Would springs help me?

**senna** · 14-03-2012 07:38 PM

Considering the age of your car (being Ek its at least 11 years old) there is a good chance that your standard shocks are dead or not helping things much at all.

Everyone will tell you to get coilovers, they aren't necessary, a good spring and shock combo is a great option

**manonastick** · 14-03-2012 08:17 PM

Guess soo. In my 5t month of owning this ek i knew this was bound to happen. Im just gunna jump onto coilovers as soon as possible as i do like the track day once in a while. Thanks for the help guys.

**dougie_504** · 14-03-2012 10:03 PM

With coils I suggest going even slower unless you wanna compress your spine lol. It's a way of life, just get used to driving slow/going diagonal and ignoring the annoyed drivers around you.

My GF takes speed humps at 50kmph in her '08 corolla and it actually scares the sH!t outta me lol. In fact it feels smoother in her car at 50 than 30 or so. Just fly right over...

**simmy** · 14-03-2012 10:11 PM

ill leave this here .

**Drifter995** · 15-03-2012 01:37 AM

Originally Posted by dougie_504

With coils I suggest going even slower unless you wanna compress your spine lol. It's a way of life, just get used to driving slow/going diagonal and ignoring the annoyed drivers around you.

My GF takes speed humps at 50kmph in her '08 corolla and it actually scares the sH!t outta me lol. In fact it feels smoother in her car at 50 than 30 or so. Just fly right over...

mums prado... what are speed humps?

**akira** · 15-03-2012 07:21 AM

if you're getting coils, make sure their damper adjustable ones unless you want to break your back lol

**viinnh** · 15-03-2012 08:52 PM

25km is the recommended speed for a stock car..

if your gonna lower your car not too low go over at 10 km..

if its dump stop then drive over lol.

honestly just get a em1 front lip looks better then mugen, cleaner look + wont crack as easy and yeah.

**oopoc** · 15-03-2012 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by viinnh

25km is the recommended speed for a stock car..

That would depend on how the bump is. I sh*t you not where I work they have them about twice as high as the are wide.....more like gutters or skate ramps. So unfortunately I can't park in the secure parking

as my exhaust apparently damaged it (so my boss says).

**GU357** · 15-03-2012 09:45 PM

trust me you dont wanna fly with coils on.

I once hit a speed bump at arnd 30kms an hour whilst delivering a meal for my mums restaurant.
i have bc coils and no shit they through me. im sure its not as bad as it felt but the meal in the seat next to me went air born and i had to push it back down to the seat with one hand and hold the wheel with the other.

im usually quite wary of these things, but the bump was at the bottom of a hill, and completely randomly placed, plus the warning signs were bent back around the poles and the white paint had already been scraped off by the sucker before me. luckily i noticed it at the last second and smashed the breaks then let go real quick to give me some spring travel.

no damage or anything but quite exciting/scary