Lowered Springs

[myskyride]

hi all,

i wanted to lower my car as its too high This is what i have at the moment:

Front: Distance between the guard and tyre = 60mm

Rear: Distance between the guard and tyre = 60mm

The exhaust system sits 120 mm and the front bar sits 180mm from the ground.

i have got bilstein suspension on my car. Now I want to lower the car to the legal height (100mm). What sort of brand(tein, whiteline, king springs etc) do you recommend? I have a budgets of less than 500$.

I dont have enough to spend on coilovers..and i dont go for drift/drag etc..its purely a street car.. should i wait and get a coilover and then sell my bilsteins.. ???

please let me ur suggestions/opinions..

thanks in advance!

[blind_elk]

It's not the distance between wheel and guard, you need to measure the distance between the centre of the wheel (the hub) and the wheel arch.

My Bilsteins have grooves machined in the body to adjust ride height (by adjusting the position of the spring platform). Otherwise get some Kings low springs (not super low).

[myskyride]

thanks blind_elk!! hmm i din know that..i ll go check the car now and update the thread..cheers!

[myskyride]

Updated

Front: Distance between the hub and the wheel arch = 370 mm

Rear: Distance between the hub and the wheel arch = 370 mm

[nisskid]

are ur bilsteins height adjustable? are u running stock springs atm?

[myskyride]

are ur bilsteins height adjustable? are u running stock springs atm?

yup i have the stock springs and the bilsteins is not height adjustable

[nisskid]

id save ur money, buy a coilover kit for ur bilsteins ($300 or so) then some appropriate hyperco springs ($500) and enjoy on car height adjustment.

[myskyride]

id save ur money, buy a coilover kit for ur bilsteins ($300 or so) then some appropriate hyperco springs ($500) and enjoy on car height adjustment.

thanks nisskid.. wud you know any place where i can find the coilover kit for the bilsteins..???

[nisskid]

not in brisbane, u just need a generic kit that fits the OD of ur damper's body. maybe fulcrum?

[Sydneykid]

Get addtional circlip groves machioned into the Bilsteins. 5 x 8 mm appart, then use Kings Lows (not Kings SuperLows). The Kings Lows will give you around 355 mm front and 345 mm rear. Use one circlip grove down which wil give you about 100 mm clearance on a 3.25" exhaust under the rear subframe. All up parts cost ~$300, plus labour.

Cheers

Gary

[bozodos]

Is there any advantage in using say Tein springs vs King?

[shyr33]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but now that you mention TEIN and KING springs I was thinking of buying TEIN S-Tech Springs for my R33 and I was wondering, they list the front spring rate as 4.1kg/mm and the rears at 4.4kg/mm, where I think the King springs are stiffer at the front than at the rears. Now you wouldnt feel the difference between 4.1 and 4.4 (I wouldnt think) but I'm just curious as to why you would have a stiffer spring at the back?

What are people's thoughts?

[myskyride]

Get addtional circlip groves machioned into the Bilsteins. 5 x 8 mm appart, then use Kings Lows (not Kings SuperLows). The Kings Lows will give you around 355 mm front and 345 mm rear. Use one circlip grove down which wil give you about 100 mm clearance on a 3.25" exhaust under the rear subframe. All up parts cost ~$300, plus labour.

Cheers

Gary

thanks for the information Gary! I have bought 2nd hand king springs(4-5 months old) from a member here in the forum. After reading a few topics here I did come across the option of getting the circlip groves machioned into the shocks. The next question would be where do i go to get this done..fulcrum, pedders? anyone here who have done this on their shocks, please post here! thanks in advance!!