34 replies to this topic

[ricco]

hey lads, so i wanna lower my car i little bit, buttt i dont have the money atm for coilovers as the ones i want are aroun $2k, soooo i was thinking of cutting a bit off my springs, the springs i have are king lowered springs, on billis, aaron told me not to do it but said you can get them pro size reset, i am guessing thats heating them and then they sqwish them?? has anyone done this before and know where to get it done? and how much? also is it that bad to cut part of the spring off????? i trust aaron and just want more info

[Adam]

 

(side note, that picture is forking hilarious!!!)

[ricco]

why is this funny, i normally just buy bolt on parts but never messed around with this shit???

 

dont troll u troll lol

[Barbbachello]

Its very bad to cut the spring. If you want low without coils just get super lows for the time being or something. Better off just leaving it and saving for coilovers. BC coilovers are like $1200 and are very good

[Adam]

Apologies. Just that "chopping springs" is generally frowned upon.

 

Either get them reset, or just wait it out until you can buy coil overs.

[ricco]

whats the whole reset you guys talk about lol,

[Tim.]

Yeah nah. Don't do it.

 

if you can't afford to do it properly yet, then wait til you can. You'll just be ruining a perfectly good set of springs by heating them up.

[ricco]

yer just looked at it a bit more, not that i can not afford them i didnt want to spend $2k on coil overs lol other factors lol thats $2k for hookers, hahahah i think i will just suck it up and drop the dosh on coil overs and just lie to my self hahahaha

[Robbks]

Ok
#1 What Struts do you have
#2 What model springs do you have

#3 resetting kings is a waste of time.
#4 Kings are **** at the best of times

[ricco]

1.struts are stock billies,

2.springs are kings <- came on the care they are lowered ones

3.OK

4.OK

[Robert]

You can get low, super low and ultra low in the king range
I'm gunna say you have super lows atm

[ricco]

was thinking that, might look at the ultra and see how they go for the time been, i am looking at a pair of tein coils, just seeing if my bank account will hate me if i click buy hahaha

[Robbks]

you're not going to have any suspension travel left.
The struts aren't designed to operate that low and you'll have them sitting on the bump stops almost all the time. and shag the struts in no time.
you "can" open up the struts and shorten the inner bump stops on the fronts and cut down the bump stops on the rear arms, but that's ghetto.

My car has the tuned by sti billies and STi pink springs in it
the rear is the same height as the stock billies and black springs, and the front is 8-10mm lower than the stock billies>

At that height it's verging on impractical
you can only just get it to nose over the concrete wheel stoppers (you do hit the sump/ undertray on them)

[Tim.]

Well in that case, get a set of BC's. 1k on coilies, 1k on hookers.

 

Happy days!

[ricco]

hahaha true TIM, thanks rob for the info

[Samwise]

May as well sell your Lib, buy a Commo and get some hectic super low with the butt sag.

[Scuba-Roo]

Just put some hose clamps between the coils and tighten them up till you got the right height. Then buy the expensive racing coilovers because they will come in handy for all the track days you do.

[Cam.]

Buy some entry level BC V1's, Install them, Set to the exact height you want and enjoy the way the boat handles now.

http://ichiban.com.au/

Contact the lads at Ichiban and get a quote. Awesome coilovers.

[ricco]

hahah i dont get much boatyness now, i just want moar low lol, i think i just brought some coilovers

[Morgan]

Where did you bring them?