Lowering My Sky

[jet629]

Hey i want to lower my skyline but i dont know which i should choose.

i want it as low as possible. Do you think kingsprings super lows would be good for this?

i got quoted $400 incl. labour.. does that sound about right?

thx

[Yawn]

Yes its alright, maybe a bit on the ex side

[mr. kirisaki]

yeah they do the job. it's reasonable i guess, i got quoted 500 including labour, but apparently my mate knows some place where they do it (with kingsprings too) for 300. so i reckon just look around if you wanna save as much as possible

[jet629]

do use think i should get the Kingspring super lows though.,..or are there any other ones that are better/go lower

[mr. kirisaki]

Yeah it'd be the way to go if you wanna lower. OR you could go adjustable coilovers, which will be triple the price.

[baron25]

Careful with how low you go, if you dump it on its ass it'll start to handle like a VN commodore.

[4drftn]

you can go lower with super super low or ultra low king springs, some people say they arnt as nicer ride as the red springs (pedders), more roll, cant see that being the case though... but i dont see why they wouldnt do the job. for a stiffer ride you would have to get tighter shocks or shorter. i have 20inch wheels and lowered, going down some highways with heavy dips in the road cause the front wheels to touch the top plastics in the guard... not a real worrie.

what size are your wheels?

are you looking at performance like handling or just to look the part?

also if you have any intetion on changing your wheels best get the wheels first.

[jet629]

i just want it to look real low and performance,,,handling isntso important to me.,.also i have 17inch rims im not going to change them.

do they still sell ultra lows? and are they all the same price (ultra/super/normal lows)??

can i get the back lower then the front also?

Edited September 12, 2007 by jet629

[redevil]

i don't get how u want it to look real low and have performance but not worry about handling.... handling=peformance.... at the on of the day if ur going that low you need to replace the shocks to handle being that low.... plue it's ideal to have the drive shafts shortened if going really low.... and you should never lower a skyline more in the back than the front

Edited September 12, 2007 by redevil

[tek_01]

geez, i think if i put ultrawlows on mine the front bar would be touching the floor LOL

[MrStabby]

Its a bad idea. Read this; http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...standard+shocks

[jet629]

i don't get how u want it to look real low and have performance but not worry about handling.... handling=peformance.... at the on of the day if ur going that low you need to replace the shocks to handle being that low.... plue it's ideal to have the drive shafts shortened if going really low.... and you should never lower a skyline more in the back than the front

why is it bad to have the back lower then the front?

[tek_01]

id like to know that too

[4drftn]

i think everyone may be confused a little... or me , i think he means he wants to have the car looking level, not lower in the back than the front, the guards in the back are different to the front, the front guards are bigger to accomidate turning of the front wheels... so naturally when the car is lowered to level, the back will look lower because the tires/mags will go up inside the guard...

[adam-__-]

Changing springs isn't all that hard. You can do it all yourself in about 2hours tops if you know what you're doing. There are quite a few tutorials on how to do the change.

I wouldn't recommend changing the springs and leaving the standard shocks in there. Your ride is going to feel and ride like shit.