How low is too low with coilovers?
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How low is too low with coilovers?
well i install my coilovers not to long ago and i thought that there may be a limit with the ball joints and other parts on the car to which might limit how low i can actually go before i hurt something.
right now the rear is down all the way. basically its slammed!
the front has one inch on it. looks even right now. so my question is should i raise the rear an inch ? what could i hurt?
i think the lowest setting on the rear is at 1.5 inch drop and the front is like 2.3inch drop. im not sure, but heres a link if someone could translate this for me and tell me the max drop on the rear and front and let me know if ill be ok, id love you
http://tein.com/ti/p26.html
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right now the rear is down all the way. basically its slammed!
the front has one inch on it. looks even right now. so my question is should i raise the rear an inch ? what could i hurt?
i think the lowest setting on the rear is at 1.5 inch drop and the front is like 2.3inch drop. im not sure, but heres a link if someone could translate this for me and tell me the max drop on the rear and front and let me know if ill be ok, id love you
http://tein.com/ti/p26.html
thanks
john
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for to say this: Tein Basic coilovers is what i have, when your looking on the site to see what the max drop is and if leaving it on the max will hurt anything.
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yep
mine are turned all the way down in the rear. the fronts are almost there bc i have fiberglass fenders. but, i was thikning of grinding the fenders a little so i could lower the car even more :0
it's a pain in the *** sometimes (daily driven) but it looks soo good
mine are turned all the way down in the rear. the fronts are almost there bc i have fiberglass fenders. but, i was thikning of grinding the fenders a little so i could lower the car even more :0
it's a pain in the *** sometimes (daily driven) but it looks soo good
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How low is too low? For me it was about 2" maybe a little more drop...even with camber/toe rods I coudnt get my alignment back into spec best I could do for rear camber was - 2.4, and with my driving that has = 5 sets of rear tires in 36,000 miles @ $350-450 set. I am only on my 2nd set of tires in the front. I finally raised my car about 3/4" and now my alignmet is looking much better in the rear...
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nothing recent ...
my car is about -2.5" dropped in the rear ... you can get the camber within spec; i did with just the kinetix camber arms ... you just need to find somebody that knows what they are doing.
im going to try to have a group buy alignment for houston people with my alignment guy, before i move to fl.
this is about 8 4-5 months old ... and the car been lowered alot more since then.
my car is about -2.5" dropped in the rear ... you can get the camber within spec; i did with just the kinetix camber arms ... you just need to find somebody that knows what they are doing.
im going to try to have a group buy alignment for houston people with my alignment guy, before i move to fl.
this is about 8 4-5 months old ... and the car been lowered alot more since then.
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Originally posted by Moroccan_Mole
nothing recent ...
my car is about -2.5" dropped in the rear ... you can get the camber within spec; i did with just the kinetix camber arms ... you just need to find somebody that knows what they are doing.
nothing recent ...
my car is about -2.5" dropped in the rear ... you can get the camber within spec; i did with just the kinetix camber arms ... you just need to find somebody that knows what they are doing.
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The Tein Flexs are odd....my rear is fully lowered, and it only lowers the car 1.2-1.4inches. The front is probably half-way in the adjustment range, and it's lowered about 1.5 inches. So said another way, the front adjustment allows you to be WAAAAAY lower than the rear. Maybe that's for drag racing purposes or something.
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Originally posted by gq_626
The Tein Flexs are odd....my rear is fully lowered, and it only lowers the car 1.2-1.4inches. The front is probably half-way in the adjustment range, and it's lowered about 1.5 inches. So said another way, the front adjustment allows you to be WAAAAAY lower than the rear. Maybe that's for drag racing purposes or something.
The Tein Flexs are odd....my rear is fully lowered, and it only lowers the car 1.2-1.4inches. The front is probably half-way in the adjustment range, and it's lowered about 1.5 inches. So said another way, the front adjustment allows you to be WAAAAAY lower than the rear. Maybe that's for drag racing purposes or something.
i also checked everything under there ***** joints and all and they look fine. only concern i have now is that clicking noise coming from the left rear of my car from the axle. nissan knows what it is and order the parts under warrenty yet i dont think they knew i had a modded suspension. anyone think they wont perform the repair under warrenty becuz i modded the suspension? they had two other Zs there, stock, with the same problem.
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are you after looks or performance? The lowest looks good but wont always make the car handle the best...especially on a coilover with single height adjustment like the Basic
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are you after looks or performance? The lowest looks good but wont always make the car handle the best...especially on a coilover with single height adjustment like the Basic
are you after looks or performance? The lowest looks good but wont always make the car handle the best...especially on a coilover with single height adjustment like the Basic
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I agree w/ Z1 on the G35 I had my car this low and it scraped like crazy just turning at high speed. I lifted it about 1/4" or so and it works good now, probably will have to adjust the setting after the TT install. These are KW coilovers variant 3
I agree w/ Z1 on the G35 I had my car this low and it scraped like crazy just turning at high speed. I lifted it about 1/4" or so and it works good now, probably will have to adjust the setting after the TT install. These are KW coilovers variant 3
On the rear I put the stillen camber adjuster, I think the front needs it more because I'm -1 off and the rear aligned perfectly I think even if I didn't have the adjusters
http://www.advance-design.com/
http://www.kwsuspensions.com/coilovers.htm
Last edited by g350TT; 12-25-2004 at 11:19 AM.