Dodgy Lowering Of Car !!

**wynode** · 22-12-2004 01:31 PM

Don't even THINK of driving your car with spring clamps. They are only for show purposes.

**bennjamin** · 22-12-2004 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by wynode

Don't even THINK of driving your car with spring clamps. They are only for show purposes.

Think of it , as in trying to run with your shoelaces tied together.

**Dominik** · 22-12-2004 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by Ozwolfbane

what after market springs can i buy that will keep my cars handling and feel like stock ? I Dont want anything more and i dont have too much dough either ... I heard kings are crap

Ok, ok, we get the picture, you're broke and you want stock-like ride and you have heard Kings are crap. No need to post the same thing over and over!
You cannot have stock ride and lowered. Stock ride is soft and wallowy so that ma and pa buyers wont complain. If you lower it and had the same ride as stock then you would bottom out over each and every bump. You could say goodnight to your shocks after about 1 month
The lower you go the stiffer the suspension needs to be, in order to make sure you dont bottom out (thats where the rod in the shock goes all the way to the bottom - its bad mmkay?).
The cheapest solution (although illegal, and insurance voiding) is cutting your springs.
Other than that, i guess you could save up for Air suspension - soft wallowy suspension just like stock, and at the flick of a switch, low and sexy.

**mytoycivic** · 22-12-2004 06:05 PM

dont cut your springs. its dumb.

if you want a comfy ride but a lowered look, go for something like Eibach springs. a little more on the expensive side, but are a much better quality spring.

by the way, you will only ever get what you pay for, so if you want to do it properly, just wait till you can afford the good quality gear.

airbags will certainly not be in your budget if you dont have much 'dough'

**PhatSol** · 22-12-2004 08:29 PM

If you can't afford it then don't do it? Simple really. Nothing in life is free.

**SCRAPN** · 22-12-2004 08:47 PM

lowering your car is the one mod you dont wanna be a tight ass while doing.. safety and comfort how can you scrimp on sumthin that could save your life and sanity,....

just fork out a couple hundred and get it dun right jus save ur pennies...

**civ_sik** · 22-12-2004 09:24 PM

and also stop saying the same thing over and over... and why does everyone write the same response in the same thread if its been said once... i dont think it needs to be said again....

**SCRAPN** · 22-12-2004 09:32 PM

newbie its called disscussion and just clarifys the point, also one persons post might be incorrect.....

**wynode** · 22-12-2004 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by civ_sik

and also stop saying the same thing over and over... and why does everyone write the same response in the same thread if its been said once... i dont think it needs to be said again....

As above.

Doesn't do harm to re-iterate something that is correct.

To the original poster: Pickup some springs and pm bennjamin........he will be more than happy to install them for you for a good price in Sydney!

**barefootbonzai** · 23-12-2004 11:04 AM

My ride was already lowered using some apexi springs. But i just got some new 18" rims yesterday and now my car doesn't look as low no more. Is it possible for me to lower it another inch with out buying another set of springs?

**mbilic** · 23-12-2004 11:40 AM

just get kings, there isnt nething wrong wit them, i know of heaps of ppl who hav had em n not 1 problem, a brand new set of 4 for ur car would cost around $250, n installing them is easy(but time consuming)
dont listen 2 pplz bull$hit until u try it urself, i'm recommending the springs 2 u