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you wont get heeeaaaaappssss more. But you will get moar lows definately!
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nah you'll get not much adn bugger all out of it (on the fronts atleast, I doubt it'd be radically different with the rears)
chances are you'll just be riding on bump stops which makes for a pretty crap ride.
alternative is to space out the rear wheels. Gives the impression you are lower, just cause there is less tyre-wheel arch gap, it's what i did on my old GLD.
other option is to raise the rear strut tops, obviously that involves welding and such, and clearancing of a few things under the rear end (due to the beam being on such a great angle)
i'm happy with how the front sits. i've got some 15mm spacers on the way thanks to GoLfMan for the rear... see how it looks then i spose.
yup going to nationals. the car wont be in that great shape.... i bought an s13 silvia so have gotten a bit side tracked. but i'll be there, got a couple of things planned to finish before then.
Get smaller wheels and tyres, your will sit sump bashingly low but stil maintain a decent ride. Like Jrad said, if you take out the helpers you will be riding on bump stops and itll be craptastic.
I removed the helper springs from my coilovers as they hit the tyre..
Looking at it, you could lower it a fair bit with them off, but as Jarred said you'll just end up sitting on the bump stops, unless you cut em down I guess.
The height differences wasn't phenominal. at least it was like 10mm of actual more low. If you're really craving the lows get some strut top spacers. 2" drop will actually give you a 2" drop. BUT there's alot of work involved when you start to do this. ask me at nats and i'll explain it in person. much easier when i cant point at things.
farking crushed the end of my ring finger trying to get the bearing cap things off the front tonight... still no luck. too late for compressor. damn it
There's another way to lower the rear but it requires a bit of fabrication. Years ago on my GLS I welded on 2 x 5mm thick metal plates on the bracket that holds the bottom of each rear shock (4 metal plates in total, each 70mm x 40mm x 5mm). I them drilled a couple of holes 20 mm apart and parallel to the hole that bolts the lower shock absorber. I now had 3 sets of holes that I could bolt the shocks to, each one 20mm lower than the other so I could lower the car 40mm just by bolting each rear shock in the lowest hole.
If you have trouble visualising this then don't attempt to do it. It's not something you can slap together and the brackets have to be as strong as the original shockie mount. Using a l_l shaped piece turned on it's side would be better as it keeps the sides parallel and you have more surface area to weld with.
I think I know what you mean Paul. You can also use drop plates. This basically drops raises the point of where the stub axle mounts onto the beam, which lowered the car. guys in the US use them on caddy's alot
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