Limbo Rock! Just a little lower!
08-16-2005, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Vanquish
Hi guys...
Was tinking about lowering my ride for another one inch, any springs that can do that???
Was tinking about lowering my ride for another one inch, any springs that can do that???
if its only for aesthetics purpose with a slight gain on performance, go for juz the change of springs....
if u have a little bit more cash, change the whole coilovers....
08-16-2005, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by coupe07
u wan the change of the whole coilover? or juz the spring??
if its only for aesthetics purpose with a slight gain on performance, go for juz the change of springs....
if u have a little bit more cash, change the whole coilovers....
if its only for aesthetics purpose with a slight gain on performance, go for juz the change of springs....
if u have a little bit more cash, change the whole coilovers....
Nope... broke liao... tink I prefer just change the springs... :P
Wat can u recommend bro? :P
08-16-2005, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Vanquish
Nope... broke liao... tink I prefer just change the springs... :P
Wat can u recommend bro? :P
Wat can u recommend bro? :P
Check out the Suspension forum. There are quite a few thread discussing just on springs. Tein seems to be fairly popular. (which i think easily obtainable in singapore) the other one is Racing Beat.
08-17-2005, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by M-ster
Check out the Suspension forum. There are quite a few thread discussing just on springs. Tein seems to be fairly popular. (which i think easily obtainable in singapore) the other one is Racing Beat.
Thanxs bro!
08-17-2005, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Vanquish
Nope... broke liao... tink I prefer just change the springs... :P
Wat can u recommend bro? :P
Wat can u recommend bro? :P
08-17-2005, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Vanquish
Can PM the prices? Probably will take the cheapest... me cheapo... :D
Frankly, me think not worth it by just doing the springs. Why dont you get a set of sways too. That plus the spring will improve the handling quite a bit! With about $200 for labour you can both spring and sways installed.
08-17-2005, 11:20 PM
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Another thing you gotta be careful about in changing only the springs is it may not match your dampers and eventually cause them to become defective in time to come. If you intend to change your entire suspension with coilovers in future, then this may not be a problem. IMHO, best is still to stick with stock, save the money and put them towards a proper set of coilovers in future. My 2c.
08-17-2005, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by sqflyer
Another thing you gotta be careful about in changing only the springs is it may not match your dampers and eventually cause them to become defective in time to come.
08-18-2005, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by coupe07
dun have to worry abt this problem, bro.... the jap products are R&D-ed to fit our stock suspension...... I dunno abt the US though....
not sure how much R&D one can do to retain the matching. dampers are designed for certain travel and stiffness. by replacing the springs of a shorter travel and increased stiffness, defintely there would be some mismatch, unless the change in stiffness is not far off.
R&D if any, would be focused on the fitting (so that there is no wierd sound and have a good fit to serve its purpose), and on matching, i beileved that the design assumption would be that stock dampers would be replaced (possibly by another damper designed together to match the lowered springs), and not so much on matching the stock damper (which the design space is limited and would not make sense). in my view, it's purely aesthetic to lower car without changing damper. generally, handling will be poorer given this mismatch.
08-18-2005, 01:00 AM
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Thanxs for all the feedback bro...
I'm a pretty aesthetic person, I dun drive my car too hard, till now, the fastest I went was 130kmH. and dat's like only once!
Question, would changing an entire set of coilovers affect the ride comfort alot... my preference for springs is that I already find the car a little bumpy, especially going over strips... thats the problem when u come from driving a Rav-4... :D
Anyway, if the ride comfort isn't badly affected, I dun mind a coilover set... I just wan the car to be lower by another 1 or 1.5 inch as I tink it would look great! :P
Thanxs!! Any feedback is greatly appreciated! :P
I'm a pretty aesthetic person, I dun drive my car too hard, till now, the fastest I went was 130kmH. and dat's like only once!
Question, would changing an entire set of coilovers affect the ride comfort alot... my preference for springs is that I already find the car a little bumpy, especially going over strips... thats the problem when u come from driving a Rav-4... :D
Anyway, if the ride comfort isn't badly affected, I dun mind a coilover set... I just wan the car to be lower by another 1 or 1.5 inch as I tink it would look great! :P
Thanxs!! Any feedback is greatly appreciated! :P
08-18-2005, 01:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Vanquish
Thanxs for all the feedback bro...
I'm a pretty aesthetic person, I dun drive my car too hard, till now, the fastest I went was 130kmH. and dat's like only once!
Question, would changing an entire set of coilovers affect the ride comfort alot... my preference for springs is that I already find the car a little bumpy, especially going over strips... thats the problem when u come from driving a Rav-4... :D
Anyway, if the ride comfort isn't badly affected, I dun mind a coilover set... I just wan the car to be lower by another 1 or 1.5 inch as I tink it would look great! :P
Thanxs!! Any feedback is greatly appreciated! :P
I'm a pretty aesthetic person, I dun drive my car too hard, till now, the fastest I went was 130kmH. and dat's like only once!
Question, would changing an entire set of coilovers affect the ride comfort alot... my preference for springs is that I already find the car a little bumpy, especially going over strips... thats the problem when u come from driving a Rav-4... :D
Anyway, if the ride comfort isn't badly affected, I dun mind a coilover set... I just wan the car to be lower by another 1 or 1.5 inch as I tink it would look great! :P
Thanxs!! Any feedback is greatly appreciated! :P
08-18-2005, 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by lohsk
You could go the way of Des453 where a set of 20 inch wheels will fill up the gap and still keep your stock stuff. But you have to ask him how's the comfort level.
Poison!!! :D
08-18-2005, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Vanquish
Thanxs for all the feedback bro...
I'm a pretty aesthetic person, I dun drive my car too hard, till now, the fastest I went was 130kmH. and dat's like only once!
I'm a pretty aesthetic person, I dun drive my car too hard, till now, the fastest I went was 130kmH. and dat's like only once!
130km/h!!! That's already 40km/h more than the speed limit on the highway!!
You're driving way too fast! You've got to slow down!
08-18-2005, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by M-ster
130km/h!!! That's already 40km/h more than the speed limit on the highway!!
You're driving way too fast! You've got to slow down!
In Malaysia mah... any slower, I'll be road-hogging... :P
08-18-2005, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by lohsk
You could go the way of Des453 where a set of 20 inch wheels will fill up the gap and still keep your stock stuff. But you have to ask him how's the comfort level.
the 20 inch rims will not loose much of the comfort anyway! Vanguish, if u change your springs, it might! but really depends on wat springs u have.
08-19-2005, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by linus
i always tot the aftermarket springs r catered for the 6MT sports suspension
do they work for the 4AT suspensions?
do they work for the 4AT suspensions?
08-19-2005, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by LsBlack
vanquish,
wat lohsk suggest is super,
u got the look for 20" while veing the comfort.
steal, rob, beg, just do it. :D
u should look at bro des453's ride
wat lohsk suggest is super,
u got the look for 20" while veing the comfort.
steal, rob, beg, just do it. :D
u should look at bro des453's ride