Lowering MistreSS
#22
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Thanks Tadd. They have yet to bother me with the tint on the 06, however I got three citations for the tint on my yellow 03 when I had that car. I've gone with the same 18 percent tint on both cars but the yellow on my 03 made the tint look darker.
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Lookn Good Matt !!!
By the way....
That garage is waaaaaay to clean!![ROTFL](https://montecarloforum.com/forum/images/smilies/lmao.gif)
Once again it was a pleasure hangn out with you and Tim the other day.....![Thumbsup](https://montecarloforum.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
Great pics!
Anyone interested in getting professional Photos of there rides....
I highly recommend haveing Matt do them!![Thumbsup](https://montecarloforum.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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By the way....
That garage is waaaaaay to clean!
![ROTFL](https://montecarloforum.com/forum/images/smilies/lmao.gif)
Once again it was a pleasure hangn out with you and Tim the other day.....
![Thumbsup](https://montecarloforum.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
Great pics!
Anyone interested in getting professional Photos of there rides....
I highly recommend haveing Matt do them!
![Thumbsup](https://montecarloforum.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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My lowering springs came yesterday. Now here's the bit of confusion. I ordered by placing a call to the number on SSC's website, right. However, when I got my springs the box and invoice are both labeled Canuck Motorsports. I read up on that a little bit and, from what I could tell, SSC and Canuck Motorsports are the same company. It's just a difference of retail and wholesale and basically re-branding the same product, which is the confirmation I got when I called them about it yesterday. Their company manufactures springs for both automotive and industrial applications, just like some of the manufacturers I was looking at for custom springs. The confusing part is that they don't clarify any of this.
Honestly, now that I have these, I'm really not sure if I want to stick with these or go with Vogtlands.
Anyway, here are the "SSC" springs. The set was $180 including shipping. The advertised drop is 1.8" front and 1.5" rear, which overall is 0.5" lower than what I lowered my 03 to with the Eibachs.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3938.jpg)
Fronts on the left, rears on the right.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3945.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3944.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3940.jpg)
Front spring compared to factory spring.
Honestly, now that I have these, I'm really not sure if I want to stick with these or go with Vogtlands.
Anyway, here are the "SSC" springs. The set was $180 including shipping. The advertised drop is 1.8" front and 1.5" rear, which overall is 0.5" lower than what I lowered my 03 to with the Eibachs.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3938.jpg)
Fronts on the left, rears on the right.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3945.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3944.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3940.jpg)
Front spring compared to factory spring.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3926.jpg)
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Its looking great so far man. May I just add from what I saw in the first set of pictures your car is damn clean! Its in beautiful shape. I guess I never realized you had your 2 front windows tinted also since your sig pic had the windows down, great touch to a black car it looks great man. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks BlackRain!
Tim, I will take the dimensions of the strut tomorrow when I get home from work.
So, I got out in the garage tonight and disassembled the factory rear struts, which means all four are disassembled now. I also unbolted the front brake calipers and caliper brackets to get ready for paint. The brackets are cleaned up and sanded now so I should have time to get those painted tomorrow evening. Here's some of tonight's progress.
After removal of the front brake calipers and brackets.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3959.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3955.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3976.jpg)
Factory rears compared to the new Bilstein HD's.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3963.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3961.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3960.jpg)
Disassembled factory rear strut.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3964.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3968.jpg)
So, I got out in the garage tonight and disassembled the factory rear struts, which means all four are disassembled now. I also unbolted the front brake calipers and caliper brackets to get ready for paint. The brackets are cleaned up and sanded now so I should have time to get those painted tomorrow evening. Here's some of tonight's progress.
After removal of the front brake calipers and brackets.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3959.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3955.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3976.jpg)
Factory rears compared to the new Bilstein HD's.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3963.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3961.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3960.jpg)
Disassembled factory rear strut.
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3964.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_3968.jpg)
![](http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/06mistreSS/06%20Monte%20Struts%20and%20Springs/DSC_4000.jpg)
Last edited by 06mistreSS; 07-18-2012 at 09:36 PM.