Lowering my car

[Baal]

I have a dc2-vtir and it looks too tall somehow :\
I'm planning on a 1.5" drop and I'm looking at lowering springs from Lovell's and maybe gas suspension from them as well. (or from KYB)

I'm not sure if I can just go with the lowering springs and stock shocks, or just buy the shocks and have a better setup...

Also, where can I purchase these things since I'm in the ACT? @_@ I contacted Lovells and they told me to contact distributors and they're all in Sydney and their sites' are awful and I don't know where to navigate.

Thanks for any help

[simmy]

pm senna

[curtis265]

Are you lowering for looks or for performance gain?

It seems like you're going more for looks, in which case springs, shocks or a shock/spring combo will be fine

[dc2r-0636]

Go more then 1.5" drop.. Id go between 3-4"

[connorling]

u can get a cheap 2nd hand tein coilover for $800 or less.
and it is cheaper to install, and u can have better handling.

springs might be cheap, but installation costs more, and generally lower spring with stock shock sucks.
you are only saving $200 to $300

i would just go straight to coilover.

[Evok]

1.5 inch drop is fine for stock shocks . Horrible handling still though, always upgrade later and learn from your mistakes .

[dc2r]

Do it right the first time. Either get shocks to match your springs, or just get coilovers. Running lower springs with stock shocks will kill your shocks sooner or later and you'd have to spend money to fix it up. So do it all in one go.

And a stock vtir, go with the lowest you can live with. 1.5" on stock vtir isn't that low. Maybe consider 3" if its practical for you.

[Baal]

u can get a cheap 2nd hand tein coilover for $800 or less.
and it is cheaper to install, and u can have better handling.

springs might be cheap, but installation costs more, and generally lower spring with stock shock sucks.
you are only saving $200 to $300

i would just go straight to coilover.

Do it right the first time. Either get shocks to match your springs, or just get coilovers. Running lower springs with stock shocks will kill your shocks sooner or later and you'd have to spend money to fix it up. So do it all in one go.

And a stock vtir, go with the lowest you can live with. 1.5" on stock vtir isn't that low. Maybe consider 3" if its practical for you.

I will probably go for coilovers. Thank you for your info! ^_^ also, thanks for everybody's opinions

[dougie_504]

If you want low, just go springs IMO. Performance obviously go coilovers.

What kind of driving will the car be doing?

[Baal]

If you want low, just go springs IMO. Performance obviously go coilovers.

What kind of driving will the car be doing?

Just everyday driving, nothing special. That's why I was thinking of shocks/springs instead of coilovers
but apparently they're similar prices so it's a better "bang for buck" to go coilovers

[curtis265]

Just everyday driving, nothing special. That's why I was thinking of shocks/springs instead of coilovers
but apparently they're similar prices so it's a better "bang for buck" to go coilovers

wait till senna gets here


cheap coilovers are never as good as a $1k spring/shock combo

never ever u here me

[dougie_504]

wait till senna gets here


cheap coilovers are never as good as a $1k spring/shock combo

never ever u here me

Agreed, depends on the coilover. But admittedly you can get great coils for cheap. I paid $600 for each set of my Bilsteins, which IMO are perfect or near enough.

If I wanted a daily setup I'd be considering shocks by KYB or Koni and springs probably from Eibach or similar.