how low can you go...

[sr_boi]

i know ste on here has 90mm rear springs on his corsa and hes not had to modify the arches..

but what about 100mm rear springs? would i have to modify the arches? if so how major?

[Iain]

On a Corsa or a Nova? Depends on the wheels I guess...

[sr_boi]

well im after some cesaros so et49 (i think)

and a corsa

[Ste L]

100mm will prob be max, any more, and tires will hit the top of the inner arch

[sr_boi]

think il be risking it to much though? or should i play it safe and get some 90mms..

[sr_boi]

these are the springs i want to get...

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6513/0034dv8.jpg

and i want my corsa to sit like this or a tad higher..

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4108/imag2930ll4.jpg

think it will make my corsa lower than the one above with those springs?

think il have any issues with lowering it like the one above?

[carrie_girl_wonder]

wow how low is that?!I thought 60/80mm lowered cars were low,how would you get over speed bumps?!:D

[Jay]

wow how low is that?!I thought 60/80mm lowered cars were low,how would you get over speed bumps?!:D

Sideways :D

[carrie_girl_wonder]

ha hardcore i'd love to see that, I want to lower mine to 50mm when I can be bothered,fixin my dented door that some *bleep* did is more of a priority:wtf:

[Jay]

ha hardcore i'd love to see that, I want to lower mine to 50mm when I can be bothered,fixin my dented door that some *bleep* did is more of a priority:wtf:

Ha not literly sideways, but like diagonal, trust me it actually works. :thumb:

[Dod]

Well, I got my Corsa lowered 60mm (easily if not more) on 17" wheels with 205/45s on it. Scrubalicious. Mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm!!!

[sr_boi]

mines lowerd about 65/70mm front and 60mm rear (spax coilovers) on steelies....

[trackdaynova]

depends on how hard you drive it lol

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/neocapture/nc0628.jpg

and that was from this ride height....

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/neocapture/Rock06.jpg

however I did a trackday with -100mms at the back at Donny - handled like cack

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/neocapture/ODT01.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/neocapture/ODT02.jpg

[Adam]

It may have handled like cack, but it looked fooking awesome :cool:

[trackdaynova]

lol

[Ash]

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7404/21022008421lp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

sat on the jack, no suspension at all. lol

[L33 LEG]

with that offset on a corsa ul be fine. i drove once with no rear springs lol and didnt catch at all so 100mm will be fine. il hopefully get my 100mm rears 2moro so will let you know if theyl be fine on a nova :)

[NOVA WHITE 1.8]

100mm springs were fine on mine,195,45,15 tyres,no rubbing at all!!

[Philsutton]

this is mine from ages ago, quite worrying was the fact that I had another 2 inch to go down on the coilovers

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

[Nevo]

wow how low is that?!I thought 60/80mm lowered cars were low,how would you get over speed bumps?!:D


Pavements arnt JUST for people you know .... ;)

[craig green]

I hope this thread is for the show posers? Anything too low wont handle, it'll just skip, bounce, understeer & generally do everything other than grip through a bend.

[lj]

mine sits on 15's and is about at low as u can go on et49 and agree with past comments it skips and handles like pooh... but i think i've sorted this by droping the front more.... had issues with front arches...so rather than rase it i masked off the wing and remove what is was catching.... only problem was i looked high then...sort dropped it more onlt to repeat this all again...still have about inch maybe more on coilovers to come down...so thinking for pv may get it right down...then when i return put on my new wings...think the rear needs some movement to absorb the lumps and bumps of our roads!

[Lee]

I hope this thread is for the show posers? Anything too low wont handle, it'll just skip, bounce, understeer & generally do everything other than grip through a bend.

:thumb: