R34 Suspension Options

[tmg]

Wanting to lower my R34 a bit, something along the lines of the gaurds sitting just above the tyres, instead of about 1 1/2 inches above the tyres like it does now. I was looking at a set of king springs on ebay that are the "low" height ones, and just wondered if they would help to achieve what I'd like to get with my car... I'd like to see before and after pics of anyone that's done it with their R34 themselves.

I'm not even sure if my car has lowered springs because I've not really seen what one looks like with them. Coilovers are expensive and the struts in mine are fine, so I'd prefer to just get a set of lower, more rigid springs and a set of swaybars for it (I already have a front strut brace on it so I don't need that), so all I want to do with it now is lower it a bit.

This is what it looks like height wise, at the moment.

So is it on lowered springs?

[Abo Bob]

You can put lowered springs in there. Kings make em pretty cheap. Your standard shockies will die before too long though as they are no longer matched. It will be fine for a while though.

[tmg]

yeah...makes it difficult to decide what to do aye...coilovers might be a good options afterall, being fully adjustable and all...It's never easy when it comes to this sort of thing.

[lanky71]

I've got Tein Super Street Coilovers (Jap Spec, simply means springs rates are a little tougher then aussie version)

Got em from Slide Performance on the forums here very reasonably priced!

Heres a pic. Mine was lower but then made it higher to perform better on the track.

[tmg]

That's pretty much almost as high as mine man, I'd like mine to sit with a gap half that of yours between the arches and tyres, and get swaybars front and rear so it handles sweet...Apparently I can get Pedders sports riders for mine which are a lowered-spring shock, so they're made to take lowered springs.

[lanky71]

In that case it looks like it might already be lowered?? Either that or when they made mine higher again its back to stock height... but still handles great. Also now mine gots front/rear sway bar heck of a difference so you are correct they'll make handling heaps better. Heres a updated pic from my iphone to see if car is actually different height now lol. Pic could of been deceiving.

A mate of mine has the pedders shocks not sure which ones in his 33 i assume sports riders and his car handles good.

BTW: are you rims 17's or 18's? my fronts are 17's and my rears are 18's.

[No Crust Racing]

You don't need to go coilovers if you just want the car lowered. You can just as easily, and cheaper too, get new shocks/springs that will give you the height you want and will likely provide a better ride. Plus they will be matched so wont kill the bump stops on the shocks and use up all the travel, like what will happen with lowered springs in standard shocks.

You can also get a set of plain old Bilstiens or something and have circlip grooves machined into them for SFA like I did, instant preset height adjustment of the spring base. Easy

Good luck mate.

[tmg]

I got 18s all round on my car Drew. They look sweet but having about 1 1/2 inch less gap alround between the wheels and arches will make it look so much sexier.

Back when I had my laser I didn't have a front sway bar at first, and on the mooloolaba exit heading north from kawana (the big round off ramp thing), my car would roll so badly in the front, and then once I got the sway bar for it there was about 70% less body roll, I couldn't believe it! So it makes heaps of difference.

Dan I really don't wanna have to go coilovers. Might have a look into them Bilstien shocks as they've got a pretty good rep.

Edited January 3, 2009 by tmg