Unless you go for:
1) springs from the States
2) custom wound/compressed/cut
3) springs intended for another application
4) coiliovers/coilover sleeves
Most spring manufacturers I researched over here only allow us a 3cm drop front and rear, which is the lowest we can go whilst retaining the spring's captivity within the stock shocks.
If you don't mind the springs being captive or not, you can go as low as you like.
Next week i'll be getting a pair of cheap rear EF Civic shocks to see how much of a difference there is over our stock rears. I've read there's about a 1 /12 inch difference, allowing for the use of shorter springs. I saw a pic of a teg with civic suspension and it was pretty low.
To make the springs captive whilst using stock length shocks you can try
1) upper shock mounts from Ground Control
2) custom upper mounts (which is hopefully what I'll do)
3) modifications to the spring seat both front and rear
4) get shocks which had an adjustable height spring seat (e.g. blistein or koni yellows)
5) shortened shocks/machined shock rods to allow the rod to sit higher in the top mount
Don't forget the lower you go the greater negative camber you'll get, as well as toe (in?), so alignment and camber kits would be useful.
(I've researched this alot, been spending a lot of free time in workshops and different suspension places to sort out all my options. I'd appreciate any other suggestions or input.)
Oh ye, currently my car is lowered 3cms all round with King Springs. Handles very nicely but doesn't look all that low in the rear, even though the front scrapes all over the place.
can i get some pics of your car man, i wanna see what the king springs did.
the front must be pretty close to the guards. i can understand about the rear, mine sits high as at the moment and the 17's dont look so good because of it.
Boost: i havent got the cash for coil-overs if thats whatyour thinking, if idid id get them real quick, so the only option ive got is to get springs at the moment. i just dont want my car sitting so high off the ground.
tegboy: are you sute you got 2.5" all round, i measured the gap between my tyres and guards, and only have abot 1.5" clearence at the front before my tyres would be scrapping, and about 2-2.5" on the rear??? can you put some pics up with your kit on, i am going to get a jetspeed kit most likely as i havent seen anyother that gets sold in australia. not on the net anyway.
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