Wheel alignment with lowered car

[Spoon-Accord]

hey guys..

as u guys may noe i went and lowered my car a few months ago
i went today to a normal tyre shop to get an alignment ..
drove up the ramp ping.. the car touching the flaps on the ramp..
too low

then i went to pedders.. they shock their head and suggested me to go to the tyre factory cause they have pitted wheel aligner's
so i went there and got a quote for 65 bux..

i told them for sure it wont fit, they said it did..
and guess wat?? doesnt even fit!!!
my car is 1 fist high from ground to chassis
half a fist to the exhaust...

thats only a 2 1/2 inch drop

he even said its lower than superlows..

i learnt my lesson

:)

being low is kinda unique..
no one can fix it hehehe

Ken

[Rowie]

man, thats crazy :) .... unique yes, but kinda impractical dont u think? lol

[Spoon-Accord]

yeh i noe..
these springs arent compressed and not chopped
just tanabe super down procedeos..
shows u guys how the roads are like in japan..
flat and smooth unlike here in austrlia!!

even i dont noe wat the inches is dumped atm..
maybe 2 1/5 - 3 inch

dam..

its weird

for an accord.. people look and think.. hey..

looks PHAT too

:P

Ken

[Calvo]

hehe man it does look phat, but too impacticle for me...
i dun wanna be sittin like a see-saw on my drive way!!

[razaman]

That's mad!! 8)

Please post a pic. What's your ride like? How about your camber?

Raz

[poid]

i had no problem getting mine aligned, went to Quickfit, their hoist is level with the ground with no rise at all.

In and out for $30, toe and castor all good, camber at -3 degrees and not moving unless i get a camber kit ;)

[Spoon-Accord]

i got that done pete.. its called a pitted liner
couldnt get my car on any of the 2 they had
here are some pictures..


http://www.aussiewheels.com/profile/Images/fullsize/457

http://www.aussiewheels.com/profile/Images/fullsize/458

http://www.aussiewheels.com/profile/Images/fullsize/410

dere u go guys

doesnt look to low.. but when u look under the car.. it sure dam low

:P

Ken

[A'PEXi]

lol yeh, it doesnt actually look that low in the pics :D how far is it off the ground in cm? :D

[Spoon-Accord]

from the ground and touching the chasis is less than a can heights..
say a tennis ball can merely fit

Ken

[PIN01S]

that looks hot man ... but luckily mine was only lowered by 1 1/2 inch because i wouldnt want it too low, yours dont look it, it just looks phat! nice car man...

[razaman]

Do you guys have ride height laws in oz?

In NZ it's 10cm from ground to lowest part of chassis, including exhaust, but not kits.

I have a 1.25 inch drop, and I sit 20cm from the ground to my factory exhaust on 15" wheels with 195/60's.

A can is 12cm high....but a tennis ball??? :P

Raz

[REK13S]

anyone got a lowered accord in syd i can look at i wanna lower mine but dont know by how much

[poid]

If i was in sydney i'd show you mine, but i'm in canberra and wont be going to syd for a while yet :)

razaman: yeh we have to be 100mm clearance as well. But, yeh...last time i tried to clear a coke can on its side i couldnt. I believe thats 65mm :p

Havent been defected yet either *touch wood*, car has been this ride height for a year, and for a couple months before that was even lower (had sparks flying from underneath with a couple of passengers hee hee). Cops dont seem to mind a nice lowered accord for some reason!

[razaman]

I love a lower accord as well.

Lately I've been seeing alot more modified accords where I live, and lots of modified wagons. They look mint lowered on 17's, with tints.

Raz

[poid]

mmmmmmm decked wagons are niceeeeee

we dont have many wagons here, let alone modified ones (the only one that comes to mind is one on airbags in Sydney)

[higgo_69]

mine looks similar to yours. it dosnt look that low but nearly everything under it is esspecially where the exaust dips under the rear wheel thats about 75mm,