Somehow I doubt that.


-Ted

 

Hahaha...

wtf is reiabel?


My stock suspension, no-lip FC already makes me nervous enough when it comes to curbs and parking spots... taking two inches off that (especially with a lip) is just asking for broken body parts (why do you think drift cars get so beaten up? Besides just crashes of course).

 

Ah, the antagonist from the hippari argument from the suspension section...

Sorry dude, most of us drive on the street where there are pot holes, speed bumps, etc.
If you run your too-low FC down here, cops can site you for improper ride height.

Before mouthing off with your crap, why don't you also mention all the unsafe problems associated with dropping the car too low?
* Hitting the ground - this can cause you to break parts, bend you chassis, lose control of your car
* Shocks not designed for the severe drop - only thing I can think of is the Tokico HTS dampers, which are NOT IMPORTED OFFICIALLY INTO THE USA. You compress the shock which is not designed for that kinda ride height, you can blow the shock up.

I've known people who lose their front bumpers on the freeway cause they hit a depression in the road.
At that speed, you can kill yourself, cause you end up running over your bumper.

I've known people who blew up their shocks.

I've known people who lose body kit pieces.

I've known people who kill their hubs and bearings.

So stop offering stupid advice and go away...


-Ted

 

too low's bit of a speed bump hazard, there are some numbminded people out there that seem to be driving around in SUVs that love building huge speedbumps in random communities, almost up to the point that I have to park outside the community just to get to my friends house. Hell when my uncle got a neon the first time it came out it scrapped alongsides the speedbumps. My other uncle had the HOA chop off 2 of the speedbumps to his house because they were scrapping the hell outta his mercedes, was a freaking ridiculous speedbump cause the owner of the house got the HOA to place 2 right between his house, ******* ridiculous. Anyways point being, asides from fuxing up your car on speedbumps, there's a chance you'll also scrap against some pothole somewhere and lose control.

As for the other things I have no experiences with those

 

to "ted", as my mother so many times told me.
if you have nothing nice to say, do not say anything at all.

or dont even bother posting a reply.

 

the truth isn't always nice.

 

As Flower said to Thumper also.

And, I do agree with Ted's sentiment and actually see a bit of humor (albeit at others expense) in it's delivery. So, perhaps additional mother wisdom worth remembering;

"It isn't what you say, but how you say it that really matters" I applaud Ted's second post as much more constructive in that regard.

Gives a hint on the value that can be found from Ted's web site. Anyone that hasn't checked out Ted's web site really should. Good stuff.

 

How about...
You do a proper seach before asking such newb questions?
I couldn't been real dick and screamed SEARCH!

I ain't your mama.
You want to coodled and babied, go cry to your mama.
My answer was a very ascerbic reply to you telling you NOT to do this.
I guess you didn't get the gist of it?

Then all these bitches started to question my "usefulness" of my reply.
To that I replied with a much more lengthy answer that should answer ANY questions you have on the subject.

My suggestion to you: grow thicker skin.
This is not little league...


_Ted

 

not to mention.. THIS IS THE INTARWEB! Don't get so butthurt over a bunch of letters strategically arranged to make a name saying something to you don't like. Its not like you can do anything about it.

 

well technically back in the days you could nuke people offline and they wouldn't know anything about it, nor would they suspect anything was wrong, 56k wasn't that great to begin with, anyhow..

 

Hey! I have a belly button!

 

NO CARRIER



I remember those days!


-Ted

 

mmm MB motoring Weapons in bronze, fairly jealous indeed . . . yum yum yum, i hate being poor

to original poster:
go sniff some glue

 

LOL , dude internet fighter
lets see your car and what you do with it.
You seem to be the 3rd point of view of everything.
I don't see you do ****, yet you mouth off all the time and
all these lemmings are down on their knees praying at your existance.
lose a bumper? blown shocks? Dude, you buy parts and drive the **** out
of your car, if your so worried about daily driving, go buy a camry.
When did I say anything about slamming the car beyond driveability...

You freakin live in Hawaii, Come to Chicago , or NYC and try driving out here
Yeh... thought so

I just thought it would be funny to **** you off,
didn't know you were gonna lose your panties over a thread.

I mean god damn. I just come here for parts and a few kicks....

 

Teds great, his comments are a bit edgy at times though. But some good truth comes from them. Not to mention his website is great.
He puts the dreamers at bay, or tries.

Keep on goin ted!!
-Ben Martin

 

Maybe this should be directed to the orig. poster?

 

get it this LOW!

 

OMG that car is like, one sushi-length above the ground!

 

PWN3D -

Awesome Ted.

 

they don't get much cheaper than those......the tires cost more than the wheels...haha.

 

Ah, now I understand...
YOU...THINK...I do this this for something other than for "a few kicks"...?
Sorry to disappoint you...
Now I'm going to tell you to GO SEARCH to find the answer to this one.
Cause I already repeated myself enough...

Hint: Just by your reactions to my post, I already was successful in getting under your skin. Now, do you think you get under mine? Think about it...


-Ted

 

lol funny thread!

buy any set of quality coilovers that have ashortened shock/strut body and you can lower your FC more than the usual 1" that a stock-type shock/strut allows.

I run tein flex and my FC is lowered somewhere around 3", maybe a little more.
I dont have any handling issues on the street or at autox.
the car has been corner balanced and handles incredibllly well.
AND... I am running 17" wheels with tires that have a rather big overall height... if I switched to something shorter like a 285/30R18 then I could lower the car another half inch.

zeal, cusco, tein, jic, etc all have shortened bodied suspensions that can lower an FC safely.

 

I don't get the big wheel deal.
You spend all that money to lower the car, then get 18 inch wheels to raise it back up to where it was??
AND - the big wheels kill your final drive ratio.
Ya wanna go low, get some generic coilovers, some stiff shocks, put 45's on the 16's and go drifting.
I happen to like a stiff ride - just my preference.

Here's a 1.5" drop.

 

You don't have a clue do you? When you put on larger diameter wheels you also use a lower aspect ratio tire to keep the stock overall diameter. This will not change the total drive ratio.

 

Exactly, mine is lowered at least 2”. Hell from the factory these things look like 4-wheel drive trucks!