How Low Can I Go?

[steviegsi]

How low can i lower my nova without havin to lower the arches? Anyone got any suggestions on wat wheels i should go for? nothin bigger than 15" tho cuz i dont wanna roll the arches, and i would like to keep to standard vauxhall items to keep the car lookin subtle. Pics would help alot. :D

[parrington21]

if u dont wana roll the arches your not going to be able to lower it much. unless u go wiv 13 inch wheels which will look poo.

[Philsutton]

use some 14 astra wheels they look good, i slammed mine all the way down on my coilovers with them on an they didnt rub on the arch just the floor

[epo]

should have no probs lowering 60mm on 15's and 16's providong the offset is correct and the right size tyers are used

[sTuDeNt]

Not sure the lowest you can go is to take your wheels off and drive on disks... :)
Think you might do 90mm!!! But might be wrong!

[epo]

rjm25r aka rick managed 80mm on 17's :o

[Mike.]

therees a nova round the corner from my house thats lowered 80mm on 18s :o

[burgo]

on 15's go 60mm should look alrite

[General Baxter]

remember that post a many months ago like this one

that photo with the nova that had 110mm spring and on 15's :P

[epo]

dont remember that

[General Baxter]

it was an opel if i remember

but then again it could of been a vison :lol:

[burgo]

lol think it mite of bin a vision mate as i cant remember it also

[-tucny-]

there was a lowering kit out a while back -120mm called in da weeds!! 8) would make even 13s look a bit less s**t with that i reckon

[dan-hipgrave]

how low do you reckon i can go then - this is lowered 40mm already..(done last weekend and taken a couple of days after so it has had time to settle a bit)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/dan-hipgrave/side3.jpg

[dunova]

No offense mate but it looks like its on stilts! Have you put the wrong pic up or something because it looks like standard ride height?

[dan-hipgrave]

yep thats five-doors for you....i do have a before pic, and the front doesnt look much different but the rear is a lot lower..

[dunova]

With those rounded arch's i would slam it as much as poss, It'd look sweet with the arch's sat on the wheels :D

[General Baxter]

buy some coilovers and wind them down, if the wheel hit the arches just wind them up a cm or something and thats the lowest you could go :lol:

simple :oops:

[Mike.]

car does look good though mate

[Philsutton]

thats just one of then joys of having a 5 door they seem to be higher than the 3 door, mine is on coilovers and is wound down all the way at the front an half way at the back. It was down all the way on my 14s :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/philsutton/IMG_0074.jpg

[Damogolfgti]

well my gte's lowered 80mm at the bk on 17s, looks phat as :twisted:

[nam]

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/7619/side3copy.jpg

there you go dan lol

[dan-hipgrave]

ok then, where can i get some coilovers from that arent going to break the bank?

[burgo]

dan you need to get it slammed soon as poss it looks fat in that pic nam has done

[Philsutton]

does look good in the above pic

[D4 VEB]

that pic deff looks like its sitting standard hight(or higher)