the front and 1.4" in the rear, and I really like the way his car looked. The only problem is that I can't find 1.2 in the front and 1.4 in the rear, I've only found it vice versa. Can I use the rear springs in the front, and the front in the rear?

It's probably possible, but you shouldn't because the spring rates will be all fucked up. If you want to do 1.2 and 1.4", you should probably get a set of coilovers. Enkei Sportlines will do a 1.4" drop all around, but it's not good for the OEM struts. You could combine them with Bilstein B8 struts, but by then you're approaching coilover prices anyways. Might as well get the height adjustability you want from the start.

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Originally Posted by USN.Spence (Post 1904132)

Spring dia. is different front and back, they won't fit.

^that

If you are just after looks get a set of bilstein b14s or ST coilovers and call it a day

Thanks for the replies guys. I don't really want to do coil overs because it's expensive and my suspension isn't bad on my car. But what I'm trying to achieve by dropping it is a nice, clean look for when I throw some 18's on her. I want the wheel well gap to be gone, without dragging my front bumper around town, lol.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8739

RS Super downs are close to what you are after.

"RS-R S/Down 1.0"/3.2k 1.2"/4.5k"

I wouldn't be surprised if they sag after some usage to 1.2" and 1.4" lower. If not..., slather some bacon grease on it.

Take a look at this as well:

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Tips for Scion FRS owners #1:

For those who are contemplating on suspension upgrades to make that horrible ride height reduced to handsome looks of many tuner upgraded ones. Take a serious consideration and heed to my advice.

The Scion FRS/ Subaru BRZ (and Toyota 86) has a fairly stiff suspension already from the factory to cater well to the owners who visit the race track. The car is a very refined, -low gravity, center-mass balance car that requires a pretty hefty load of weight shifting to make it whip and turn (a trait of a true sports car, but at the same time, takes a pretty advanced skill set).

Now having said this, installing shorter stroke, stiffer set of suspension will easily overload the stock tires, and the result will be a car that is really difficult to rotate well, and more prone to initial under-steer, making it less entertaining to drive, and a bit more risky.

My advice is therefore, to purchase a proper set of higher grip tire if upgrading the suspension all at the same time, and to choose a spring rate that is mild and soft, so that the agility of the car is not lost due to unwilling suspension, that might be too stiff. Set your shocks very soft if it's adjustable and increase it only if you can drive it without much "push" or initial under-steer. The FRS and BRZ needs all the suspension travel and shifting of the weight to flick vectors under braking (dive), and depriving it will reduce the fun factor and increase the efforts for the driver to drive it faster.

Stiff, low, suspension and stock tire is about the worst combination you can have in the FRS. Soft compliant suspension and mild drop and healthy set of fairly grippy tires is the only way to NOT ruin a great car, if this is a mild build. 235 width Yokohama S-Drive, Falken FK453, etc equivalent level grip tires, come to mind on a good balance to use for mild street suspension upgrade from most reputable firms.

Full race suspension will almost guarantee you will have a really slow, unwilling car, if you are not a really seasoned driver, and riding on nothing but appropriate RACE compound track slicks.

It's a really well balanced car, an excellent platform, and because of that, it's just that much easier to completely ruin it if you don't do this RIGHT. Needless to say, choose your suspension kits wisely, as the FRS/BRZ is a VERY difficult car to re-tune properly, and the manufacturers must take very careful R&D unlike most others, to properly design a suspension that will actually improve on the platform for this application.

Have FUN!!

Moto-P,