kabura

need to now the good and bad things about it ,and also how difficult is to do something like this by oneself.thanks

kenny senter

something you could accomplish with a set of coilovers. Although, low isnt always best for good handling. Lowering a car by a significant amount isnt how it was designed to work. Shocks will bottom out, not have much stroke in its compression, and possibly be riding on the bumpstops majority of the time.

Probably get more response in the non-technical and pictures section.

powrdby13B

If I was at home I'd have a pic...
But it depends. If you want to do it right, the recommended "low" set up is tokico struts with tein springs. Plan on spending a LOT of money. Or run lower profile tires. Or smaller wheels. If you have never done suspension work before, it's a day-long job.
If you want to do it wrong and for free, just heat up the springs. (OFF the car in a spring compressor)

kabura

clean but low,just to enjoy the car not for racing that all.....

RacerXtreme7

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Ghetto-Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!

younG_Gunner

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Personally, I think this gives the car a horrible ride. I had this set up when I first bought my car. Tokico's are fine, but intrax springs just straight suck! I'd go with Tokico blues and tanabe gf210's or kyb-agx's.

DC13B

im gonna see how low my tein HE's can get me just for fun

red_s5_fc3s

The problem for going low for looks is the drivability. Forget about what will get damaged or worn quickly. That's not the biggest problem with being lowered. In my opinion, most headaches come from having to worry about driveways, potholes, speedbumps, etc etc on a daily basis.

I run tien s-tech springs on stock struts. With a stock body, the stance looks good. You don't have to worry about speedbumps and driveways, and it's good for daily driving. Then, I put on a bodykit. Now, because of the bodykit, I only drive my car around places that I'm familiar with because I don't want to go through the hassle of driving over speedbumps in angles, run into huge dips, and all that other crap.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, even on daily driven street car, you don't want to go too low. It's a PITA. I'd much rather drop the car and put on bigger wheels to close the wheel gap rather than dropping the car to the floor.

It isn't hard to do by yourself at all. If you can install an intake, exhaust, and brakes by yourself, then you'll have no problems taking apart the suspension. As a matter of fact, lowering the car was the second thing I did to it after the intake.

kabura

hey dc 13b show pics to see how crazy that lookssssssssssssssss

kabura

there is something on this one that is killing me jejeje

drftwerks

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i have raised it maybe 1/2 in in the rear

kabura

if anyone has pics please post some i need to know if this is really what i want....thanks ...........

kabura

io, you cut the springs some how cuz that is on the ground ,nice

kabura

i think that going like this will be fun and different to what we use to see on the streets,and that `s what i`m looking for

drftwerks

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im on coilovers, no spring cutting shennanigans here

RX-7tII88

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Whose Blue thrid gen? I live very near 288. Its only like 20 miles. Why have I never seen this FD before. (That is if that is a 288 in VA)

Force Fed

looks like the rear tire is rubbing the quarter panel

younG_Gunner

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Maybe this will help?

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hlight=lowered

kabura

i think that ...yes i`m going for it ,will be something like the VIP looking 3rd gen ,but on the 2nd gen version I think.........yep wy not.....

mike_merryguy

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i have an 87 na sport, Tein S tech front and rear springs about 1" drop around all 4, koyo adjustable in the rear and stock TII in the front, all in all its a good ride, about 20% stiffer than stock, but I had a hard sport stock setup anyway so it may not even be 20%, and the newer model 7's had stiffer suspension anyway so I am probably about stock still.. at any rate i don't have much clearance with the areos, you can see the 2X4 under the front (my STOP STUPID boards so i don't rip the front lip on the curb) i have about 2" clearance above the 2X4 so about 4 to 5 in clearance, which isn't a prob for the most part, there are a few speed bumps i have scraped but i learned what to hit sideways, i like the look and feel of it, I wouldn't want to go much lower though, its allready hard to get in and out of the damn thing...


also that pic of the lowered TII up there looks like it has some custom fenders, that curve doesn't look natural to me

ericgrau

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I am the MS-paint masta. Who needs clearance anyway?

DC13B

just got them on today...ill check into that tomorrow

Tatakai

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sorry but 1" all around doesnt mean low at all. FAIL

KhanArtisT

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Hes on VAdriven.com and posts a lot, always changing names. Look for some hello kitty **** in his avatar or sig.

I bet he loves the traction he gets with over 3 degrees of negative camber in the rear, lol.

mike_merryguy

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he said he wanted PICS, also 1" is LOWER THAN STOCK right? ie my car is lowered, hell i dunno maybe the pics of my 1" will inspire him that streetablity is important

you = no pics . you = FAIL

and besides i live in san diego county, they don't belive in lowered cars, they purposly ( i swear it ) put in high speed bumps and driveways that cause issues