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      11-29-2024, 03:24 PM   #1
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Dravit, Lowered, Wheels...lookin good

I think I'm done with it for now. It's lookin pretty good.

Powder coated black gloss 740M wheels
Lowered on H&R springs
12/15mm wheel spacers
Windows and reflectors tinted
Badges plasti-dipped
Ceramic coated

Engine break in is finally finished so I played around with it today. Launch control is an absolute blast.
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      11-29-2024, 04:12 PM   #2
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Glad that you are happy with it, enjoy it.
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      11-29-2024, 06:28 PM   #3
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Looks stealthy. Love it.
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      12-02-2024, 07:25 PM   #4
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Here's a couple more. This color is hard to capture.
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What tint percentage is that? Looks great by the way!
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      12-04-2024, 09:59 PM   #6
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I think it's 35% all around and the windshield and sunroof are 70%. Really helped the Florida heat.
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I got my Dravit Grey X5 a month ago. Love it!
Like the black rims too.
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How did you lower it, springs or do you have adaptive and was some kind of lowering module?
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H&R springs from RG Sport Shop. It was a fairly simple installation. My dad and I knocked it out in about 5 hours. Hardest part was finding somewhere willing to align it afterward. The dealer was the only one that would touch it and wanted me to give them the specs to align it to since they said their machine was set to use the stock ride height. Ben from RG said to just use the stock specs so that's I told them and they made it work.
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Looking nice and mean! Can you also take a picture of your plastidipped emblems? Looking to do that to ours as well.
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H&R springs from RG Sport Shop. It was a fairly simple installation. My dad and I knocked it out in about 5 hours. Hardest part was finding somewhere willing to align it afterward. The dealer was the only one that would touch it and wanted me to give them the specs to align it to since they said their machine was set to use the stock ride height. Ben from RG said to just use the stock specs so that's I told them and they made it work.
Thank you so do you have adaptive suspension and just changed the springs and the adaptive function wasnt impacted or do you have the standard suspension, non adaptive and it changing springs was a non issue?
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Looking nice and mean! Can you also take a picture of your plastidipped emblems? Looking to do that to ours as well.
Here ya go. With and without flash. I used Hyper-Dip frozen black. https://a.co/d/eFPFYZB
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      01-23-2025, 09:37 PM   #13
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Thank you so do you have adaptive suspension and just changed the springs and the adaptive function wasnt impacted or do you have the standard suspension, non adaptive and it changing springs was a non issue?
Yep, it has the adaptive suspension and I only swapped the springs. It's a little firmer in comfort mode, however my wife never noticed a difference, which is what I had hoped for. Sport mode is noticeably firmer, and not even a bit of body roll around some spirited corners I may or may not have experienced!
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Here ya go. With and without flash. I used Hyper-Dip frozen black. https://a.co/d/eFPFYZB
Looks awesome! Did you remove them first? I just got mine and the wheels and every accent is gloss black except the badges are chrome so was thinking of doing the same, but never done it before.
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Looks awesome! Did you remove them first? I just got mine and the wheels and every accent is gloss black except the badges are chrome so was thinking of doing the same, but never done it before.
Nope it's pretty easy. There are video tutorials on youtube from the company. Basically tape off a margin a few inches around the thing you're coating, do a couple light dust coats, and then a couple wet coats, and then the overspray just peels off like a bad sunburn, leaving the crisp lines. Takes a couple hours what with the dry time between coats but it's real easy.
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