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I want to go low! Opinions?

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I basically just want the car lowered. I don't care so much about handling or performance gains. I just think the car would look better. Therefore I'm not interested in spending too much money. Do these look legit?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...m=220267048724&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=012

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...m=130226655091&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003

I was also looking at these since I'm going to order an F2 spoiler from them anyway.

http://www.f2usa.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_2_16_43&products_id=242

If not, what's a good cheap idea for this? Any suggestions are welcome, thanks.
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I basically just want the car lowered. I don't care so much about handling or performance gains. I just think the car would look better. Therefore I'm not interested in spending too much money. Do these look legit?
Its perplexing that you don't care about handling. Why would you potentially want to make a decent handling car handle worse and accept that for the sake of looks. That makes no sense at the best and is potentially unsafe to you and others at the worst.

That said, suspension is a package. Shorter stiffer springs require shorter firmer shocks to dampen them. Going the "cheaper the better" ebay route you rarely get the information or quality (and safe) product you need. Most of the time its just plain junk. The one spring that was referenced, the Voghtland, is from a quality German manufacturer. It, however, needs to be matched to a quality shock to effectively dampen it.
I'm not car savvy. All of this is necessary for lowering? I can't just buy the springs from F2 and have them installed for a drop?
If a drop is all you want then yes just install the springs, but understand that it will affect ride, handle pretty poorly, and will begin to bounce like a pogo stick because the shocks will not be able to dampen the stiffer springs for long. You'll also be riding on the bump stops more and more which also dramatically impacts handling let alone ride. Springs alone, especially cheap ones, are not advised.
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