Lowering your car

[admin]

So you want to lower your car, you got your nice upsize wheels and now you want to pull it down because its starting to look like a suv.

I have just posted brief information whats it about.

When lowering your car do consider some issues:

• The conditions of the road you drive
• Is the car a daily car
• Are you going to run ph around the town
• costs

Most people who lower their daily cars tend to go low and when encounter those problems realized this is not practical..I always say if this is not a show car be practical and realistic..Remember when you go low comfort is compromise. But you gain better handling of the car.

Some suspension upgrades i have seen

• Lowering Springs
• Lowering shocks & springs
• Coil-overs
• Others

Each of those above do provide an effective mean of lowering.

Lowering springs on OEM shocks can be possible to achieve a decent stance. However you must stay within the parameters of what the OEM shocks can handle. Most OEM shocks can handle 1 inch drop and work fine..Anything lower the shocks will not be able to handle in the long run...Now you can go lower is just your shocks will not last long. In terms of costs this is the cheapest method.

Lowering springs & shocks, using this you have change your full suspension set up..Its more pricy than lowering springs. But its worth it on the long run...Most sets up can go up to 2 inch drop which is realistic...But tend to be less popular now as the introduction of the coilovers.

Coilovers, this is consider to be the ultimate of it..It is costly but worth it if you are track and daily driver. With this set up you can lowering your car raise your can etc again keeping with the parameter of the coilovers. Most tuners uses this because of the flexibility of the lowering.

Others, there are so much new ones such as air suspension etc which are more for car show unless you have the cash to cruise around in this.

 

[nirtime]

Good break down! A common thing that is done locally is cutting the original springs and often this causes the car to bounce as if the shocks are bad.

Also, use discretion in lowering your cars people, its useless if it looks amazing on 17s with a lip kit a couple inches from the ground when its dragging in pot holes and you have to take humps at a 45 degree angle. Then the lip kit rips eventually and the 17s might just hit the fender.

 

[Mad racer]

Yeah i know well about to lowering a car and done it many times in my workshop.I have a Vintage Ford and i am trying to lower it only 7 inches from the ground and it looks perfect with its lowering body.

 

[grimreaper009]

coilovers are the way to but they still alot expensive so many ppl like to go the cheap way of the drop springs and as nirtime said cut springs....one thing people should understand is its better to spend your money and do the job perfectly

 

[nirtime]

100% agree with Grimreaper, I've seen a lowered Almera bounce like the shocks were bad due to cut springs. It looked like a terrible ride too.

 

[BrotherHood]

A good brand of drop springs work for me. Tein.

 

[nirtime]

A good brand of drop springs work for me. Tein.

Tein springs work well I've heard. Its far better than cutting springs and looking like shocks bad.

 

[grimreaper009]

for people on a budget drop springs are the way to go......how did it ride after the change brotherhood????

 

[LadyDeath]

Thank you admin for this explanation .

In my opinion, lowering your car doesn't make sense here in Trinidad. And ironically people with lowered car always want to drive fast in these bad roads. I have no problem with people lowering their vehicle but its those that do it to the point where the car cannot even do normal functions. It pains to constantly drive behind these people with lowered vehicles stopping for every little line in the road and its annoying! Please don't talk about when they are going over a hump! It really erks me!

Why buy a car and then drop it , decreasing comfort and convenience ....for style. I will never understand!

 

[nirtime]

Thank you admin for this explanation .

In my opinion, lowering your car doesn't make sense here in Trinidad. And ironically people with lowered car always want to drive fast in these bad roads. I have no problem with people lowering their vehicle but its those that do it to the point where the car cannot even do normal functions. It pains to constantly drive behind these people with lowered vehicles stopping for every little line in the road and its annoying! Please don't talk about when they are going over a hump! It really erks me!

Why buy a car and then drop it , decreasing comfort and convenience ....for style. I will never understand!

For the same reason they buy the cheap HIDs.

 

[LadyDeath]

Trini People..always so stylish that when thinking about it...... it hurts !