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That's not what you said last night Joe! You were screaming FULL POWER to the vibromaster! FULL POWER! ... then the batteries died.

In all seriousness, I can see where joe is coming from, my boost gauge and RSM have slowly loosened restraint over time and have become quite loose when going over large bumps the RSM takes a bow on it's stand. bah!

I'd take softer/lower suspension anyday...

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Originally posted by Strich9ine

That's not what you said last night Joe! You were screaming FULL POWER to the vibromaster! FULL POWER! ... then the batteries died.

In all seriousness, I can see where joe is coming from, my boost gauge and RSM have slowly loosened restraint over time and have become quite loose when going over large bumps the RSM takes a bow on it's stand. bah!

I'd take softer/lower suspension anyday...

Unfortunately softer and lower don't normally go together.

The lower it is , the stiffer it must be , or use variable rate ( read expensive ) springs in an attempt to stop the sump/exhaust/diff/your arse hitting the road over a reasonable bump.

The higher the suspension, the more chance you have of getting a reasonable ride without smacking the aformentioned sump/ exh......

Cheers

Ken

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Chicks are more gentler than guys - i take my time over any kinda speed restictor much to the fustration of other motorists haha

My car took a big beating once though stupid truck broke down in middl eof road and the only way to get past him was up a huge curb in a garden bed and out again luckily there was another lowered skyline in front of me to show me how it was done (cos didnt have my car long) the squeeze was so tight we had to fold in our mirrors. Still came off the curb with a big bang! By the way $500 is just for shocks not whole kit - not getting new springs i think they said putting new springs in is going to highten it a little but its not what i want.

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*gets on soapbox*

i'd like to recommend wilkinson too, seeing as it's allowed and he owns an mr2.

he's fixing my rear sway bar problem that two other places shrugged their shoulders at and told me to go and see him. pedders not included :D

that said, you could always go the no shocks/bump stop look?? i think i saw it once on a civic. it looked umm... different.

:burnout:

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My car came in with the passenger side shocks seized...YIPEEE (not). Anyway Perth exhaust centre quoted me $410 to replace the front shocks... I thought they were pretty good guys there. They helped me out in a time of need as well!

But Nizmo - I hear what ya saying hun.... my tyres hit the arches going over bumpy parts in the road - its the most terrible noise, and the font end bounces around like a friggin bucking bronco. Juts gotta get some time and cash to get it fixed!

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im not a fan of lowered cars... my last car (tx3) was dumped on its ass and i found it difficult to go anywhere, hitting crap on the road, getting stuck on speed bumps etc.

The new skyline on the other hand has probably been lowered an inch or so over stock with JIC's and seem to be set up perfectly in nippon land (guy before me seem to have it setup for track use only) so i have no plans on tampering with any of it, except maybe one day to see how she looks all the way down :(

I have learnt from my previous car, why lower your car if your going to run into problems? unless its for looks... then your a ricer :D

Shaun

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Originally posted by Sneeza

My car came in with the passenger side shocks seized...YIPEEE (not). Anyway Perth exhaust centre quoted me $410 to replace the front shocks

Ahh , and why would get the shocks fixed at an exhaust centre.

Cos they don't deal in them , they would have had to buy them from another supplier plus there markup.

It's always best to try and cut out a few of the middlemen who all want a cut of your hard earned money.

Cheers

( scrooge )

Ken

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Originally posted by Nizmo

so they wanted to put new springs in it which will lift my front end a little but the ansewer to that was NO!

I'm with aw11 and RadiuM, once a car is lowered past its usable suspension travel, you really need to take a step back and ask yourself what you bought the car for. Want something with decent handling? Or something "phatt" thats "slammed" and chews rubber for breakfast? If the latter, they make LanCiv's for that exact purpose. Trade in! :D

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Nah even by dad put his foot down about hightening it - its not low low i saw a soarer today that was lower. But it looks god damn sweet where it is. Its fixable - if it wasnt fixable then yes i would heightened it a little - but i dont have to so why should i?

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the inner tread on my tyres are getting chewed.. car is lowered just nicely, on tein height/damper adj coilovers but tyres are sittin on a slight neg camber. Really makes u realise how shit Perth roads are, small bumps are fine but big drops and bumps, such as heading southbound over the narrows bridge, are not a nice ride. The damper rate is set to about 10/24 at the moment i think, 24 being the stiffest setting, and even this is ridiculously hard. if you push down on the car with it on anything above 15/24 or so, it doesnt move at all. Oh well the handling makes up for it :)

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Fixable? Like, not making your cds not skip fix or like making it handle half decently fix? The only fix there is (IMHO), is to get the centre of wheel to guard clearance back upto 345mm (the lowest a 25t should go without coilovers).

My 19yro sis is having a giggle over this. She likes lowered cars too, but she knows the line where "cool" crosses over to rice. Don't take this to heart, afterall, I'm not known as the Perth Rice Nazi for no reason :)

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Why don't you 'chop' the roof on your line' to make it even lower and put seats in that sit on the floor like the hot rod boys. can be done very proffesionally and has been done for many a year.

Otherwise you look like every joe. Hey how about an overlander shock and spring kit for your GTR, now that would be cool (on someone elses car --- hey Miko!)

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oh maybe some of those LED exhaust tips would go well with the lowered car too, and a horn that plays 'la cooka-ratcha' or 'the yellow rose of texas' or maybe one more modern like your favorite kyle hit... Well since we are on the topic of modifcations that are opposite to performance, what about putting in an NA motor and buying an electronic blow-off valve too.

My dream is to have a fiberglass skyline shell kit to bolt over the top of hyundai excel sprints, imagine how much money you would make!

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Originally posted by aw11

:lol: ssssoooooffft... i think radium deserves the title more :)

hehe ohh yeah.

anyone up for a SAU walk through perth/NB to take photo's of ricers and issue some tickets.. and give em a website they can go to to see their car being flamed? :)

ive always wanted to do this but have never gotten around to it.

mwarhahah

Shaun

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