[GD3] Suspension

[ouch]

ok guys after all my shittalk i have came to the conclusion that just buying springs will do the job. However, finding springs that go low enough is a different story. does anyone know if there are springs out there that give considerable drop, like 2-4"? and does this kill the struts with the extra pressure?

does anyone remember stitch? i think he was running just springs too. what were they?

[fillit]

tiens from memory.

it will add extra pressure but won't kill your struts, shock absorbers are a different story.

[ouch]

shock absorbers are a different story.

maybe im talking about my shocks. with lowlowlow springs, they're just gonna die with all the extra load, right?

[GU357]

lets get this striahgt, struts comes from the term macpherson struts, which is just a type of coilover. the jazz only has macphersons at the front. the back are seperated.

so we should call them all coilovers.
A coilover has 2 parts; Spring and Damper

I presume your talking about the damper.
if u wanna drop this baby 3 inches you will most likely need coilovers
otherwise ur dampers wont be used to their full and bottom out more.

Tein S tech springs give
1.8F - 1.2R inches drop

Lowered Kings
30-35mm apparently

Tanabe GF210
1.5F - 0.9R inches drop

Eibach Prokit
30mm front and rear

Apex kit
30-40mm overall drop

Tanabe Lowering
1.8F - 1.3R inches drop

Skunk2
1.8F - 1.4R Inches drop

[ss-rotel]

ebay! ahaha

oh and Rotel, the swift pistons would be 2x oversize for the jazz, but it would be down to like the distance from the gujjin pin to the piston top n stuff like that. i thought the swift had a 1.3L so if it has a wider piston it must have shorter travel.
i dunno.
anyway good luck

yeah, would have guessed the stroke would have had to be shorter.. was just thinking out loud... unlikely i would ever do that...

dont understand what you mean by 2x oversize. you'd need to bore out 40 thou, and when i was looking @ my pistons, i had the option of up to the same size, (74mm, over 73mm, which is 40thou), hence my thought, that you might be able to get them to fit

the hardest part is due to the design of the L15 head, you'd not be able to get a compresion number untill you built the engine, and had it tested. alot of work, or a whim, to save a few hundred $$$, and if it didn't work, waste of a good set of pistons, and a day's labour...

anyway :P

for a race car, or cheap hack, there are other cars to buy over the jazz, they hold their value to well, (read - expensive), hell, a VR6 4 motion Bora would be a great car to get, WRX fast, easy to mod, and since they dont hold resale value, cheap to buy

[GU357]

oh what i meant by 2x oversize was in most engines 1 size oversize was 0.5mm extra bore.
so 2x oversize is 1mm bore out.

if that makes sense?

[GU357]

Oh pedders wants 375 to install my struts and gimme wheel allignment.
sounds pretty good i asked him about like lifting driver side abit and lowering it to max street legal (100mm) and he sounds like he is in the know.
and i might get a camber kit done by them too

[sdx91]

nice let me know how the camber turns out and isnt it easy to install struts? :/

[GU357]

yeh but im gonna get it done whilst im at uni.

[GU357]

the pedders dude reckons no point getting the camber for FWD because ill just scrub tyres out quicker.

[ouch]

Oh pedders wants 375 to install my struts and gimme wheel allignment.
sounds pretty good i asked him about like lifting driver side abit and lowering it to max street legal (100mm) and he sounds like he is in the know.
and i might get a camber kit done by them too

just helped put my mates buddyclubs on his ek. very surprised as to how low they can go.

i want some pics after your install! when you getting them done?

[GU357]

Im gonna get mine done this friday, hopefully if all goes well pics be up on sat/sun.
planning to drop it to about 120mm off the ground - same as a Civic Type R (FN).
maybe abit lower, but i really need to be able to clear speed bumps as my uni is covered in them, if it was a face and the speed bumps were warts it would look like the elephant man.